Awards
The Early Career Award focuses on women in their first six years of their career.
Mica McKinney and Amanda DeRito
Early Career, Middle, & Lifetime Achievement Awards Annually, the Center for Women & Gender recognizes the accomplishments of women at the beginning, middle, and end of their careers through the CWG campus and community career awards. The award celebration was held on March 22, 2018 in the Taggart Student Center Ballroom.
Mica McKinney and Amanda DeRito received this award for their joint work addressing sexual assault issues. McKinney serves as General Counsel for USU and DeRito serves as the Sexual Misconduct Information and Outreach Coordinator in the Public Relations and Marketing Office. McKinney directed USU to create a total of five working groups and task forces to address the issues of sexual assault, ranging from prevention, intervention training, assessing campus climate, as well as specific policies and their implementation. She leads the USU Sexual Violence Task Force. DeRito implemented USU Sexual Violence Task Force recommendations by developing several public relations campaigns directed at students to change their attitudes towards sexual violence intervention. “These women have worked together tirelessly to assist sexual assault and gender-based violence victims at USU,” said Dr. Derrik Tollefson, department head of Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology.
Camille Hawkins Camille Hawkins is a licensed clinical social worker and serves as the founder and executive director of the Utah
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