2021 Presidential Core Values Award for Leadership: Nivedita Hegdekar May 05, 2021 Jen Badie
A late bloomer on leadership, University Student Government Association president works with UMB administration to ensure that all student voices are heard on critical decisions.
To celebrate and promote the University of Maryland, Baltimore’s (UMB) core values, the University hands out
Presidential Core Values Awards, designed to recognize students, faculty, and staff who embody the seven values at the heart of UMB’s mission: accountability, civility, collaboration, diversity, excellence, knowledge, and leadership.
Leadership Award Winner:
Nivedita Hegdekar, student, Graduate School and Francis King Carey School of Law
Nivedita Hegdekar had no intention of pursuing an executive-level leadership role with the University Student Government Association (USGA). She was shy and introverted growing up, so the biochemistry and molecular biology student at the University