Description of award: This award will be granted to an AHSS alumnus/a who has graduated within the last 15 years (after 1997). This award recognizes a nominee's professional or personal achievements which bring honor to AHSS at DU. This nominee is a growing leader in their field, and priority is given to candidates who have demonstrated creativity or originality in their achievements. 

Upon graduating with her degree in theatre from DU, Doyle received her MFA in costume design from University of Florida. She returned to Denver and is now doing highly creative work as the costume design associate at the Denver Center Theatre Company. She has designed costumes for more than 50 productions and has served as the head of design for the Denver Center Theatre Academy Summer Program for 12 years. In her spare time, Doyle serves as a guest costume designer at DU theatre and Lamont School of Music productions. She has also led a fundraising effort to raise more than $25,000 for AIDS Walk Colorado.

Description of award: This AHSS alumni community engagement award is granted to any AHSS alumnus/a who has dedicated him/herself to serving the community, locally or globally. His/her accomplishments have improved or enriched the lives of others. His/her contributions need not be publicly renowned, but should demonstrate creative or original achievements that offer societal or educational value. Priority will be given to candidates who have contributed to the public good.

After Kingman received her bachelor's in speech communication in 1971, she became a pioneer in building community awareness about renewable energy concerns. Throughout the 1970s she created and developed a cutting-edge traveling science exhibition outreach and education program on energy conservation and solar technologies. Under the umbrella of the University of Colorado she raised nearly $200,000 from federal, state and private sources to carry through her project, which was exhibited at multiple venues, including the Denver Museum of Nature and Science where more than 300,000 visitors viewed it.

Kingman has continued to serve on numerous environmental foundations and agencies at both the local and national levels. She is now an exhibition and graphic designer in Santa Fe, NM.

Description of award: this AHSS alumni service award is granted to an AHSS alumnus/a who has made signification contributions to the liberal arts at the University of Denver. He/she has offered their time, expertise, enthusiasm and energy to improving liberal arts programming at DU and has helped to preserve and promote AHSS traditions at DU.

The late Dave Briggs enjoyed a long and successful career in the financial sector. His career reached new heights when he founded and served as president of his own company, the Colorado Financial Group.

An avid sports fan, Briggs was a big supporter of the DU athletics program. And he was a lover of learning: he was an avid reader, he was a big a picture leader and he was a creative innovator. Perhaps for these reasons, Briggs was an important leader in AHSS. He served as the founding president of the AHSS Advisory Board, which provides its experience, expertise and energy to the dean of AHSS. In this capacity he helped the board develop three important committees: a philanthropy committee, a student mentorship committee, and an alumni outreach committee. Much of the success of liberal arts alumni outreach, for example, can be created to Briggs' foresight and leadership. He passed away in the summer 2012 and left a loving, supportive wife and three children. His son and brother attended the ceremony on May 6 at DU to receive the award.

Description of award: This premiere AHSS alumni achievement award is granted to any AHSS alumnus/a who has demonstrated special career or personal achievements. This person is a leader in their field and has made outstanding contributions to their field. Priority will be given to candidates who have contributed to the public good.

Mayor Hogan has served the citizens of Aurora, CO, for 27+ years. He has been a State Representative, City Council member and Mayor.

Heroically, Mayor Hogan led Aurora through and after the events of the July 20, 2012 shooting, including a community healing event attended by 10,000 people less than 72 hours after the tragic event occurred. He is highly involved in the community and serves as a volunteer with numerous organizations. His work has brought him recognition and awards from other agencies, including the Aurora Chamber of Commerce and the national Disabled American Veterans. Mayor Hogan has also given back to his alma mater by creating a scholarship for today's political science students at DU. 

Description of the award: Recipient actively lives the University of Denver's commitment to be a "private university dedicated to the public good;" serves as a positive representative of the University of Denver and AHSS to the Denver and broader communities; and has demonstrated the initiative to become involved, or to stay involved in the community.

Webster is a high achieving student in and out of the classroom. Locally, she has been a Public Achievement Coach for four years and in that capacity she worked with more than 200 at-risk youth in the Denver Public School system. In doing so, she logged more than 1,300 hours of service. She also has held several internships with Senator Mark Udall's office, the Great Education Colorado and Volunteers of America Colorado. Nationally, in 2011 Webster represented DU at the Naval Foreign Affairs Conference where she discussed hot political issues with students from across the nation. Internationally, Webster traveled to Kerala, India, where she had an internship at an advocacy program for students working to escape the caste system.

Description of award: Recipient has made contributions to AHSS, its departments and programs through an active involvement in this academic community on campus; has articulated the values of a liberal arts education and put those values into action; and has made steps to improve the academic community of AHSS.

Hirokawa has been a devoted liberal arts student during his four years on campus. He served on the DU undergraduate student government as a senator for social sciences his sophomore year. After spending his junior year abroad to study Japanese language and culture, he returned to the position for his senior year. This year he not only served as senator for social sciences, but also he led the AHSS undergraduate population as President of the AHSS Student Advisory Council. Most notably, Hirokawa created the a new program called AHSS Week at which he brought students together to celebrate liberal arts on campus through alumni networking events, tours of museums, lectures with faculty and more. 

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