Shanna Kinzel (Conference and Event Services, Student Union) will be awarded the Association of College Unions International (ACUI) Values Award during the annual conference this February in Boston, MA. The ACUI Values Award is presented to college union professionals who uphold the ACUI core values of unconditional human worth, joy, learning, caring community, innovation, diversity, and integrity in their daily work. Kinzel has been involved with ACUI for over 10 years in a myriad of roles, including: educational programs coordinator (former region 15), region I volunteer coordinator, region I conference planning team chair (Berkeley), annual conference program team member (Indiana and Boston), and serving on a program review team for the UC Riverside student union. Nominators described Kinzel as a caring, community-oriented leader who centers diversity and equity in her everyday practice; a person that leads from a place of curiosity; supervising in a way that builds trust, empowers and exhibits and caring for the whole person.
