Awards
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The VPGE Academic Achievement Awards for the Centers for Equity, Community, and Leadership honors affiliated graduate students who demonstrate exceptional academic achievement and serve as role models to undergraduate and graduate students. Awards are given in collaboration with Stanford's Centers for Equity, Community, and Leadership.
To help identify a recipient, each center solicits nominations through an open nomination form based on VPGE's criteria.
2026 Recipients
| Recipient | Stanford Degree | Award |
|---|---|---|
| Naomi Alyafei | Bioengineering | VPGE Academic Achievement Award for The Markaz Resource Center |
| Sonia Bustos Barocio; Marina Machado de Oliveira. | Genetics (Sonia); Comparative Literature (Marina) | VPGE Academic Achievement Award for El Centro Chicano y Latino |
| Kay Barrett | English | VPGE Academic Achievement Award for the Black Community Services Center |
| Sylvia Chin | Electrical Engineering | VPGE Academic Achievement Award for the Women’s Community Center |
| Myrka Odalis Cruz | Center for Latin American Studies | VPGE Academic Achievement Award for the Stanford Queer Student Resources Center |
| Isabella Hoàng | Epidemiology and Clinical Research | VPGE Academic Achievement Award for the First Generation and/or Low Income Student Success Center |
| Jennifer Lee | Modern Thought and Literature | VPGE Academic Achievement Award for the Asian American Activities Center |
| Hunter Olson | Earth and Planetary Sciences | VPGE Graduate Scholar Award for the Native American Cultural Center |