Principles of Community Awards Soaring to New Heights
Started nearly thirty years ago (1990), the annual Principles of Community Achievement Awards recognize campus staff who demonstrate diversity and Principles of Community efforts that exceed the expectations of their position. The awards are awarded in collaboration with SDAAC and celebrated annually as part of the Soaring to New Heights celebration.
Individual Awards
These awards recognize UC Davis staff members who, through personal effort, have significantly contributed to advancing a respectful, welcoming, and inclusive environment. Honorees help create conditions where all individuals can thrive by fostering dignity, respect, and connection; removing barriers to access; and strengthening our shared sense of community. Nominations for contributions by faculty, executives, student employees, or community members will be considered for a Special Citation.
Team Award
This award recognizes a UC Davis department, unit or team whose collective actions have made a substantial impact on advancing a positive working and learning environment. Honorees have contributed to organizational development by encouraging collaboration, addressing structural or cultural barriers, and fostering a culture of respect, inclusion, and shared purpose.
Deanna Falge Award
While the criteria for this award are consistent with the Individual Award, the Deanna Falge Award honors individuals who have demonstrated sustained commitment (five years or more) to building a stronger UC Davis through their ongoing efforts to promote fairness, access, and community well-being. Recipients of this award embody the long-term spirit of our Principles of Community through their leadership and service.
Calvin E. Handy Award
The Calvin E. Handy Leadership Award honors individuals or organizations for proactive, community-oriented efforts that support crime prevention and public safety. It highlights the role of safety in advancing the mission of UC Davis, UC Davis Health, and surrounding communities. Created to honor Chief Emeritus Calvin Handy’s legacy of public service and leadership, the award recognizes contributions that foster engagement and collaboration. Eligible nominees include UC Davis students, faculty, and staff, as well as local residents, businesses, agencies, and community organizations.
Eleanor Fontes-Fulton Award
The Eleanor Fontes-Fulton Award honors a retiring UC Davis employee for exceptional, career-long contributions to fostering dignity, respect, and connection; removing barriers to access; and strengthening our shared sense of community.
- 2024 Award Recipients
- Kelli O'Day | Individual Award
Matthew St. Amant (Special recognition) | Individual Award
Center for Chicanx and Latinx Academic Student Success | Team Award
Ken Barnes | Deanna Falge Award
Health 34 | Calvin E. Handy Leadership Award
Operating Room Management Team at UC Davis Health: Connie Ulep, John Ortiz, Bodie Adams and Carolyn Parrish | Disability Award
- 2023 Award Recipients
- Eunah Cho Preston | Individual Award
College of Engineering Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee | Team Award
Blake Flaugher | Deanna Falge Award
Dr. Kristee Haggins | Calvin E. Handy Leadership Award
Vickie Gomez | Eleanor Fontes Award
- 2022 Award Recipients
- Emily Scivoletto | Individual Award
Patient Care Services/ Nursing | Team Award
Dr. Tina Rulli | Deanna Falge Award
- 2021 Award Recipients
- Joe Martinez | Individual Award
Department of Entomology and Nematology | Team Award
Mandy Rousseau | Deanna Falge Award
Ian Brown | Calvin E. Handy Leadership Award
Rahim Reed | Eleanor Fontes Award
UCDH: Dorthea Fowler, Wanda Pratt, Pawan Gautam, Jonalyn De La Cruz | Disability Award.
Operating Room Management Team at UC Davis Health: Connie Ulep, John Ortiz, Bodie Adams and Carolyn Parrish | Disability Award
CAMPUS: Nora Orozco, Alfred Chan, John Pascoe, John Angelos | Disability Award
- 2020 Award Recipients
- Leota Wilson | Individual Award
Kyaw Tha (Faculty Citation) | Individual Award
School of Law | Team Award
Alissa Magorian | Deanna Falge Award
Avery Asera | Calvin E. Handy Leadership Award
Fredna Karnegas | Eleanor Fontes Award
Lisa Brodkey | Eleanor Fontes Award
UCDH: Janette Manuel, Ann Kelly-Messineo, Kimmie Bleichner-Jones, Dianna Maynard, Arnaldo Silva | Disability Award
CAMPUS: Rob Starkey, Jennifer Voight, Chris Adamson, Savid Johnson, Amber Reyes, David Lish, Joy Hooover | Disability Award
- 2019 Award Recipients
- Bernadette Abucayan | Individual Award
UCDH Vice Chancellors LGBTQ+ Advisory | Team Award
Council | Team Award
Joshua Hori | Deanna Falge Award
Clement Stokes | Calvin E. Handy Leadership Award
Deidra Madderra | Disability Award
Katica Got | Disability Award
Rekha Sylvain | Disability Award
Caitlyn McCarthy | Disability Award
Hamid Fonooni | Disability Award
Heather Houston | Disability Award
Dana Morford | Disability Award
Team: Marcie Ellis, Tami Welden, and Silvia Molina. Team Kristina Leach and Gerald Searles. | Disability Award
- 2018 Award Recipients
- Alissa Magorian | Individual Award
Maricel Lumaquin | Individual Award
Campus Recreation Department | Team Award
Alma Martinez | Deanna Falge Award
Officer Ray Holguin | Calvin E. Handy Leadership Award
Walter Robinson | Eleanor Fontes Award
Lynn Rabena | Disability Award
Mandy Heitz | Disability Award
Peter Vertz | Disability Award
Tyson Mantor | Disability Award
Jill Evans-Grinbergs | Disability Award
Lisa Pine | Disability Award
Angie Marin | Disability Award
Troy Taylor | Disability Award
- 2017 Award Recipients
- Ken Barnes | Individual Award
ASUCD Office of Advocacy & Student Representation | Team Award
Diane Carr | Deanna Falge Award
Rocci Twitchell | Calvin E. Handy Leadership Award
Maureen Stanton | Eleanor Fontes Award
Clifford Contreras | Disability Award
Francisco Andrade | Disability Award
Viridiana Alcaraz | Disability Award
Carol Matheny | Disability Award
Sarah Sardella | Disability Award
Jennifer Kellog | Disability Award
Special Recognition to Fredna Karneges | Disability Award
- 2016 Award Recipients
- Ariel Collatz | Individual Award
Lynette Mendoza | Individual Award
Clinical Trial Team | Team Award
Michelle Famula | Deanna Falge Award
Davis Joint Unified School Dirstrict Board of Education and Superintendent of Education Staff | Calvin E. Handy Leadership Award
Maxine Rogers | Eleanor Fontes Award
Cheryl Stafford | Disability Award
Cherie Felsch | Disability Award
Ellen Barnes | Disability Award
Brenda Fudge | Disability Award
Vickie Tibbs | Disability Award
John Ortiz | Disability Award
Frances Noriega | Disability Award
Lori Renstrom | Disability Award
Team: Ruth Parcell, Carmina Caselli, Kathy Miner, Cynthia Simmons, Erum Syed | Disability Award
- 2015 Award Recipients
- Elaine Fingerett | Individual Award
Maxine Rogers | Individual Award
School of Law Immigration Clinic Faculty Citation: STEAD Committee | Team Award
Connie Champagne | Deanna Falge Award
Lyndon Huling | Calvin E. Handy Leadership Award
Jeanne Wilson | Eleanor Fontes Award
Karen Nofziger | Disability Award
Cynthia Kranc | Disability Award
Carey Avery | Disability Award
Chief Matt Carmichael | Disability Award
Ben McNulty | Disability Award
Team Award: Wendi Vela & Gary Byrdsong. Bio and Ag Engineering. | Disability Award
- 2014 Award Recipients
- Katherine Gardner | Individual Award
Mercedes Piedra-Sullivan | Individual Award
Preferred Name Service | Team Award
Nan Senzaki | Deanna Falge Award
Jeff Reisig | Calvin E. Handy Leadership Award
Rick Hill | Eleanor Fontes Award
Carlos Garcia-Chief | Disability Award
Bridget Levich | Disability Award
Donna Olsson | Disability Award
Darlene Riel | Disability Award
Remedios Sarabia | Disability Award
Team: Danny Vorasaph and Tim Phillips of Environmental Sciences. | Disability Award
- 2013 Award Recipients
- Raynell Hamilton | Individual Award
Jennifer Wong-Wade | Individual Award
Michele Dyke | Individual Award
The Gays, Lesbians, Everyone who cares Employees (GLEE) | Team Award
Lori Fuller | Deanna Falge Award
UC Davis Police Cadet Program Development Team | Calvin E. Handy Leadership Award
Mary Ellen Rivera | Eleanor Fontes Award
Erica Brown | Disability Award
Nancy Van Tassel | Disability Award
Dewight Kramer | Disability Award
Jessica Potts | Disability Award
Renee Araiza | Disability Award
- 2012 Award Recipients
- Joshua Hori | Individual Award
Tammy Hoyer | Individual Award
Special Citation: Dr. David Follette, Mayra Llamas | Individual Award
Early Academic Outreach Program (EAOP) Staff | Team Award
Special Mention: Special Transitional Enrichment Program (STEP), College of Biological Sciences Graduate Group Complex team | Team Award
Griselda Castro | Deanna Falge Award
Sexual Assault & Domestic Violence Center, Board of Directors | Calvin E. Handy Leadership Award
Phyllis Thomas | Eleanor Fontes Award
Michael Colby | Disability Award
Blanca Ponce | Disability Award
John Hester | Disability Award
Team: Student Housing, Univeristy Extension | Disability Award
- 2011 Award Recipients
- Peter Blando | Individual Award
Elias Lopez | Individual Award
Vajra Watson | Individual Award
Special Citation: Dr. Michele Igo, Ona Olito, Dr. Eric Mann | Individual Award
MIC Lab Team-Department of Microbiology | Team Award
Moira Delgado | Deanna Falge Award
Phyllis Thomas | Eleanor Fontes Award
Connie Smith | Disability Award
Loren Jenkins | Disability Award
Mary Kitchen | Disability Award
Sasha Ferreira | Disability Award
Sue Russell | Disability Award
Susan Kennedy DuHain | Disability Award
- 2010 Award Recipients
- Maria Saldana-Seibert | Individual Award
Special Citation: Diversity Leadership Awardee: Sheri Atkinson | Individual Award
Diversity Leadership Development Program (DLDP) | Team Award
Honorable Mentions: Education Abroad Center, Principles of Community Online Class, STEM Transfer Day, TANA Community Art Center | Team Award
Regina Canegan | Deanna Falge Award
Valerie Lucus | Calvin E. Handy Leadership Award
Teresa Farley | Disability Award
Jan Barnett | Disability Award
Brain Wadell | Disability Award
Team: Victor Lukas, William Ferrier, James Cravotta in Campus Veterinary Services | Disability Award
Team Emil Rodolfa and Kristee Haggins in Counseling and Psychological Services | Disability Award
Team: Lina Layiktez, Teresa Brown, Ana Kitchen from Campus Events and Visitor Services | Disability Award
- 2009 Award Recipients
- Ken Barnes | Individual Award
Pamela Burnett | Individual Award
Special Citation: Bruce Haynes | Individual Award
International Education Week Planning Committee | Team Award
Phyllis Thomas | Deanna Falge Award
Lt. Matthew Carmichael | Calvin E. Handy Leadership Award
Department of Land and Water Resources | Disability Award
Department of Agricultural Services | Disability Award
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Deans Office | Disability Award
Institutional Review Board Administration | Disability Award
Foundation Plant Services | Disability Award
- 2008 Award Recipients
- Mary Bankston | Individual Award
Gary Stewart | Individual Award
Special Citation: Catherine Kudlick, Riche Richardson | Individual Award
Future Implementation Team | Team Award
Michelle Famula | Calvin E. Handy Leadership Award
- 2007 Award Recipients
- Aida Calpo | Individual Award
Moira Delgado | Individual Award
Richard Hill | Individual Award
Laurie Stillman | Individual Award
Mikael Villalobos | Individual Award
Special Citation: Bianca Solis M.D. | Individual Award
MSO's for the Future Implementation Team | Team Award
Shelley Booth | Deanna Falge Award
Sheri Atkinson | Calvin E. Handy Leadership Award
John F Dixon | Eleanor Fontes Award
Micki Eagle | Eleanor Fontes Award
- 2006 Award Recipients
- Carla Lacey | Individual Award
Anne Myler | Individual Award
Special Citation: Dr. Gina Holland, Jesus de Loera | Individual Award
Concerned Campus Affiliates | Team Award
Dr. Kristee Haggins | Deanna Falge Award
Lt. Nader Oweis | Calvin E. Handy Leadership Award
Andrea Romero | Eleanor Fontes Award
Bethany Daniels | Individual Award
Nancy Harrington | Individual Award
Shannon Quiroz | Individual Award
Anne Muenster | Disability Award
- 2005 Award Recipients
- Wilhelmina Cottman | Individual Award
Irene Day | Individual Award
Paula Driver Shimada | Individual Award
Daniel Steinhart | Individual Award
Special Citation: David Van Leer | Individual Award
Micki Eagle | Deanna Falge Award
Joy Fergoda | Eleanor Fontes Award
Gary Perkins | Eleanor Fontes Award
Tom Coil | Disability Award
Clarence Jackson | Disability Award
- 2003 Award Recipients
- Torey Bookstein | Individual Award
Noah Cuttler | Individual Award
Law School Admissions: Erin Peltzman, Joseph Rodriguez, Tonia Teresh | Team Award
Special Citation: Campus Community Book Project 2002 | Team Award
Marti Hanna | Deanna Falge Award
Stephanie Hubbard | Deanna Falge Award
- 2002 Award Recipients
- Shelley Booth | Individual Award
Lisa Brodkey | Individual Award
Shaundra Brown | Individual Award
Rosie Hall | Individual Award
John Ingianni | Individual Award
Pat Kearney | Individual Award
Richard Ronquillo | Individual Award
Anita Royston | Individual Award
Special Citation: Blickenstaff, Jacob (SC) Wood, Fred (SC) | Individual Award
Undergrad. Adm. and Outreach (D/T) | Team Award
Romero, Andrea (DF) | Deanna Falge Award
- 2001 Award Recipients
- Linda Alexander | Individual Award
Edie Cartwright | Individual Award
Gilda Garcia | Individual Award
David Lock | Individual Award
Phyllis Thomas | Individual Award
Rose Torres Turner | Individual Award
Alfred Wilkes Jr. | Individual Award
Cindy Wunder | Individual Award
Special Citation:Carina Celesia Perschbacher Moore | Individual Award
Counseling Center | Team Award
Leslie Campbell | Deanna Falge Award
Rachel Mallery | Eleanor Fontes Award
- 2000 Award Recipients
- Diana Davis | Individual Award
Joaquin Galvan | Individual Award
Amagda Perez | Individual Award
Sharon Pinkney | Individual Award
Special Citation: Dan Desmond, Alan Hwang, Kevin Johnson, Angela Loudermilk, James F. Shackelford | Individual Award
Training Internship Program | Team Award
Eleanor Fontes-Fulton | Deanna Falge Award
Ada Sosa Riddell | Deanna Falge Award
- 1999 Award Recipients
- Michelle Dyke | Individual Award
John Ortiz-Hutson | Individual Award
Rebecca Williams | Individual Award
Special Citation: Arturo Gandara, Kommah Johnson, Jennifer Myhre, Damaris Solano, Catherine Vandevoort, Martha West. | Individual Award
RRTC/NMD | Team Award
M.D. William Fowler Jr. | Deanna Falge Award
- 1998 Award Recipients
- Janice Barnett | Individual Award
Mary Funai | Individual Award
Lyra Halprin | Individual Award
Gloria Myers | Individual Award
Wayne Rebstock | Individual Award
Susanne Rockwell | Individual Award
Special Citation: Gospel Choir, Richard Scalettar | Individual Award
DANR | Team Award
George Reyes | Deanna Falge Award
- 1997 Award Recipients
- Clay Ballard | Individual Award
Jeanne Bernauer | Individual Award
Shelley Booth | Individual Award
Connnie Burton | Individual Award
Griselda Castro | Individual Award
Artemis Nelson | Individual Award
Mandy Piggee | Individual Award
Andrea Romero | Individual Award
June Taylor | Individual Award
Cpt. Earl Tomlinson | Individual Award
Special Citation: Yvonne Marsh, Charles Shoemaker | Individual Award
Pesticide Ed. Program | Team Award
Karen Roth | Deanna Falge Award
- 1996 Award Recipients
- Josephine Blick | Individual Award
Stanley Echols | Individual Award
Karen Ellsworth | Individual Award
Erlinda Gonzales | Individual Award
Tori Hollowell | Individual Award
Emily Galindo | Individual Award
Russ Marsh | Individual Award
Connie Melendy | Individual Award
Mary Ann Montague | Individual Award
Mike Sheehan | Individual Award
Pat Wong | Individual Award
Special Citation: Dr. Gerald Lazarus, Jesikah Maria Ross, Fraser M. Shilling | Individual Award
UC Davis Presents | Team Award
Martha West | Deanna Falge Award
- 1995 Award Recipients
- Lisa Brodkey | Individual Award
Leslie Campbell | Individual Award
Sharen Chafin | Individual Award
Micki Eagle | Individual Award
Gloria Falcon | Individual Award
Lynn Gore | Individual Award
Ronald Johnson | Individual Award
Dolores Jones | Individual Award
Gary Perkins | Individual Award
Nancy Seyden | Individual Award
Special Citation: Flores, Anthony, Larry Hoover, Dr. Jerome Murphy, Pres. Jack Peltason | Individual Award
The General Library | Team Award
- 1993 Award Recipients
- Diane Adams | Individual Award
Margaret Brooks | Individual Award
Connie Burton | Individual Award
John Dixon | Individual Award
Calvin Handy | Individual Award
Claudia Myers | Individual Award
George Reyes | Individual Award
Francisco Rodriguez | Individual Award
Andrea Romero | Individual Award
Karen Roth | Individual Award
Sandra Vella | Individual Award
Special Citations: Eleanor Sandoval, Marbella Sala. | Individual Award
- 1992 Award Recipients
- Mary R. Anderson | Individual Award
Sandra Fielden | Individual Award
Ted Hostetler | Individual Award
Joan Leaver-Fink | Individual Award
Rachel Mallery | Individual Award
Dori Stephenson | Individual Award
Allison Subasic | Individual Award
Jerrel Thompson | Individual Award
Ross Trevino | Individual Award
Angie Wehr | Individual Award
Special Citation: Rick Entrikin | Individual Award
- 1991 Award Recipients
- George Bynon | Individual Award
Joy Fergoda | Individual Award
Alice Hom | Individual Award
Connie Melendy | Individual Award
Marion Randall | Individual Award
George Reyes | Individual Award
Rebecca Robinson | Individual Award
Andrea Romero | Individual Award
Dale Tom | Individual Award
Gary Tudor | Individual Award
- 1990 Award Recipients
- Leslie Campbell | Individual Award
Ed Dagang | Individual Award
Pat Elkins | Individual Award
Sandy Fielden | Individual Award
Sandra Frye-Lucas | Individual Award
Mary Grivna | Individual Award
Gerald Hallee | Individual Award
Cindy Johnson | Individual Award
Marilyn Kays | Individual Award
Charlotte Lucero | Individual Award
Elizabeth Meyer | Individual Award
Anne Sandoval | Individual Award
Dori Stephenson | Individual Award
Helen Villanueva | Individual Award
Nominations
The nomination period generally opens in winter of each year. Nominations should include specific examples of how the nominee:
- Advances a positive and respectful working or learning environment
- Models behavior consistent with the Principles of Community
- Supports access to opportunity and fosters a sense of belonging
- Participates actively in programs or efforts that strengthen campus climate
- Demonstrates commitment to fairness and community engagement through public service