Dennis Demmert Appreciation and Recognition Award

骋耻苍补濒肠丑茅别蝉丑! (Thank you!)

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The Dennis Demmert award honors those who make sure that 蜜柚视频 Native students know they belong here. It provides an opportunity for students to nominate a person who they feel has positively affected their academic efforts at 蜜柚视频. 

Dennis Demmert worked hard to expand and connect curricula and courses at 蜜柚视频 that pertained to 蜜柚视频 Native people and culture. He began this work just after the  蜜柚视频 Native Settlement Act  passed and people were hungry for information. He always felt strongly that 蜜柚视频 Native Students have a place at this institution.

Dennis wanted to take one day a year to thank individuals who help make 蜜柚视频 a positive place for 蜜柚视频 Native students. He started to recognize other faculty and administration who understood the value of having courses about 蜜柚视频 Native peoples and who helped facilitate this evolution of 蜜柚视频 Native programs at 蜜柚视频. During the 1994 Native Summit at 蜜柚视频, Dennis Demmert recommended that something be done to recognize individuals whose actions have proved their support. Later, the name of the award was changed from RSS Appreciation and Recognition Award to the Dennis Demmert Appreciation and Recognition Award in honor of the many years of service that Dennis has given for the betterment of the 蜜柚视频 Native community.

Previous Winners
2023 Dennis Demmert Award Winners
This year鈥檚 recipients and students who nominated them

 

Congratulations to our 2023 Dennis Demmert Awardees

Daniel Vazquez (Math Tutor) 

Sam Alexander (Professor of Gwich鈥檌n, 蜜柚视频 Native Language Center)

Kevin Illingworth (Professor, Tribal Governance)

Kavelina Torres (Indigenous Media Asst. Professor, Theatre & Film and DANSRD Depts.)

脠ve Ryan (Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics) 

2023 marks the 28th year the RSS students and staff have recognized individuals at 蜜柚视频 whose efforts demonstrate 蜜柚视频's goals of being the educational center for 蜜柚视频 Natives.