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2020 Scholarship of Excellence Palia Vang Palia Vang, CSU Monterey Bay - 2020 Scholarship of Excellence Recipient 2020 Lifetime Honorary AOA Member Award Kim Clark Kim Clark - 2020 Lifetime Honorary AOA Member Award Recipient 2020 Lifetime Honorary AOA Member Sue DeRosa Sue DeRosa - 2020 Lifetime Honorary AOA Member Award Recipient 2020 Leadership Academy AOA 2020 Leadership Academy

Awards & Achievements

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The Lifetime Honorary AOA Member Award

In 2004, the AOA Honorary Lifetime Membership Award was established to recognize and honor individuals who have regularly made an exceptional contribution to AOA. In 2009, the Award was renamed the Harvey Goodfriend Honorary Lifetime Membership Award. In 2018 the Award was renamed the Lifetime Honorary AOA Member Award.








 








Award candidates put forward by nominators to the Award Nominations Committee should clearly and specifically demonstrate the following illustrative criteria:








 















                • Extended professional involvement in the ranks of AOA leadership;








                • Ongoing support to AOA programs, particularly the Annual Conference;








                • Extensive and shared knowledge of the role and functions of auxiliary organizations; or








                • Consistent support to AOA and its member organizations.















 








Candidates shall be drawn from member-organization employees, Chancellor’s Office officers or staff, or AOA service-providers who have retired, or are retiring or transferring to another position outside the CSU system as of September 1 of the year preceding the annual conference at which awards are presented. Candidate nominations shall represent a member-organization, but need not be an AOA officer, Executive Committee Representative or Committee Chair.








 








A call for candidate nominations will be made by the Chair of the Award Nominations Committee in the early fall of every year, with award presentations made at the annual AOA conference, typically held in January.

Click here to complete the Lifetime Honorary AOA Member Award Nomination Form

Lifetime Honorary AOA Member Award Recipients
YearRecipients
2023No Awards Presented
2022No Awards Presented
2021No Awards Presented
2020Kim Clark, Sue DeRosa
2019Frank Mumford, Paul Storey
2018Cora Culla
2017Joan Tyson
2016Taren Mulhause
2015Jerry Carmo, Karen Finley
2014Dan Cornthwaite
2013No Awards Presented
2012Bill Dickerson, Richard Jackson
2011No Awards Presented
2010Earle Bassett, Marti Gray, Susan Heiser, Tom McCarron 
2009Dennis Hordyk
2008Mark Bookman
2007Steve Bloom, Leslie Levinson, Don Shemenske
2006William Foster
2005Juanita Brents, Bill Pollock
2004Al Amaral, John Francis, Robert Griffin, Harvey Goodfriend, Beverly Smith

Outstanding Accomplishment Award

Established in 2004, the AOA Service Award was established to recognize AOA members who provide their support of AOA through exemplary service outside of leadership roles. In 2010 the award was renamed the John Francis Service Award. Awardees over the years have included a diverse selection of those individuals beyond the leadership ranks who have demonstrated consistent and outstanding service, typically in a special focus area. In 2018 this award was renamed the Outstanding Accomplishment Award.











 











From time to time the AOA Officers Group may authorize deserving individuals proposed by the Executive Committee Representatives, Committee Chairs or liaison representatives, for outstanding accomplishment recognition in service to AOA or to any of its member-organizations. The Officers Group shall solicit proposed award recipients by mid-August to be submitted back by September 15, and the selected awardee(s) shall be reported to the Executive Committee on or before October 15. Recipients will be recognized at the annual AOA conference, typically held in January.

Click here to complete the Outstanding Accomplishment Nomination Form

Outstanding Accomplishment Award Recipients
Year Recipient
2019 Andrew Singletary
2018 Denise Bell
2017 Dustin DeBrum
2016 Judah Rosenwald
2012 David Prenovost
2011 Charlene Minnick
2010 Diana Kinunen

AOA Scholarship of Excellence Award

The purpose of the AOA Scholarship of Excellence award is to recognize California State University (CSU) students with scholarship funds to support academic and academic-related expenses. The basis for the scholarship awards shall be a combination of academic excellence and service to the campus or community, particularly to a CSU  auxiliary or a nonprofit organization.






 






Ideal candidates should be able to demonstrate a history of service to auxiliary organizations at their campus of origin or throughout the California State University system. Examples include but are not limited to, serving as a member of an auxiliary organization governing board, volunteering time for a child development center or community service nonprofit organization, conducting scholarly research on an externally awarded contract or grant, promoting the mission of an auxiliary organization through committee or volunteer work, or by serving as an elected or appointed student leader.










 






The Scholarship of Excellence award  will be allocated to the student awardee via their campus financial aid account, by their Financial Aid Office. Scholarships are disbursed in equal amounts for each academic year term (quarter or semester) of full-time enrollment. This timeline reflects the scholarship awarding cycle and typical operating procedure. In accordance with Federal regulations governing over-awards (34 CFR 673.5), recipients of need-based aid shall have resources coordinated regardless if need is an eligibility requirement.

AOA Scholarship of Excellence Recipients
Year Recipients
2023

John Barcelona, California State University, Long Beach

2022

Paola Galvez, California State University, San Bernardino;

Julia Glorioso, California State University, San Marcos

2020 Palia Vang, California State University, Monterey Bay
2019 Charlotte Roberts, San Diego State University
2018 Nancy T. Nguyen, San Diego State University
2017 Joseph Rivas, California State University, Northridge
2016 Isaac Simon, California State University, Northridge
2015 Kelsey Brewer, California State University, Fullerton
2014 Moses Menchaca, California State University, Fresno

What AOA Does

The members that make up the Auxiliary Organizations Association (AOA) are the auxiliaries of the 23 campuses in the California State University (CSU) system. The mission of the AOA is to facilitate the role of individual auxiliaries on their respective campuses by providing the auxiliaries with the resources and services that enable them to be more effective.

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Becoming a member is easy. At the top of this page, click/open the link entitled Become An AOA Member.   You will be required to enter your work contact information, auxiliary and university affiliations and a valid CSU email.  Your request will be sent to AOA for verification and activation. Please allow 24-48 hours for activation.

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