Meet Student Leader Ruth Cortez Alvarez

Nipissing students consistently impress as leaders - in the classroom, on campus and in the community.  Recently the university celebrated 25 student leaders at the annual Dave Marshall Leadership Awards. Over the coming months, NU News will introduce each student leader to the wider community with a short article discussing their accomplishments and activities. Today, we are pleased profile Ruth Cortez Alvarez, a fourth-year Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Education, Child and Family Studies student and Dave Marshall Leadership Award winner in the campus category.

Cortez Alvarez is a Nipissing University Student Alumni representative at the Muskoka campus, and has been a volunteer with Muskoka Parry Sound Sexual Assault Services for the past two years.

She has coordinated events, rallied community volunteers, and improved awareness about social justice issues like violence against women. Ruth has also raised awareness of the challenges faced by immigrants to Canada.

Ruth is honest, forthright, generous and reliable. She is always there to support her peers in any way she can. Through these attributes she has gained the trust and respect of many students around her.

The Dave Marshall Leadership Award recognizes full-time students who have made an outstanding extra-curricular contribution to their academic program, to the campus, or to the greater community. Campus recipients are selected in recognition of their ability to: enhance campus culture, create a sense of community on campus, and empower others to get involved.