Gulf South Summit Conference Award
The Gulf-South Summit was proud to present the following five awards recognizing the hard work and dedication of outstanding people and programs in the field of service-learning and civic engagement in higher education.
Outstanding Practitioner Contributions to Service-Learning in Higher Education
The Gulf-South Summit Award for Outstanding Practitioner Contributions to Service-Learning in Higher Education will be given to a practitioner (faculty member, staff member, or administrator with responsibility for administration and/or coordination of service-learning activities) who has demonstrated excellence in creating, providing and sustaining opportunities for engaging college/university students in service-learning.
Evaluation criteria are as follows:
- Advancement of a culture of engagement within his or her institution
- Promotion of a scholarship of engagement among his or her colleagues
- Demonstrated leadership in the field of civic engagement
- Advancement of the principles of effective practice
- Demonstration of program growth and sustainability over time
The award recipient will receive a plaque in recognition of his or her accomplishments in addition to a monetary award of $500.
Outstanding Community Partner Contributions to Service-Learning in Higher Education
The Gulf-South Summit Award for Outstanding Community Partner Contributions to Service-Learning will be given to an individual who has demonstrated excellence in creating and sustaining opportunities for engaging college/university students in service-learning. This individual should have collaborated with a service-learning program for more than one year in order to be nominated.
Evaluation criteria are as follows:
- Evidence of having an active voice in the planning and implementation of service-learning
- Evidence of benefits to students
- Demonstration of effort in sustaining the collaboration over time
The award recipient will receive a plaque in recognition of his or her accomplishments in addition to a monetary award of $500.
Outstanding Faculty Contributions to Service-Learning Instruction in Higher Education
The Gulf-South Summit Award for Outstanding Faculty Contributions to Service-Learning Instruction will be given to a member of the teaching faculty who has demonstrated excellence incorporating service-learning pedagogy in the college/university classroom.
Evaluation criteria are as follows:
- Demonstration of engaged teaching methodologies
- Evidence of benefits to students
- Evidence of collaboration with community partners and/or service beneficiaries in course design
- Demonstration of sustained commitment by incorporating service-learning consistently for at least three academic terms
The award recipient will receive a plaque in recognition of his or her accomplishments in addition to a monetary award of $500.
Outstanding Student Contributions to Service-Learning in Higher Education
The Gulf-South Summit Award for Outstanding Student Contributions to Service-Learning will be given to a full or part-time undergraduate student who has demonstrated extraordinary public or community service efforts while attending an institution of higher education.
Evaluation criteria are as follows:
- Evidence of the effects of his/her service-learning participation on the community
- Evidence of the effects of service-learning participation on his or her academic learning, civic commitment, community awareness and personal development
- Evidence of how service-learning efforts have furthered the mission of his/her institution
- Demonstrated innovative and sustained work to address an issue in the community
The award recipient will receive a plaque in recognition of his or her accomplishments in addition to a monetary award of $500.
Outstanding Service-Learning Collaboration in Higher Education
The Gulf-South Summit Award for Outstanding Service-Learning Collaboration will be given to a team of practitioners, faculty and community partners who have demonstrated success in achieving a mutually beneficial collaboration that has successfully addressed a genuine community need.
- Evidence of a formalized relationship between community organizations and a college/university. This may include a copy of a Memorandum of Understanding or a Letter of Partnership outlining the commitments of each stakeholder.
- Evidence of beneficial effects of the collaboration on local concerns
- Indication of how the collaboration advanced objectives of engaged scholarship in the college or university
- Evidence that the collaboration has been sustained for at least three years
The award recipients will each receive a plaque in recognition of their accomplishments, and the community partner organization will receive a $500 monetary contribution.
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Amanda Buberger, Awards Chair
Gulf-South Summit Executive Committee
Assistant Director, Campus-Community Partnerships
Center for Public Service
Tulane University
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