Servant-Leader Awards
Servant leaders exhibit outstanding leadership skills and often serve as a guide or facilitator. They listen intently, demonstrate compassion and maintain a sense of ethics and humility. This award recognizes students whose actions are congruent with their values, and thereby inspire others to develop their own leadership potential. This year two students have been honored with this award, one from the Junior Class and one from the Senior Class.
Letita (Sandy) Robson was nominated by Karin Trail-Johnson, Associate Dean of Institute of Global Citizenship and Director of the Civic Engagement Center. She is currently a senior. Sandy has been an avid volunteer in a wide arrange of organizations including the Sibley Bike Depot, the Macalester Social Responsibility Committee, the Macalester Resource Planning Committee, the English Learning Center, the Semilleros de Futuros, and the Students Sharing coalition. She is also involved with Amnesty International, Mac Fair Trade, Macalester Peace and Justice Coalition, and the Student Labor Action Coalition. She has been a MacBike Coordinator as well. She has served in a number of internship roles. Her nominator writes “Sandy is well respected by her peers and faculty and staff as someone who has a solid academic grounding and a proven record of action for a better world.”
Alison Tray was nominated by Irene Kao, Assistant Dean of Students, and Paul Maitland-McKinley, current student. She is currently a junior. Alison is the Academic Affairs Commission chair and has been a wonderful leader to move many initiatives this year. With this commission, she is an active member of the MCSG Legislative Body. Allison thinks about building community and making connections with people more so that she thinks about herself. She cultivates the leadership skills in other by identifying their individual interests and assisting them in opportunities while support them in what they need. She is an Emerging Scholars mentor as well. Her nominator writes “Alison is a person of tremendous energy and is always in good spirits, her energy is contagious, and thus it isn’t surprising that students gravitate towards her.”