Margaret Hudson, a local artist, donates the brown clay peeper figures that are now given annually as awards. Deciding on exactly who gets the awards is a challenging task. Literally hundreds on students, faculty and staff are nominated for awards each year. The nominations are finally narrowed down, and awarded at the annual spring Peeper Awards Banquet. After the official Peepers are awarded, everyone is welcome to give a tribute to others who did not get selected for the Peeper awards.
Creativity is the key here.
The Peepers are awarded to recognize students, faculty and staff that live a daily life of encouragement and spirit. They are meant to be something special for the person that receives them. That is why only 12 are given. Pauls keeps her Peeper on her desk, treasuring it, as do others who have been honored by the Peeper award.