AAU Awards Ceremony ’23: Time to vote!

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The nominations for this year’s AAU Award Ceremony are now closed! Ready to get voting? It’s time to choose which of the nominees you consider to be the brightest stars of the AAU community in 2023 – who is your winner? 

Vote for your favorites here.

Voting closes on Friday, May 5, 2023, at 12 PM – Good luck to all nominees!

We look forward to seeing you all for the winning announcements on Saturday, May 13, 2023, at the 10th Annual AAU Awards Ceremony 2023.

List of Award Nominees:

Outstanding Scholar

  • Jean Kallenburg  
  • Noelle O’Braitis  

Staff Member of the Year

  • Clea Boban  
  • Katerina Vanova  
  • Marharyta Tykhonovych  
  • Zdenek Johanovsky  
  • Lucie Kacovska  

IR Teacher of the Year

  • Daniela Chalaniova  
  • George Hays II
  • Jacob Maze
  • Radka Havlova  
  • Robert Warren  
  • Silviya Lechner  
  • William Eddleston  
  • Zuzana Vesela  
  • Zuzana Fellegi  

IR Student of the Year

  • Mathilde Kjeldbjerg  
  • Meghan O’Rourke  
  • Robert Montgomery  
  • Lauren Pray  

Business Teacher of the Year

  • Dan Fiala  
  • Dan Padolsky  
  • Joel Imhoof  

Business Student of the Year

  • Genevieve Flores  
  • Jean Kallenburg  
  • Olivia Pettigrew  

Journalism, Media, and Visual Arts Teacher of the Year

  • Anthony Marais   
  • Ted Turnau  
  • Seth Rogoff  

Journalism, Media, and Visual Arts Student of the Year

  • Madisen Fawver  

Humanities Teacher of the Year

  • Joshua Hayden 
  • Ted Turnau  
  • Angel Hoekstra  

Humanities Student of the Year

  • Aiym Mukitanova  
  • Mariia Kliuchnikova  
  • Iman Akmatalieva  
  • Nora Zapalac  
  • Daria Zhukauskaite  

Law Teacher of the Year

  • Hanna Ripper  
  • Jiri Kasny  

Most Helpful Staff Member

  • Anna Kubai & Elvira Ryskaliyeva (reception)  
  • Clea Boban  
  • Colleen Timmons  
  • Jana Lipovšeková  
  • Janel Umarbaeva  
  • Joshua Hayden  
  • Jozef Bartik  
  • Marya Oliynyk  
  • Romana Svitkova  
  • Zuzana Vesela  

Best Course of the Year

  • Anthony Marais – Composition II  
  • Anthony Marais – Creative Writing   
  • Jacob Maze – Politics I  
  • Joshua Hayden – Ethics and Leadership  
  • Joshua Hayden, Leadership and the Self  
  • Robert Warren, Political Geography  
  • Robert Warren, Post-Colonial International Relations  
  • Věra Jeřábková – Intro to Diplomacy  
  • Zuzana Fellegi, Gender Equality and Politics  
  • Zuzana Vesela – China in Global Politics  
  • Angel Hoekstra – Social Psychology  
  • Angel Hoekstra – Intro to Sociology  
  • William Eddleston – History of the Cold War –  

Club of the Year

  • Rock Climbing Club  
  • Film Watchers Club  
  • Digital Media Club  
  • Dancing Club  
  • Environmental Club  
  • Islamic Club  
  • Q-Club  
  • Students Against Violence  
  • Yoga Club  

Distinguished Artist

  • Dorota Cicatkova  
  • Genevieve Flores  
  • Hana Kellerman  
  • J Hoague  
  • Joshua Schultz  
  • Kenly Kottmeyer  
  • Mariya Ageyeva  
  • Madisen Fawver   

Outstanding Athlete

  • Daniil Litvak  
  • Ethan Fite  
  • Maegan Comer  
  • Petula Sagan  
  • Rebeka Hoblik  
  • Aldiyar Yessimkhanov  
  • Martin Mares  

Student Council Member of the Year

  • Hunter Vaughan  
  • Jean Kallenburg  
  • Kesed Haglund  
  • Kyra Aronoff  
  • Payton Metzger  
  • Simone Stansbury  

AAU Spirit Award

  • Drake Dewey  
  • Ethan Fite  
  • Maria Ferariu  
  • Mathilde Kjeldbjerg  
  • Niyota Burkes  
  • Zach Stuck  
  • Geeya Patel  

Distinguished Student Leadership Award

  • Hannah Schermer  
  • Lauren Pray  
  • Lora Lukova  
  • Mathilde Kjeldbjerg  
  • Giulia Dibenedetto  

Global Explorer Award

  • Harvey Young  
  • Indy deVries  
  • Nanako Yamamoto  
  • Simon Chandler  
  • Taki Salamah  

Rising Star Award

  • Benicio Franqui  
  • Kyra Aronoff  
  • Niyota Burkes  
  • Payton Metzger  
  • Amelia Metcalf  
  • Hope Isaak  

Get voting now! See here.

AAU Awards Ceremony, 2023