And the winner is Answered: AWS Hosts their Annual “SU Girls Rock Awards Show”

The Association for Women Students hosted their Annual SU Girls Rock Awards Show in the Event Center to honor the women of Southern University’s Baton Rouge campus.
The event – which awards young women through out campus for their hard work and achievements – capped a week of AWS festivities that were hosted by the all women’s group.
The Show, held on March 9, awarded students in a variety of categories including Vocalist of the Year, Best Dressed, Girl Boss of the Year, Advisor of the Year, and Humanitarian of the Year.
Jamesia Stewart and Lyonel Lee were the MCs for the night moving the pageant along and providing introductions to the award presenters including drum major for the Human Jukebox, Brendon Guerin; Executive Chief of Staff, True Brown; AWS and SGA Presidents, Paula-Marie Mensah and Zana L. Harris; and newly selected Man of the Bluff, Aaron Haynes.
The evening was full of fun and entertainment including music provided by DJ Neff, a live New Edition mashup, a performance by King Bronze and a dance rendition to Nina Simone’s Four Women.
Many students were nominated for awards that were collected at the Smith – Brown Memorial Student Union.
Once all nominations were received, they were advanced to the final round of voting by their peers.
This final round was conducted in the Union and in exchange for voting, AWS gave away t-shirts donning their theme for the week, “AWS Takes Flight.”
After the votes were tallied, the women with the most votes were presented with a decorated plaque at the AWS Show.
Charnelle Casma, AWS Deputy Chief of Staff, detailed the purpose of the event, “The purpose of the award show is to encourage the ladies making moves to keep doing what they’re doing and serve as an example for the younger girls coming up behind them. It is meant to shed light on the influential women on campus, and make sure they’re acknowledged.”
“With the vast amount of talent that Southern’s campus holds, it was an honor to be nominated for any one of the awards,” said Joy Antoine, who was nominated for Girl Boss of the Year.
Antoine owns an elite babysitting and nanny agency while also serving as the President and Vice President of Human Resources for the Epsilon Rho Chapter of Pi Sigma Epsilon Inc.
“Owning your own business and being an involved student is extremely hard but as a girl boss I get it done,” said Antoine.
Antoine says that a personal goal of hers is to increase the number of young black entrepreneurs and black owned businesses.
Winner of the Cheerleader of the Year award, Kaelyn Evans, expressed gratitude for those who voted for her.
“I want young ladies to know if you can dream it, you can achieve it,” said Evans.
Yasmine Whitehurst, was the winner for Dancer of the Year, and accepted her award with love quoting the presenter LaDonte Lotts, “keep yo cheese up.”