Celebrate the Ithaca College Women of Distinction 2025

The 7th annual Women of Distinction awards recognize women who exhibit leadership and pave the way for women in their fields of expertise; serve as role models and mentors and are committed to advancing women; and give back to the IC community through their time, talent, and resources. The Office of Student Engagement sponsors a call for nominations each January and hosts an annual ceremony and reception recognizing the recipients in March.

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The Women Leaders Series planning team solicits nominations for the annual Ithaca College Women of Distinction awards during the month of January. The Women of Distinction awards recognize up to four women who exhibit leadership and pave the way for women in their fields of expertise; serve as role models and mentors and are committed to advancing women; and give back to the IC community through their time, talent, or resources.

Recipients of the award are recognized at a ceremony and reception hosted by the Office of Student Engagement, where they share stories and words of advice with students and other IC community members who attend. At the 2024 event, we learned the importance of mentors, humor, resilience, confidence, support, and to some times "Pay it no mind!" The 2025 ceremony will be held on Friday, March 21 from 3:30 to 5:00PM.

Announcing the 2024 IC Women of Distinction

The Women Leaders Series planning team in the Office of Student Engagement is please to announce the four women who have been selected as this year's Women of Distinction:

  • Michelle Goode, Program Director, Center for Health Promotion
  • Christina Moylan, Dean of Health Sciences and Human Performance
  • Nia Nunn, Associate Professor, Department of Education
  • Bonnie Prunty, Vice President of Student Affairs and Campus Life

 Congratulations on receiving this honor. Ithaca College is so lucky that you are leaders on our campus and in the community! Thank you to the IC Women’s Mentoring Network for providing the funding for the refreshments at this event.

Photo collage showing women receiving awards.

Photos from the 2024 IC Women of Distinction Ceremony. Awards were presented to the recipients by student mentees Carley, Camille, Asata, and Jasmine! 

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The Ithaca College community is invited to nominate a faculty or staff member each January to be recognized at the annual Women of Distinction ceremony held at the end of March. The selection committee will review all nominations and will inform nominators and recipients of the selection results before March 1. Please contact the Office of Student Engagement at ose@ithaca.edu with any questions.

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Past recipients of the award include:

Danette Johnson, Julie Dorsey, Tiffany Huff, Te Wen Lo, La Jerne Terry Cornish, Chrystyna Dail, Lauren Goldberg, Cathy Michael, Diana Dimitrova, Belisa Gonzalez, Elyse Nepa, Erienne Roberts.