ASU Pitchfork Awards recognizes students making a difference every day
Student Anti-Hunger Coalition president Stephanie Kaufmann (right) and vice president Rebecca Bender at the Tempe campus Pitchfork Pantry location. Pitchfork Pantry, an organization that provides free food to students in need, won the Changemaker Award for Social Change and the Most Promising New Student Organization award at the Pitchfork Awards on Tuesday. Photo by Anya Magnuson/ASU Now
Every day, Arizona State University students, advisers and organizations are committed to making a positive impact through service, leadership and Sun Devil spirit. On April 12, the maroon carpet was rolled out at the sixth annual ASU Pitchfork Awards to celebrate and congratulate distinguished Devils on their efforts and successes.
If you can think of a challenge, ASU students are working to create a solution.
Taking home the Changemaker Award for Social Change was Pitchfork Pantry, an organization that provides free food to students in need and educates the surrounding area about hunger. Pitchfork Pantry also won the Most Promising New Student Organization award.
The 2016 International Night, presented by the Coalition of International Students (CIS), captured the Best Program Celebrating Campus Diversity, Best Entertainment Program (over 500 attendees) and Best Cultural Program awards. ASU’s largest cultural festival, International Night annually brings Sun Devils from around the world together to showcase their culture through music, dance and cuisine while raising awareness and appreciation of the many cultures students bring to the ASU community.
The full list of the 2017 Pitchfork Awards winners:
- Best Cultural Program: International Night
- Best Educational Program: Mental Health Awareness Week
- Best Entertainment Program (over 500 attendees): International Night
- Best Entertainment Program (under 500 attendees): Boo Bash
- Best Program Celebrating Campus Diversity: International Night
- Best Recurring Program: Dance Marathon
- Changemaker Award for Entrepreneur of the Year: Patrick McFarland
- Changemaker Award for Group Service: Fraternity & Sorority Life
- Changemaker Award for Social Change: Pitchfork Pantry
- Emerging Student Leader: Mackenzie Saunders
- Intramural Female Athlete of the Year: Yesenia Rodriguez
- Intramural Male Athlete of the Year: Jon Santos
- Intramural Team of the Year: Beater Help
- Most Promising New Student Organization: Pitchfork Pantry
- Outstanding Adviser: Dr. Ronald Briggs
- Outstanding Graduate Student Leader: Courtney B. Francis
- Outstanding Graduate Student Organization: Graduate Nurse Organization
- Outstanding Sustainable Project or Program: Peace Corps Club
- Outstanding Undergraduate Student Leader: Emma Hobbs
- Outstanding Undergraduate Student Organization: Residence Hall Association
- Outstanding Well Devil Project: Pi Beta Phi
- Residential College of the Year: College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
- Sport Club of the Year: Sun Devil Quidditch
- Sun Devil Spirit Award (group): 942 Crew
- Sun Devil Spirit Award (individual): Tayler Blackman
- Greek Man of the Year: David Roberts
- Greek Woman of the Year: Emma Walls
- Outstanding Interfaith Program: Annual Interfaith Dinner
For more information about the awards, visit the Pitchfork Awards website at eoss.asu.edu/pitchforkawards.
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