Susan Flinkingshelt Student Association Service Award
Awarded each year to the American Studies major or minor judged by the American Studies faculty to have made the greatest contribution during that year to the success of the American Studies Student Association. A permanent plaque with the names of all award winners is on display on the 4th floor of University Hall.
This award is named in memory of Susan Flinkingshelt, an American Studies major who was killed in a tragic accident in November 1992. Susan, who graduated in 1989, was a very active member of the Student Association during her undergraduate years and in spring 1989 received the department's scholarship award, the Vaca Scholarship.
Year Awarded |
Recipient |
|---|---|
| 2022-23 | Kathy Loreto-Spennato and Kelly McMahon |
| 2021-22 | Shannon Anderson, Raymond Gandara, Marisol Rivera |
| 2020-21 | Katherine Morales and Michelle Okawa |
| 2019-20 | Laura Fauvor and Naja Shabaka |
| 2018-19 | Julian Orazco and Matt Sylvester |
| 2017-18 | Michael Gandara and Jasmine Mayfield |
| 2016-17 | Amanda Ritter and Bahar Tahamtani |
| 2015-16 | Darcy Anderson and Drew Bahna |
| 2014-15 | Tramanh Hoang and Kacie Hoppe |
| 2013-14 | Mariella Garcia and Tatiana Pedroza |
| 2012-13 | Monica Duboski and Greg Rozsa |
| 2011-12 | Nicole Rehnberg and Anna Marie McPride |
| 2010-11 | Stacey Moultry |
| 2009-10 | Steven Ngo and Julianna Barone |
| 2008-09 | Megan Wagner and Sara Rogers |
| 2007-08 | Sara Rogers and Jimmy Stroup |
| 2006-07 | Megan Wagner |
| 2005-06 | Megan Jensen and Melanie Pyles |
| 2004-05 | Kristiane R. Joy and Megan Jensen |
| 2003-04 | Carla Melissa Anderson |
| 2002-03 | Matthew A. Knowlton and Traci Turner |
| 2001-02 | Lily Estes-Eichert and Jeremy Hill |
| 2000-01 | Chris Gunther and Jennifer Jefferson |
| 1999-00 | Amy Lefkowitz and Jonathan Menjivar |
| 1998-99 | Dana Maples and John McCarthy |
| 1997-98 | Debbie Girkin |
| 1996-97 | Barbara Campbell |
| 1995-96 | Barbara Campbell |
| 1994-95 | Barbara Campbell and Richard Dennison |
| 1993-94 | Carolyn de la Pena and Debra DeRuyver |
| 1992-93 | Barbara Sheahan |
| 1991-92 | Ronald Dobley and Sandra Finestone |
| 1990-91 | Dorothy Reina |
| 1989-90 | Cynthia Adams and Laurel Carpenter |
| 1988-89 | Cynthia Adams |
| 1987-88 | Priscilla Mayfield |
| 1986-87 | Ann Uyeda |
| 1985-86 | Holly Carpenter |
| 1984-85 | Beth Harnick |
| 1983-84 | April Schwenneker |
Flinkingshelt Award winners: (Left to Right, Top to Bottom) Melissa Anderson; Kristiane R. Joy; Megan Jensen; Melanie Pyles; Jimmy Stroup and Sara Rogers; Steven Ngo; Stacey Moultry; Darcy Anderson, Drew Bahna, Michelle Okawa, Shannon Anderson, Marisol Rivera, Kelly McMahon
