UCC Statewide Annual Recognition Event

The purpose of the Utah Campus Compact Statewide Recognition Event is to recognize the work of outstanding faculty, staff, students, and community partners at member institutions on a statewide level. This annual event takes place in April.

2010 Honorees
2009 Honorees

Selection Criteria
The following criteria are guidelines we are asking all institutions to consider when submitting their award honorees to Utah Campus Compact. This event will recognize every institution in each category on a statewide level. Please review the criteria and carry out your selection process as deemed appropriate for your institution. 

Civically Engaged Scholar
This award recognizes an individual with:

• Experience in using service-learning as a pedagogy
• Innovation in ways of employing reflective strategies to connect students’ service with academics 
• Evidence of engaged scholarship through integration, application, teaching, and/or community-based research 
• Evidence of institutional impact through promotion of service-learning on campus, in one’s discipline, and/or efforts aimed at redesigning curriculum or faculty development

Civically Engaged Staff Member
This award recognizes a staff member with:

• Leadership in advancing community engagement as a critical component within their higher education institution
• Evidence of supporting faculty, administrators, and students
• Formation of innovative campus and community partnerships
• Engaging, modeling, or influencing students to be involved in community service and/or service-learning

 
Civically Engaged Student
This award recognizes a student who:

• Demonstrates an innovative approach to building or enhancing campus-based efforts to address community needs/issues
• Employs use of diverse engagement strategies (i.e., service, service-learning, advocacy, policy work, etc.)
• Demonstrates ability to lead, inspire, and engage other students, members of institution, or community
• Demonstrates efforts to sustain their programs/work through developing strategies for institutional and community commitment

Committed Community Partner
This award recognizes an individual or organization who:

• Has enhanced the Community Partners involvement portion of your institution’s civic engagement program
• Has provided meaningful service and learning opportunities for students
• Has had their mission/programs/goals of the agency fulfilled or enhanced by partnering with your institution