Community Engagement
TWO AWARDS:
- One award for tenured/tenure-track faculty
- One award for fixed-term-track faculty
Purpose of Award
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching describes community engagement as, “the collaboration between institutions of higher education and their larger communities for the mutually beneficial exchange of knowledge and resources in a context of partnership and reciprocity.”
This award is to recognize, encourage and reward those faculty who are exemplary in their service and civic scholarship outside of the university, providing leadership and making significant contributions to the public good. This award recognizes the importance of continuous contributions to the external community that create sustainable connections with the university, elevate the civic mission of the institution and provide measured impacts on community needs.
Recipients of this award will have demonstrated outstanding achievement in and commitment to community engagement, some qualifying examples of this engagement include, but are not limited to:
- Creation of partnerships with community based organizations, educational institutions and/or governmental entities for the mutual exchange of knowledge and resources that demonstrate sustained impact on the community
- Engaging students with the community through service-learning course offerings, program development and/or community engaged research
- Community engaged research projects
- Significant service on boards of community based organizations, city or county commissions/taskforces
Criteria
The selection committee will consider the following criteria in selecting winners:
- Evidence of exemplary service and civic scholarship outside of the university, providing leadership and making significant contributions to the public good.
- The scope, intensity, and degree of sustained contributions to the external community that create sustainable connections with the university, elevate the civic mission of the institution and provide measured impacts on community needs.
Nomination Materials
A selection committee composed of faculty will review nomination packets. The nomination packet for this award will consist of only the following, assembled into a single PDF file in the order indicated:
- Complete award nomination form
- Recent letter of support/nomination from a peer faculty colleague, department chair, or college leader
- Self-statement of engagement in the community (not to exceed 2 pages). The statement should speak to:
- The nature and quality of your community engaged research and/or contributions to the community
- How your community engagement has enhanced connections between the community and the university and built sustainable partnerships with measured impacts
- CV of nominee
No additional materials should be submitted.
Each dean’s office should upload completed nomination packets by the deadline
Previous recipients of the President’s Distinguished Achievement Award for Excellence in Community Service/Engagement are ineligible for nomination for this award.
Each college may submit a maximum number of nominees (based on the size of the college) per award category (for example, the Alvarez College of Business could submit up to three nominations for the tenured/tenure-track category and three nominations for the fixed-term-track category):
SEE TABLE BELOW
| College | Maximum Number of Nominees |
|---|---|
| CEID | 3 |
| ACOB | 3 |
| COEHD | 3 |
| COLFA | 3 |
| COS | 4 |
| HCaP | 4 |
| University College | 1 |
| Honors College | 1 |
Past Recipients
2022
Dr. Neda Norouzi, Architecture
2021
Liset Vasquez, HCaP
Michael Cepek, Liberal and Fine Arts
2020
Catherine Nolan-Ferrell, Liberal and Fine Arts
Mel Webb, Honors College
2019
David Bojanic, Business
2018
Gary Mabry, Liberal and Fine Arts
Derek Plantenga, Public Policy
2017
Sue Ann Pemberton, Architecture, Construction and Planning
Mehdi Shadaram, Engineering
2016
Jill Fleuriet, Liberal and Fine Arts
2015
William McCrary, Liberal and Fine Arts
2014
Gregory B. White, Sciences
2013
Francine Romero, Public Policy
2012
Eugene Dowdy, Liberal and Fine Arts
2011
Christine Moseley, Education and Human Development
2010
Turgay Korkmaz, Sciences
2009
Roxanne Henkin, Education and Human Development
2008
Weldon Hammond Jr., Sciences
