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The Student Leadership Recognition Banquet is an annual event that celebrates and recognizes the achievements of Western’s student leaders through a festive banquet and awards ceremony attended by students, parents, faculty and staff alike.<\/p>\n

The banquet was first held in 1985 and has grown in attendance and significance ever since.\u00a0 Held at first on campus and then at various locations in the Greater Danbury area, the last few years have seen it held consistently at the elegant\u00a0Amber Room Colonnade<\/a>\u00a0in Danbury.\u00a0 In 2011 and 2013 the banquet was held at The Matrix Conference and Banquet Center<\/a> in the former Union Carbide building and returned to the Amber Room in 2014. In 2017 the banquet was held at the Ethan Allen Hotel. In 2018 and 2019 the banquet was held once again be held at the Amber Room Colonnade. The banquet for 2020 was supposed to be held on campus in the O’Neill Center but was canceled due to Covid-19 and replaced by an award ceremony video<\/a>. In 2021, another award video<\/a> was created and a smaller scale, in-person ceremony took place in the O’Neill Center. In 2022, the full banquet returned with around 330 guests attending the 37th annual banquet and award ceremony held in the O’Neill Center. In 2023,\u00a0 the 38th Annual Student Leadership Recognition Banquet returned to the Amber Room Colonnade.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The event is held annually, usually in early May, and has grown from just a few to as many as 500 guests at one time.\u00a0Every year two members of each student organization are invited to the banquet along with the organization’s advisor.\u00a0Additional club members and parents\/guests may also be invited at cost or through a table sponsorship (see details above) and will be sent an invitation upon request.<\/p>\n

2023 Award Recipients<\/a><\/p>\n

2022 Award Recipients<\/a><\/p>\n

2021 Award Recipients<\/a> and 2021 Award Video<\/a><\/p>\n

2020 Award Recipients<\/a> and 2020 Award Video\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Amber<\/p>\n

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