Missouri Statewide Awards
For Faculty, Staff, and Community
The Community Engagement Professional of the Year
The Community Engagement Professional of the Year award recognizes one professional from a member campus in Missouri who has worked toward the institutionalization of academic service-learning and/or service, created and strived toward a vision of service for his/her campus, promoted higher education as a public good, provided exceptional support to faculty and students, and has been instrumental in forming innovative campus-community partnerships.
Nomination Information and Cover Sheet
The Outstanding Community & Campus Collaboration Award
The Outstanding Community & Campus Collaboration award recognizes a sustained campus-community partnership in the state of Missouri that demonstrates a true partnership as evidenced by 1) community agency involvement in the development of the course goals and learning outcomes; 2) measurable impact (qualitative and quantitative) on students, faculty and institution; 3) measurable impact on the lives of those served by the community agency; 4) commitment of community agency to student learning.
Nomination Information and Cover Sheet
The Excellence in Community-Based Teaching & Scholarship Award
The Excellence in Community-Based Teaching & Scholarship award recognizes one faculty member from a member campus in Missouri who has 1) successfully incorporated service-learning into at least one course with demonstrable outcomes and 2) conducted outstanding research in the field of service-learning and engaged scholarship.
Nomination Information and Cover Sheet
For Students
The Semester of Service Award
The Missouri Campus Compact Semester of Service program encourages students to give their time and talents to neighborhood organizations, and offers a tool for recognizing students for their efforts. When students provide service (through volunteering, service-learning, or a combination of service opportunities) to neighborhood organizations or government agencies over the course of a single semester, they track their hours with the Semester of Service Passport. At the end of the semester, students who have provided 45 hours or more of service will be eligible to receive the following:
- Community Contributor.........45 hours
- Community Changer.............70 hours
- Community Catalyst............100 hours
- Missouri Campus Compact website recognition
- A letter of recognition to the student
- A letter to the president of the student’s institution
- Two letters to people (parents, employers, coaches, instructors, etc.) identified by student
Institutions/students may order the Passports at a cost of $1.00 per Passport. Shipping/handling charges are included in the price of the Passport.
Semester of Service Passport Institution Order Form Semester of Service Passport Individual Order Form
Semester of Service Certificate Order Form
