Alumni Awards

The Oxford Advancement and Alumni Engagement, along with the Oxford Board of Counselors and the Oxford College Alumni Board oversees the selection and recognition for the following awards:

Oxford College Board of Counselors Award

The R. Carl Chandler Award

Oxford College Alumni Board Awards

William Norton Outstanding Alumnus/a Award
Outstanding Young Alumnus/a Award
Outstanding Teaching Award
Outstanding Staff Award Honorary Alumnus/a Award

Please consider nominating someone for the various Oxford College Alumni Board and Oxford Board of Counselors awards. Submit your nominations online.

2024-25 Alumni Awards Recipients

The R. Carl Chandler Award

The R. Carl Chandler Award is awarded or a lifetime of leadership through service to Oxford College.

William Norton Outstanding Alumnus/a Award

The Oxford College Alumni Association gives this award to an Oxford alumnus/alumna who has shown exceptional dedication, loyalty, and innovation in his or her service to Oxford.

Munir Meghjani 08Ox 10C

Munir's deep commitment to Emory spans over a decade, including eight years on the Oxford College Alumni Board and a term on the Annual Giving Board.

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Outstanding Young Alumnus/a Award

The Oxford College Alumni Association gives this award to an Oxford alumnus/alumna who shows exceptional dedication, loyalty, and innovation in his or her service to Oxford. They are no more than twelve years out from their Oxford degree.

Outstanding Teaching Award

The Oxford College Alumni Association gives this award to an Oxford faculty member, past or present, who has imbued a love of learning, a mastery of the work, and a sense of community in the course of teaching at Oxford.

Susan Riner

Teaching Professor of Mathematics

Susan’s excellence in teaching has been recognized with multiple prestigious awards, including the Emory Williams Distinguished Teaching Award, the Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society Teaching Award, and the Crystal Apple Award for Teaching Excellence, the highest honor given by students on the Atlanta campus.

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Outstanding Staff Award

The Oxford College Alumni Association gives its Outstanding Staff Award to an Oxford College staff member, past or present, who has shown exceptional dedication and loyalty in his or her service to Oxford. They also appreciate the sense of community that Oxford offers.

Emily Culbertson

Senior Associate Director of Financial Aid

Within the Advancement and Alumni relations team, Emily has played a crucial role in fostering relationships and supporting the naming of students to various endowed scholarships.

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Honorary Alumnus/a Award

The Oxford College Alumni Association gives its Honorary Alumnus/Alumna Award to a person who did not graduate from Oxford College but who has shown exceptional dedication in his or her service to Oxford.

John G. Rice

Mr. Rice currently chairs the Woodruff Health Sciences Committee and is a senior professor at the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at Georgia Tech. He was elected an Emory trustee in 2006.

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