Before leaving for their three-week winter break, several students were honored for their commitment to ExEds during the first semester.
Crew Not Passenger awards were presented for dedicated participation in the UWC-USA Campus Services program. Kicked off in September, the program involves students, teachers, and staff work alongside the custodial, maintenance and grounds employees to clean and spruce up the Montezuma campus.
Crew Not Passenger award recipients were:
Grounds Crew
- Sophie “Zosia” Sandweiss ’20, USA-Texas, and Julius Schaut ’21, Germany
Building Exteriors
- Karoline Nedergaard ’20, Denmark, and Anika Quon ’20, USA-Wash.
Hardscaping
- Lorenzo Laquidara ’20, Italy
Forestry
- Nghia DucNguyen ’20, Vietnam
Library
- Vyara Getahun ’20, Bulgaria
Maintenance/Custodial/Misc.
- Asja Babanovic ’21, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Snow shoveling
- Leah Wilson ’20, USA-NJ
Community Commitment awards were presented to:
Reading Buddies
- Sophia Huang ’20, Germany
Soup Kitchen
- Milania Lucia Soares da Costa ’20, Timor-Leste
- Catherine Quinn ’20, USA-Texas
- Julia Mazal ’20, USA-NM
- Olusotemidayo “Temi” Oyedele ’20, Nigeria
The SPOT Community Center
- Rara Dzikrina Istifadah ’21, Indonesia
Recipients of Ethical Action awards were:
STEM Club
- Yuden Lhamo ’20, Dorji, Bhutan
SOAAR
- Sophia Huang ’20, Germany
SWEET
- Elisa Ruiz ’20, Spain
Latin Ensemble
- Andres Block Martinez ’20, Mexico
Cultural Day Leadership
- Juliana “Juju” Lucena Gaspar ’20, Cayman Islands –
Amnesty International
- Foster Preston ’20, Canada