Last updated on August 14, 2023
The Riki Jacobs Livingston Pride Award is given annually by the Livingston Alumni Association (LAA) to the Rutgers-New Brunswick graduating senior who most embodies the spirit of Livingston College and its attributes of leadership and social action.
All Rutgers University-New Brunswick undergraduate seniors with a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.500 are eligible to apply for the award.
Riki E. Jacobs (1957-2009, pictured at right) was the director of the Hyacinth Foundation, an AIDS support organization, among many roles she fulfilled to assist vulnerable populations.
Jacobs (LC’80) also was one of LAA’s first Livingston College Distinguished Alumni, honored in 2000.
Recipients of the Livingston Pride Award (renamed for Riki Jacobs in 2010)
Honorees from 1990 through 2010 graduated from Livingston College. Since 2011, honorees may be graduates of any undergraduate college at Rutgers University-New Brunswick/Piscataway.
The years in the list below link to the Livingston College yearbook page where each student is pictured. / * Photo not available.
The names link to more information about each awardee, as available.
| 1990: Yantra E. Zavala * 1991: Stephanie Heitman 1992: Daniel Malloie 1993: Harry R. Knabe 1994: Janel C. Patti 1995: Ayana D. Gee 1996: Caren A. Tinney 1997: Connie Liauw 1998: Ashwini Reddy | 1999: Irene Shenouda 2000: Geraldine Burgos 2001: Randall Gordon Stamm 2002: Michael Lawrence Dimond 2003: Kazim A. Rizvi 2004: Gregory Ordun 2005: Lisa M. Lattanzi | 2006: Keith A. Gottesman 2007: Zuleima Feliciano * 2008: Jacqui Whitfield * 2009: Rob Drucker * 2010: Victoria Rowland * 2011: Matthew Cortland 2012: Amy Tran 2013: Melanie Davila | 2014: Emilie Transue 2015: Amy Albert 2016: Victor A. Mensah 2017: Maria Alba 2018: Lucy Anne Blevins 2019: Eshan Kaul 2021: Janelle L. Taliaferro | 2021: Amanda Wells |
| Stephanie Heitman, LC’91 | Daniel Malloie, LC’92 | Harry R. Knabe, LC’93 | Janel C. Patti, LC’94 | Ayana D. Gee, LC’95 |
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| Caren A. Tinney, LC’96 | Connie Liauw, LC’97 | Ashwini Reddy, LC’98 | Irene Shenouda, LC’99 | Geraldine Burgos, LC’00 |
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| Randall Gordon Stamm, LC’01 | Michael Lawrence Dimond, LC’02 | Kazim A. Rizvi, LC’03 | Gregory Ordun, LC’04 | Lisa M. Lattanzi, LC’05 |
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| Keith A. Gottesman, LC’06 | Matthew Cortland, SAS’11 | Amy Tran, SAS’12 | Melanie Davila, SAS’13 | Emilie Transue, SAS’14 |
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| Amy Albert, SAS’15 | Victor A. Mensah, SAS’16 | Maria Alba, SAS’17 | Lucy Anne Blevins, SAS’18 | Eshan Kaul, SEBS’19 |
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Janelle L. Taliaferro, RBS’21 | Amanda Wells, SAS’21 | Tara Krishna, SAS’22 |
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Anthony Rivera-Rosario, SAS’22 | Divon Pender, SMLR’23 | Sara Rubiano, SAS/EJB’23 |
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