UF department of Housing and Residence Education announces Multicultural Student Award recipients

June 12, 2009

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Katherine (Kat) Warwick, a senior civil engineering major from Melbourne, Fla., and Harshva Deoghare, a doctoral candidate in public health and rehabilitation science from India, were selected as the department of Housing and Residence Education Multicultural Student Award recipients for 2009.

Warwick and Deohgare were selected based on their contributions to promoting diversity and multiculturalism within University of Florida residence facilities.

Warwick, Jennings Hall resident assistant, received the award in recognition of the quality and quantity of diversity programming she presented. Deoghare, president of the Graduate and Family Housing Mayors Council, received the award in recognition of his efforts to positively impact village residents through cultural awareness programming designed to ease the transition to UF.

The UF department of Housing and Residence Education Multicultural Student Award recognizes student leaders from diverse cultural backgrounds, including, but not limited to, international, African-American, Hispanic, Native-American and Asian-American residents. Nominees for the award may be undergraduates, graduates, or professional students living in residence facilities.

Award recipients must actively support and promote diversity and multiculturalism, provide quality programs to residents and significantly contribute to the campus community.