The University of Pennsylvania’s James Brister Society recently hosted its annual Student and Faculty Leadership Awards ceremony.

The following awardees were honored:

• Vivian L. Gadsden, the William T. Carter Professor of Child Development and Education, director of the National Center on Fathers and Families and associate director of the National Center on Adult Literacy, received the James Brister Society’s Dr. Gloria Twine Chisum Award for Distinguished Faculty.
• Megan Yan, C’16, W’16, received the James Brister Society’s Student Leadership Award.
• Divya Karunanithi, GEE’17, received the James Brister Society’s Graduate Student Leadership Award.
• Bianca Molina, C’17, received the Association of Latino Alumni’s Student Leadership Award.
• Tyler Hallmark, GEd’17, received the Association of Native Alumni’s Student Leadership Award.
• Krisna Maddy, C’18, received the Black Alumni Society’s Student Leadership Award.
• William Wang, C’17, W’17, received the University of Pennsylvania Asian Alumni Network’s Student Leadership Award.
• Michael Karam, C’17, received the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender  Alumni Association’s Student Leadership Award.