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2023 Bucky Awards Winners

Congratulations to Our 2023 Winners!

We would like to thank everyone who applied for a Bucky Award this year! The applicant pool was incredible and everyone was deserving of great honor. The Madison community is lucky to have so many talented and motivated individuals and organizations striving to make a positive impact here at UW-Madison. Below are the winners of all of these amazing awards. Each winner has worked to better those in the community through deliberate and intentional actions, and we would like to formally recognize all of these wonderful contributions made to the UW-Madison campus and community.

★ Individual Awards ★

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Best Advisor: Dr. Kecia Doyle

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Dr. Kecia, wearing a black dress and a red shawl and smiling, poses holding their Bucky trophy on a red UW logo background. Posing with Dr. Kecia is a man wearing a brown argyle sweater, a woman wearing a blue dress, a boy wearing a white shirt and black jacket, a person wearing glasses and a blue dress shirt and a man wearing a blue shirt and tan pants.

 

 

Business Badger Leadership: Nick Kempf

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Nick Kempf, wearing a grey suit jacket and white shirt, poses holding their Bucky trophy on a red UW logo background. There is another person wearing a grey jacket on the right of the photo posing with Nick.

 

 

Social Justice Advocacy: Tia Hebbring

 

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Tia Hebbring is smiling and their holding Bucky trophy wearing a grey. Next to Tia is a woman wearing glasses and a pink dress is smiling. They are posing in front of a red UW logo backdrop.

 

Global Citizenship: Angela Kettleson

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Angela Kettleson poses with another person holding their Bucky trophy on the red UW logo background wearing a cream sweater.

 

Individual Leadership: Gisselle Rocha-Arce

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Waist up image of Gisselle Rocha-Arce holding Bucky trophy. On the left side of the image there is a person smiling wearing a black suit and another person wearing a green blouse. On the right there is a person wearing a red and pink flowered blouse.

 

Most Involved/Engaged: Amelia Catacutan

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Amelia Catacutan, wearing a grey black top and smiling, poses holding their Bucky trophy on a red UW logo background. There is another person wearing a white jacket and orange bouse on the right of the photo posing with Amelia.

 

Outstanding Freshman: Isabelle Bubnick

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Outstanding Transfer Student: Liyana Taib

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This award honors outstanding student leaders who have made a significant impact on the University of Wisconsin campus and the surrounding community as a transfer student. This student has demonstrated his or her leadership through creating a unique mark on the UW community and successfully handling his or her transition onto campus through meaningful campus involvement. In addition, this student has taken initiative within their involvement and encompasses important values and ideals of the “Wisconsin Experience.”

Outstanding Senior: Robert Hall

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Robert Hall, wearing a grey top and smiling, poses holding their Bucky trophy on a red UW logo background. Posing with Robert is a man wearing a black jacket and white dress shirt, a woman wearing a teal blouse, and woman wearing a pink and red floral top. Everyone is smiling.

 

★ Graduate Awards ★

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Graduate Peer Mentor: Naomi Isenberg

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Four people stand in a line smiling in front of a red UW logo backdrop. A woman on the left of the photo is wearing a tan and black striped dress. Next, Naomi is wearing a dark colored dress and Kiley wearing a purple vertical striped dress smile and hold their Bucky trophy. On the right, Paul wearing a dark suit and tie smiles and holds their Bucky trophy.

 

Graduate Peer Mentor: Paul Joseph Kelly

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Four people stand in a line smiling in front of a red UW logo backdrop. A woman on the left of the photo is wearing a tan and black striped dress. Next, Naomi is wearing a dark colored dress and Kiley wearing a purple vertical striped dress smile and hold their Bucky trophy. On the right, Paul wearing a dark suit and tie smiles and holds their Bucky trophy.

Graduate Peer Mentor: Kiley McLean

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Four people stand in a line smiling in front of a red UW logo backdrop. A woman on the left of the photo is wearing a tan and black striped dress. Next, Naomi is wearing a dark colored dress and Kiley wearing a purple vertical striped dress smile and hold their Bucky trophy. On the right, Paul wearing a dark suit and tie smiles and holds their Bucky trophy.

The Graduate Student Peer Mentor Awards recognize graduate students who exhibit stellar mentorship qualities. These graduate students are selected based on their ability to mentor undergraduate and/or graduate students, on or off-campus. 

Graduate Student Commitment to Engagement and Activism: Brianna Buhr

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Four people stand in a line smiling in front of a red UW logo backdrop. A woman on the left of the photo is wearing a tan and black striped dress. Next, Patrick wearing glasses and a pink and blue floral dress and Brianna wearing a dark top smile and hold their Bucky trophy. On the right, Hannah wearing a dark colored dress stands and holds their Bucky trophy.

The Graduate Student Commitment to Engagement and Activism Awards recognize graduate students who work on promoting social justice, equity, and inclusion in their graduate degree department and or on campus. They strive to educate, encourage and create change to foster welcoming and brave spaces for all students, particularly students from diverse BIPOC, backgrounds.  They demonstrate strong leadership skills through meaningful engagement for influential change.

Graduate Student Commitment to Engagement and Activism: Hannah Glenn

Four people stand in a line smiling in front of a red UW logo backdrop. A woman on the left of the photo is wearing a tan and black striped dress. Next, Patrick wearing glasses and a pink and blue floral dress and Brianna wearing a dark top smile and hold their Bucky trophy. On the right, Hannah wearing a dark colored dress stands and holds their Bucky trophy.

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Graduate Student Commitment to Engagement and Activism: Patrick Monari

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Four people stand in a line smiling in front of a red UW logo backdrop. A woman on the left of the photo is wearing a tan and black striped dress. Next, Patrick wearing glasses and a pink and blue floral dress and Brianna wearing a dark top smile and hold their Bucky trophy. On the right, Hannah wearing a dark colored dress stands and holds their Bucky trophy.

The Graduate Student Commitment to Engagement and Activism Awards recognize graduate students who work on promoting social justice, equity, and inclusion in their graduate degree department and or on campus. They strive to educate, encourage and create change to foster welcoming and brave spaces for all students, particularly students from diverse BIPOC, backgrounds.  They demonstrate strong leadership skills through meaningful engagement for influential change.

★ Organization Awards ★

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Best New Student Organization: Student Parents Organization

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Wisconsin Student Parents Organization members pose holding their Bucky trophy on a red UW logo background. One woman is wearing a black top, another wearing a black blouse and grey jacketing, holding a toddler wearing a blue outfit drinking out of a sippy cup and another woman wearing a dark red dress holding a toddler wearing a white jacket. Everyone is smiling.

This award is given to a student organization that was founded within the last three academic years. They are awarded for their member participation, the successes they have had, and the unique contributions they bring to campus and the surrounding community. In addition, this organization has a plan for continued growth and achievement in future years and wants to continue to be a successful organization on campus.

Creating Inclusive Community: Brelynn Bille

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Brelynn is seating in their wheelchair holding their bucky award and wearing a red dresses. Brelynn poses with a woman with long dark hair wearing a grey turtleneck and a woman wearing a white floral top and black cardigan. Everyone is smiling and standing in front of a UW logo background.

This award recognizes an individual or student organization that makes a strong and lasting impact on the Madison campus and community by creating spaces, events, or opportunities for a more inclusive community through intentional initiatives.

Dean's Award of Excellence: Epsilon Delta Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated

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This award is presented to a student organization that excels in three pillars: Wisconsin Experience, Discovery, and Innovation. The Wisconsin Experience revolves around the idea that together we create and apply to learn inside and outside of the classroom to make the world a better place. Therefore, this organization actively works to incorporate effective program planning, innovation, leadership service, valued membership, and social justice into their mission and the events and programs they host each year.

Health and Wellbeing: Cate Reilly

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Seven women stand in a line, smiling and facing the camera. Care Reilly is standing the middle hold their Bucky Award and wearing a burnt orange top and short black skirt.

This award is given to an ambitious student or student organization that excels in promoting and achieving overall health and wellness on campus. This student or student group has shown excellent skill in promoting health, providing resources to campus to improve wellness, and working toward improving the overall wellbeing of the UW-Madison community.

Inclusivity: NAMI

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Members of NAMI are smiling in front of the red UW logo backdrop. Four women wearing formal clothing stand in the front row and 2 behind them.

 

Philanthropic Achievement: Humorology, Inc.

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Members of Humorology Inc smile and are holding their Bucky trophy on a red UW logo background. One man is wearing a white top and navy jacket, a woman holding the trophy is wearing a green dress, another man wears a dark jacket over a white top, and a woman wears a grey patterned dress.

This award recognizes a student organization that has excelled in investing considerable time towards raising funds and donations for their events and charity. Their actions embody the Wisconsin Idea and have benefited the campus or the surrounding community.

Outstanding Leadership: Health Entrepreneurs and Leaders

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This award recognizes a student organization that has excelled in their use of leadership skills to work towards a positive change on campus or in the surrounding community. This organization has demonstrated excellence in the core values of the UW-Madison Leadership Framework, which include integrity, inclusive engagement, and connection with the community. In addition, the organization has developed leadership skills in both members of the organization and the community in order to support them as they engage in this positive change. Finally, this organization demonstrates continuous reflection to overcome obstacles and weaknesses that are encountered during the process of implementing the positive change.

Outstanding Career Preparation: Women in Economics

Members of the Women in Economics Organization pose holding their Bucky trophy on a red UW logo background. One woman is wearing a light colored patterned top, the center woman is wearing a dark cardigan and the final woman is wearing a dark sweater and tan pants. Everyone is smiling.

Outstanding Service: Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.

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Conservation and Sustainability: Allyson Mills

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Allyson Mills is smiling and their holding Bucky trophy wearing a green camo top. Next to Allyson is a man wearing a light blue shirt and black blazer. They are posing in front of a red UW logo backdrop.