Collins Living-Learning Center

We are proud to announce the Collins Living-Learning Center award winners for 2019-2020. We plan to host an event in the fall to honor these students and present them with their awards. For the Major Awards, students will receive a certificate signed by the director and scholarship as eligible. For the Gnome Awards, students will receive Collins LLC-branded gear (t-shirts for freshmen, baseball tees for sophomores, zip-up hoodies for juniors, messenger bags for seniors), as well as something extra for above and beyond categories. 

 

MAJOR AWARDS

Service Award (This award is for a current Collinsite who has made a significant service contribution to the Bloomington community):

Celestina Garcia for innovative work with the Sustainable Food Committee, teaming up with a Bloomington neighborhood to create a community garden.

 

Patricia Templeton Patrick Award for contributions to diversity (This award is for a current Collinsite who has made a significant contribution to advancing diversity at Collins, IU, or the Bloomington community):

Aaron Sizemore, for leadership in building community among the Queer and Trans communities and their allies in and around Collins

 

Freshman Award (This award is intended to encourage incoming freshmen to Collins to engage in the community in multiple ways, by joining various existing student groups, by developing new initiatives, by the completion of a thoughtful Q project that builds community at Collins, and/or by taking on a position of student leadership):     

Heidi Dargle, Editor of The Dancing Star and supporter of student mental health in Collins

Levi Gettleman, Editor of the Lantern yearbook, co-programmer in BOEP, and active contributor to many Collins initiatives

Frances Sheets, active founding member of SustainCollins and Collins staff photographer

 

Ernest and Eva Bernhardt-Kabisch Award for academic excellence (This award is for a current Collinsite who combines academic excellence with involvement in the Collins Community):

Kirsten Chandler, a junior majoring in Psychology and Spanish with a minor in counseling

 

Elissa Bradley Award for Collins spirit (This award is for a current Collinsite who has been especially active in promoting the mission of the Center as expressed in its core values: academics, community, diversity, sustainable living, and student empowerment.):

Jennie Moran, Co-editor of Collins Columns, and contributor to many community initiatives

Aaron Sizemore, Collins Historian and organizer of the Fall 2019 celebration of the historical marker

 

CARL ZIEGLER TEACHING AWARD

Fall 2019 Instructor Award: Sarah Line, instructor of “Wretched Worlds: Dystopias in Fiction”
Spring 2020 Instructor Award: Jacob Boss, instructor of “Hacking the World: Introduction to Critical Theory”

 

 

GNOME AWARDS

Gnome awards are separated out by class (freshmen, sophomores, juniors, seniors) and include Collins LLC-branded gear, as well as something extra for above and beyond categories. The Collins staff both nominates and requests nominations from leaders of student groups, RAs, BOG reps, and Q instructors.  These awards are given to students who are recognized for their contributions to the Collins LLC community for that year. Nominations are compiled by the Collins staff and reviewed and approved by the student Executive Board.

 

Active Membership Award (for freshmen who have participated actively at Collins LLC):

Chris Everly,  Jermaine Hatcher,  Meika Newall, Jack Bishop,  Mariama Falke,  Alyssa Huffman,  Aralia Pawlick, Diamond Blevins,  Matt Koutsopanagos,  Darrell Schreiner, Abbie Brown,  Maycie Gibson,  Sarah Latona,  Frances Sheets, Zoe Clulow,  Soleil Gohure, Mia Silverman, McKenna Conway,  Sophie Hall,  Shannon Master, Sophie Thorpe, Heidi Dargle, Morgan Hardy,  Libby McKesson,  Sydney Weber, Sydney Evans,  Dylan Haseman,  Izett Murphy,  Lucas Williams

 

Jim Beeson Award (for outstanding freshmen who have gone above and beyond):
Elli Bezotte, Levi Gettleman, Caroline Maher

 

Leadership Award (for sophomores who have made significant contributions to Collins):
Yash Agrawal, Dycie Coburn, Ren Dennis, Isabel Fernandez, Kiley Gardner, Pragya Jain, Jennie Moran, Ava Osowick, Mike Randall, Veera Shah, Demi Singh, Cecilia Vitela, Vincent Wise

Achievement Award (for sophomores who have gone above and beyond):

Bellamy Claxton, Aaron Sizemore

 

Guidance Award (for juniors who continue to be strongly involved):

Heather Ahmann, Corbin Baldwin, Natalie Bennett, Andrew Briggs, Emma Cannon, Kirsten Chandler, Joel Espich, Kirby Fleitz, Eliza Foran, Celestina Garcia, Morgan Heck, Tanner Hovis-Johnson, Olivia Kavanaugh, Krutarth Mayilvahanan, John Morrison, Bex Oates, Ari Trejo

 

Distinction Award (for juniors who have gone above and beyond):

Heather Ahmann, Guba, Bethany Habegger

 

Mentor Award (for seniors who stay actively involved):

Micah Bortolotti, Zara Felli, Lindsey Hughes, Ami Kiefer

 

Above and Beyond Senior Award (in honor of seniors who have made the most significant contributions to Collins LLC over the course of their time here):

Lillyanna Faimon, Natalia Johnson, Abe Shapiro