Miracle Emenuga Awarded ExCEL Award

Three University of Kansas students were named winners of the 2022 Excellence in Community, Education and Leadership (ExCEL) Awards. Aylar Atadurdyyeva of Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, Miracle Emenuga of Lagos, Nigeria, and Mikayla Leader, of Wichita, were recognized during the KU-Iowa State football game Oct. 1 in David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium, which concluded a week of activities for KU’s 110th Homecoming celebration.

Miracle Emenuga is a senior in chemical engineering with a minor in biomedical engineering. She is president of the KU chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers and was formerly vice president of LEAD UP.

ExCEL Award nominees were selected based on their leadership, communication skills, involvement at KU and in the Lawrence community, academic scholarship and ability to work with a variety of students and organizations. The ExCEL Award was first given in 1991, and this year’s awards were presented by Konica Minolta.

Congratulations, Miracle!