The Furman University Student Leadership Awards were presented March 30 in the Younts Conference Center on campus. A committee of students, faculty and staff selects the awardees, who come from across the campus.<\/p>\n
Caleb Rikard \u201925, a math major who received one of two Willard A. Metcalf Personal Character Awards, talked about his growth as a leader by recognizing his fellow student leaders in a speech to the families, students, faculty and staff in attendance.<\/p>\n
In Rikard’s first year at Furman, older students thoughtfully mentored him in his job as manager for the men\u2019s basketball team. When he joined the Furman University Student Activities Board, other students \u201cshowed me the deep care someone can have for an organization, and the passion to see it succeed,\u201d he said. \u201cThey inspired me to focus on what I could give to the organization and to campus, rather than focusing on what those things could give to me. They helped me shift my focus to creating a space where others belonged, rather than trying to find a place I belonged.\u201d<\/p>\n
Other student leaders who helped make Furman a place of belonging, and who contributed to the university\u2019s success, are listed among the 2025 Leadership Awards Honorees below. See photos from the awards ceremony below the list of awardees.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n ALFRED S. REID MEMORIAL AWARD<\/strong> ALGERNON SYDNEY SULLIVAN AWARD<\/strong> BOUNDARY-BREAKER PROGRAM OF THE YEAR<\/strong> DAN JOYNER OUTSTANDING ATHLETIC LEADER<\/strong> \u00a0<\/strong>FURMAN\u2019S HALL OF LEADERS AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN SERVICE & LEADERSHIP<\/strong> \u00a0<\/strong>HARRY B. SHUCKER OUTSTANDING STUDENT LEADER AWARD<\/strong> \u00a0<\/strong>JOSEPH VAUGHN AWARD<\/strong> Lillian Brock-Flemming Award<\/strong> \u00a0<\/strong>LIPSCOMB AWARD<\/strong> \u00a0<\/strong>MAX AND TRUDE HELLER COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY AWARD<\/strong> \u00a0<\/strong>STUDENT ORGANIZATION ADVISOR OF THE YEAR<\/strong> \u00a0<\/strong>STUDENT ORGANIZATION OF THE YEAR<\/strong> \u00a0<\/strong>THE LEVERETTE SUSTAINABILITY AWARD<\/strong> \u00a0<\/strong>THE PRESIDENT\u2019S AWARD<\/strong> \u00a0<\/strong>UNSUNG HERO AWARD<\/strong> \u00a0<\/strong>WILLARD A. METCALF PERSONAL CHARACTER AWARD<\/strong> \u00a0<\/strong>WINSTON BABB MEMORIAL AWARD<\/strong> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Students, programs and advisors received awards for leadership in the March 30 event in the Younts Conference Center. Caleb Rikard ’25, a math major, was the student speaker. He also received a Willard A. Metcalf Personal Character Award.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":389,"featured_media":37175,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3269],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-honors-and-awards"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/389"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37156"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37185,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37156\/revisions\/37185"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nGabrielle Harvey
\nPatrick Guinee
\nXannie Gray<\/p>\n
\nGrace Prince
\nYaseen Echekki<\/p>\n
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\nIvan Agyaakwah
\nMegan Marvin<\/p>\n
\nCarly Gillis
\nCollin McBride
\nElijah Poritzky
\nEllie Schulson
\nKatie Spannaus
\nMenna Ellaqany
\nMorgan Chapman
\nNoah Nussbaum
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\nAlice Tyszka
\nAmanda Nnodim<\/p>\n
\nSoukeyna Pitroipa<\/p>\n
\nSarah Gonzales<\/p>\n
\nJason Levitt<\/p>\n
\nMolly Faul<\/p>\n
\nJason Hansen- Jewish Student Association
\nCasey Hawthorne- STEM advisors
\nAndy Coe- First Generation Student Alliance
\nLexie Johnson- Afrikiya<\/p>\n
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\nSummer Marsden<\/p>\n
\nDalmondeh Dearest (DD) Nayreau
\nEmerson Gray<\/p>\n
\nEmmie Barth
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\nKayla Neubert
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