Student Organization Awards

Members of student organizations pose with their awards during a Student Life awards ceremony.

Celebrate the Best UCR Has to Offer!

Welcome to the Student Organization Awards Celebration page! Student Organization and Awards Celebration takes place in the spring quarter. We encourage all student organizations to apply for as many awards as they would like and to attend the event to see who wins! Applications will be available early spring quarter in HighlanderLink.

Awards List:

Student Organization of the Year
- 2022-24 Winner: National Society of Black Engineers
- 2022-23 Winner: Project Sunshine
- 2021-22 Winner: Underground Scholars Initiative
- 2020-21 Winner: American Medical Student Association
- 2019-20 Winner: Project Sunshine
New Student Organization of the Year
- 2023-24 Winner: Star Wars Club
- 2022-23 Winner: Club Sampling Club
- 2021-22 Winner: Fight For Autism
- 2020-21 Winner: Gardening Club
- 2019-20 Winner: Highlander EMS
Student Organization President of the Year
- 2023-24 Winner: Brian Gao, Chess Club
- 2022-23 Winner: Hana Baig, Gardening Club
- 2021-22 Winner: Jeanine Nassar, Students for Justice in Palestine
- 2020-21 Winner: Zaynah Waseem, South Asian Federation
- 2019-20 Winner: Arati Jaiswal, Healthy Hearts
Student Organization Member of the Year
- 2023-24 Winner: Enun Enun, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Incorporated
- 2022-23 Winner: Kennedy Parker, Highlander Business Society
- 2021-22 Winner: Alyssa Rodriguez, Underground Scholars Initiative
- 2020-21 Winner: Richard Duong, Tech Interview and Coding Support
- 2019-20 Winner: Allison Chu, Society of Women Engineers
Outstanding Marketing and Design
- 2023-24 Winner: Gardening Club
- 2022-23 Winner: Gardening Club, Queer Alliance
- 2021-22 Winner: Muslim Student Association, Queer and Trans People of Color, Running Club
- 2020-21 Winner: TEDxUCR & SciComm
- 2014-20: Did not give award
Educational Program of the Year
- 2023-24 Winner: A Friend in Me, Patient Interaction Workshop
- 2022-23 Winner: Queer & Trans People of Color, Mental Health & Paint Night
- 2021-22 Winner: Strategies for Ecology Education, Diversity, and Sustainability
- 2020-21 Winner: American Sign Language Club
- 2019-20 Winner: Undergraduate Business Association, "Meet Your Concentration"
Collaborative Program of the Year
- 2023-24 Winner: Queer and Trans People of Color & Queer Alliance, "That's Steep..." series
- 2022-23 Winner: EARS Student Group & R'Shorts, EAR Ringers
- 2021-22 Winner: Gardening Club & R'Garden, Fall Harvest Festival
- 2020-21 Winner: South Asian Federation, Sikh Student Association, Middle Eastern Student Assembly, Bangladeshi Student Association, Iranian Student Association, Arabic Culture Club, Students Organize for Syria, Pakistani Student Association, "Discover SWANA and Other Languages"
- 2019-20 Winner: Society of Women Engineers & Women in Computing, "Rose Hack"
Outstanding Community Service
- 2023-24 Winner: Highlander EMS
- 2022-23 Winner: Muslim Student Asosciation
- 2021-22 Winner: Information Not Provided
- 2020-21 Winner: Project Sunshine
- 2019-20 Winner: Student Homeless Aid Relief Project
Executive Board of the Year
- 2023-24 Winner: Pre-Dental Society
- 2022-23 Winner: Gardening Club
- 2021-22 Winner: Student Homeless Aid Relief Project (SHARP)
- 2020-21 Winner: Student Alumni Association
- 2019-20 Winner: Future Dentist Club
Outstanding Commitment to Higher Education Outreach
- 2023-24 Winner: American Medical Student Association
- 2022-23 Winner: Psi Chi Psychology Honor Society
- 2021-22 Winner: Neuroscience Graduate Student Association
- 2020-21 Winner: National Society of Black Engineers
- 2019-20 Winner: Entomology Graduate Student Association
Adviser of the Year Award
- 2023-24 Winner: Dr. Arlen Cano Matute, Mujeres Unidas
- 2022-23 Winner: Dr. Flip Tanedo, Physics Organization for Womxn and the Under-Represented
- 2021-22 Winner: Dr. Michael Solis, Fight For Autism
- 2020-21 Winner: Brock Cavett, Student Alumni Association
- 2019-20 Winner: Desmond Harvey, National Society of Black Engineers
Event of the Year
- 2023-24 Winner: Queer Alliance, Dragalicious Drag Ball XX
- 2022-23 Winner: Fight For Autism, Autism Acceptance Month Banquet
- 2021-22 Winner: EARS, Songwriting Camp
- 2020-21 Winner: Association of Latino Professionals for America, "Alumni Night 2021"
- 2019-20 Winner: Queer and Trans People of Color, "QTPOC Conference"
Philanthropic Event of the Year
- 2023-24 Winner: Gardening Club, Pumpkin Pre-Sale Event
- 2022-23 Winner: Muslim Student Association, Charity Week
- 2021-22 Winner: Muslim Student Association, Sahaba Initiative Fundraiser For Homeless Shelter
- 2020-21 Winner: Delta Gamma, Anchor Splash
- 2019-20 Winner: Pi Beta Phi, Halo Hoops Tournament
Graduate Student Organization of the Year
- 2023-24 Winner: Biomedical Sciences Graduate Student Association
- 2022-23 Winner: Biomedical Sciences Graduate Student Association
- 2021-2022 Winner: Information Not Provided
- 2020-2021 Winner: Information Not Provided
- 2019-20 Winner: Biomedical Sciences Graduate Student Association
Social Justice Activists of the Year
- 2023-24 Winner: National Society of Black Engineers
- 2022-23 Winner: Iranian Student Association
- 2021-22 Winner: Queer and Trans People of Color
- 2020-21 Winner: TEDxUCR
- 2019-20 Winner: South Asian Federation
New Member of the Year
- 2023-24 Winner: Nathan Partida, The Running Club
- 2022-23 Winner: Safy Tesfay, Highlander Business Society
- 2021-22 Winner: Aaron Situ, Student Alumni Association and Catherine Amezquita, Underground Scholars Initiative
- 2020-21 Winner: Abby Aguirre (Alpha Chi Omega) and Nathan Melwani (Cyber@UCR)
- 2019-20 Winner: Information Not Provided
Best Concept

2023-24 Winner: American Sign Language Club
Best Logo

2023-24 Winner: Adventure Club