Alumni Association Awards

Community Champion Award 

Recognizes outstanding contributions that address critical social, economic and environmental needs throughout our society and communities, including local communities. Both individuals and groups are eligible. The nominee(s) may be either Johns Hopkins alumni (individual or group) who have impacted any community OR non-alumni (individual or group) who have impacted a Johns Hopkins institution.

Distinguished Alumnus/a Award

Honors alumni who have typified the Johns Hopkins tradition of excellence and brought credit to the university by their personal accomplishment, professional achievement, or humanitarian service.

Global Achievement Award

Honors alumni who exemplify the Johns Hopkins tradition of excellence and have brought credit to the university and their profession in the international arena through their professional achievements or humanitarian service.

Heritage Award

Honors alumni and friends of Johns Hopkins who have contributed outstanding service over an extended period to the progress of the university or the activities of the Alumni Association.

Outstanding Recent Graduate Award

Honors recent graduates of Johns Hopkins (within 10 years of graduation) for outstanding achievement or service in their professional or volunteer life. Support of Johns Hopkins may be a consideration, but not a requirement.

Public Service Award 

Honors alumni who have brought credit to the university by their current or recently concluded distinguished public service as elected or appointed officials.

Meet Our Alumni

Paula Boggs

A&S '81

Since 1998, the Nathaniel Boggs Jr. PhD Memorial Fellowship—established by Paula Boggs, A&S '81, 2023 recipient of the Alumni Association Heritage Award —has strengthened Johns Hopkins' ties to HBCUs and supported underrepresented graduate students in the natural and physical sciences. Boggs, a trailblazing student-athlete and university trustee, created the fellowship in honor of her father, the first person to earn a PhD in zoology from Howard University.

Recipients of the fellowship describe it as transformative—providing both critical financial support and a sense of belonging. Beyond funding, the fellowship has created a community; Boggs fosters connections among recipients through networking and mentorship, continuing her commitment to breaking barriers and amplifying excellence across disciplines.

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