Civic Engagement Awards

Four Award Categories and Review Criteria

I. Excellence in Community-Based Teaching and Learning

These $300 awards will be given to faculty members who utilize exemplary community-based teaching and learning strategies that enhance student learning and engage in public problem solving.

Review Criteria: Quality of the teaching and learning will be evaluated on the criteria:

• Teaches at least one community-based learning course per year
• Joins theory and practice that results in students understanding of relevance and application
• Facilitates reflective learning
• Understands and facilitates civic learning outcomes for students
• Demonstrates scholarship related to community-based teaching

Click here when you are ready to submit your 500-word essay and 75-word abstract with your application/nomination for this award

 

II. Excellence in Departmental Civic Engagement

This $300 award will be given to a department or program that makes engagement with community a central aspect of their department’s aggregate approach to student learning and scholarship. Award is designated to a department or program.

Review Criteria: An engaged department is one that:

• Uses community-based learning to facilitate students’ integration of community work and reflection into their academic study
• Encourages and rewards the scholarship of engagement where community-based action, or applied research is pursued
• Provides support to key departmental / programmatic initiatives which engage the community in efforts to fulfill the University’s mission

 

III. Excellence in Partnerships for Student Learning

This $300 award will be given to a community partner in order to recognize and celebrate the contributions their organization has made to help PSU realize its motto: “Let knowledge serve the city.” Award is designated for PSU’s community partners.

Review Criteria: The community organization receiving this award is recognized for excellence in:

• Facilitating student learning in a community based context
• Providing venues for faculty to advance their community-based scholarship
• Serving as a co-educator with faculty
• Suggesting creative ways to work with students and faculty in an educational, community development context

 

IV. Excellence in Community-Based Research

This $300 award will be given to faculty/community teams that provide pertinent data and responses to community needs with a focus on research. Award will be given to faculty/community partner team that contribute to community-based research.

Review criteria:

• New or innovative approaches to “defining, discovering, and disseminating knowledge” and/or a “commitment to social action for social change” via community-based research activities
• Collaboration with community entities, democratization of knowledge, and/or social change/justice implemented via research activities
• Any community-based research in social action and/or social change that attempts to promote social justice

Click here when you are ready to submit your 500-word essay and 75-word abstract with your application/nomination for this award

 

AWARD RECIPIENT ROLE AT THE AWARDS CELEBRATION:

• Award recipients are expected to join President Reardon and Provost Koch at the Civic Engagement Awards Celebration to be held on Thursday, May 29, 2008 from 3:00 - 5:00 pm.

• Award recipients are expected to showcase their work with a poster presentation displayed at the May 29 event.

• Award recipients are expected to provide a 3-minute presentation at the May 29 event.

Kevin Kecskes, Director for Community-University Partnerships (5-5642 or kecskesk@pdx.edu)

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Amy Spring, Assistant Director for Community-University Partnerships (5-5582 or springa@pdx.edu)