Student Spotlight: FHSU’s Kelly Nuckolls

FHSU’s Kelly Nuckolls

Kelly Nuckolls, a senior at Fort Hays State University and a student member of ADP’s Implementation Committee, has been recognized nationally as one of 180 2013 Newman Civic Fellows by Campus Compact.

The Newman Civic Fellows Award honors inspiring college student leaders who have demonstrated an investment in finding solutions for challenges facing communities throughout the country. Fellows are recommended by their college or university presidents and the awards are made in memory of Frank Newman.

According to the award notification, “Nuckolls creates programs and events to involve students and the surrounding community in becoming aware of taking action to combat hunger. Her passion for this work has positioned her as a leader on and off campus.”

Nuckolls has been involved in numerous organizations including the Global Leadership Project, American Democracy Project, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Universities Fighting World Hunger Eighth Food Summit, Up ‘Til Dawn, Mortar Board National College Senior Honor Society and Student Government Association.

Kelly Nuckolls is deeply involved in awareness and action for local, national, and global hunger. For two years she has been the coordinator for the Global Leadership Project. Through her position, Kelly creates programs and events to involve students and the surrounding community in becoming aware and taking action to combat hunger. Her passion for this work has positioned her as a leader on and off campus.

Congratulations, Kelly!

IARSLCE Call for Award Nominations

IARSLCE is pleased to announce that nominations are now being accepted for the following 2013 awards, details of which may be found at http://www.researchslce.org/awards-nominations/. Awardees will be recognized at the 2013 IARSLCE conference in Omaha, November 6-8, 2013. For details about the conference, please visit http://www.researchslce.org/conferences/.

The Distinguished Research Award recognizes any researcher who has a distinguished record of research and scholarly contributions on service-learning and community engagement.

The Early Career Research Award recognizes outstanding early career contributions to scholarship on service-learning and community engagement.

The Dissertation Award recognizes a dissertation that advances research on service-learning and/or community engagement through rigorous and innovative inquiry.

Ten $500 Graduate Student Scholarships are provided by the Association on a competitive basis for support to attend the conference. One of those ten is especially for an international graduate student who is not based in the US.

All award nominations are due May 24, 2013.

Reminder: Nominations for ADP’s Civic Engagement Awards Due April 8, 2013!

Plater Award for Leadership in Civic Engagement

Willam M. Plater

AASCU’s American Democracy Project seeks nomination for the William M. Plater Award for Leadership in Civic Engagement.  The Award is given each year to an AASCU chief academic officer in recognition of his or her leadership in advancing the civic mission of the campus. Funded through the generosity of Indiana University Purdue University-Indianapolis, the award acknowledges the critical leadership role that chief academic officers play in helping make an institution intentional about its public mission to prepare undergraduates as informed, engaged citizens.

The Plater Award, presented annually, includes an engraved commemorative and $1,000.  The Award recipient will be announced at the annual meeting of the American Democracy Project, June 6-8, 2013 in Denver.  The Award can also be presented on the recipient’s campus.

Nomination and Selection Process: Chief academic officers may be nominated by anyone on the campus. The president or chancellor must endorse the nomination. Nomination materials for the 2013 Plater Award must be submitted electronically by Monday, April 8, 2013.

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Saltmarsh Award for Emerging Leaders in Civic Engagement

John Saltmarsh

AASCU’s American Democracy Project seeks nomination for the John Saltmarsh Award for Emerging Leaders in Civic Engagement.  The Saltmarsh Award is presented annually to an emerging leader in the civic engagement field from an AASCU institution or ADP Partner. The Award recipient will receive an engraved commemorative and a check for $500. The Award recipient will be at the annual meeting of the American Democracy Project, June 6-8, 2013 in Denver.

Support for the Award comes from Bill Plater and the royalties from the 2011 book To Serve a larger Purpose”: Engagement for Democracy and the Transformation of Higher Education (Temple University Press) edited by John Saltmarsh and Matthew Hartley.

Nomination and Selection Process: Emerging Leaders may be nominated by anyone. Nomination materials for the 2013 Saltmarsh Award must be submitted electronically by Monday, April 8, 2013. 

128 ADP/AASCU Institutions on the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll

The President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, launched in 2006, annually highlights the role colleges and universities play in solving community problems and placing more students on a lifelong path of civic engagement by recognizing institutions that achieve meaningful, measurable outcomes in the communities they serve.

The 2013 Honor Roll recipients were announced at the American Council on Education’s 95th Annual Meeting Leading Change on March 4, 2013, in Washington, DC.

While no AASCU/ADP institutions were selected as one of the top five 2013 Presidential Awardees, three campuses were chosen as Honor Roll Finalists:  California State University, Dominguez Hills; California State University, Monterey Bay; and the University of Northern Iowa.

Additionally, 15 AASCU/ADP schools were selected for the Honor Roll with Distinction (view the full list here). The 15 AASCU/ADP schools include: Southern Arkansas University; California State University, Fresno; California State University, Fullerton; California State University, Northridge; Florida Gulf Coast University; Indiana State University; Towson University (Md.); Metropolitan State University (Minn.); Winona State University (Minn.); North Carolina Central University; North Carolina State University; The University of North Carolina at Greensboro; University of Nebraska Omaha; State University of New York at Cortland; State University of New York at Oswego.

A total of 110 AASCU/ADP institutions were chosen as Honor Roll Members (view the full list here). To view the listing of all awardees, go here.

To learn more about the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, go here.

Call for Nominations for the William M. Plater Award for Leadership in Civic Engagement

William M. Plater Award for Leadership in Civic Engagement

Given in recognition of exemplary leadership in advancing the civic learning of undergraduates through programs and activities that encourage greater knowledge, skills, experiences and reflection about the role of citizens in a democracy.

Nomination materials for the 2013 Plater Award are due Monday, April 8, 2013.

Willam M. Plater

The William M. Plater Award for Leadership In Civic Engagement was established in 2006 by AASCU in collaboration with Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) in appreciation for the leadership of William M. Plater, who served as the chief academic officer of IUPUI from 1987 through 2006. IUPUI has generously agreed to endow the Plater Award for 15 years.

The Plater Award is designed to recognize the critical role of the chief academic officer in advancing the civic mission of the campus through curricular reform, public advocacy, accountability for institutional citizenship, faculty development and recruitment, and partnerships with community organizations.

The Plater Award is the first national award established specifically to honor and recognize chief academic officers for their leadership in higher education.

The Award

The Plater Award is presented annually to an AASCU chief academic officer. The Award recipient will receive an engraved commemorative to acknowledge the national recognition and a check for $1,000. The 2013 Award recipient will be announced at the annual meeting of the American Democracy Project, June 6-8, 2013 in Denver.

Criteria

1. Service as the chief academic officer of an AASCU member campus for at least three years.
2. Demonstration of sustained personal leadership in one or more of the following areas with evidence that the civic learning of undergraduates has been advanced in some direct way:
   • Public advocacy for citizenship preparation, including communication to the internal academic community, scholarship and academic advocacy at the regional and national levels, and communication with the larger community.
   • Accountability for institutional performance through the establishment and use of measures of student learning outcomes, as well as new measures for faculty and staff achievement (including research, publication, and community impact).
   • Faculty and staff development and recruitment of faculty to serve the institution’s civic mission.
   • Curricular improvements, including such examples as general education reform; service learning programs; student research, internships, or study abroad with civic purpose; or integration of community engagement in the curriculum through first year experiences, core courses, major requirements, graduate studies or capstone courses.
   • Curricular and co-curricular community engagement activities through collaboration with student affairs.
   • Creation of or support for effective outreach and community partnerships.
   • External support and funding for citizenship education through fundraising, grants, or awards

Nomination and Selection Process

Chief academic officers may be nominated by anyone on the campus. The president or chancellor must endorse the nomination. The nomination consists of the following: a complete cover sheet, a vitae or resume no longer than five (5) pages; and no more than five (5) additional pages of documentation in the form of a description of the nominee’s achievements, supporting letters, etc. Everything should be contained in a single .pdf document and emailed to mehaffyg@aascu.org. Nomination materials for the 2013 Plater Award are due Monday, April 8, 2013.

Call for Nominations for the John Saltmarsh Award for Emerging Leaders in Civic Engagement

John Saltmarsh Award for Emerging Leaders in Civic Engagement

Given in recognition of exemplary early-career leaders who are advancing the wider civic engagement movement through higher education to build a broader public culture of democracy.

Nomination materials for the 2013 Saltmarsh Award are due Monday, April 8, 2013. 

In an effort to recognize, support and encourage the next generation of leaders in the civic engagement movement, the American Democracy Project established in 2011 a national award, the John Saltmarsh Award for Emerging Leaders in Civic Engagement. The award was named in honor of John Saltmarsh, the Co-Director of the New England Resource Center for Higher Education (NERCHE) at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, to recognize a long-standing passion of his: nurturing and preparing the next generation of civic leaders to sustain and advance the civic engagement movement.

The Saltmarsh Award is presented annually to an emerging leader in the civic engagement field from an AASCU institution or ADP Partner. The Award recipient will receive an engraved commemorative to acknowledge the national recognition and a check for $500. The Award recipient will be at the annual meeting of the American Democracy Project in June in Denver.

In order to provide support for the Award in the future, the royalties from To Serve a larger Purpose”: Engagement for Democracy and the Transformation of Higher Education, a book edited by John Saltmarsh and Matthew Hartley (Temple University Press, 2011) are being donated in full to the award. We urge you to consider buying the book, not only for its content but also because your purchase of the book will help ensure the sustainability of the award. You can order the book through Temple University Press website.

Eligibility

Nominees should meet the following eligibility requirements:

•  Be an academic professional working in higher education.
•  Be in the early phase of their career.
• Be an faculty member, staff member, administrator or graduate student on an AASCU campus, across a group of AASCU campuses or in an ADP partner organization.

Nominees should also:

• Demonstrate leadership, or possess extraordinary potential for future leadership, in building the wider civic engagement movement.
• Demonstrate a passion for advancing the civic learning of undergraduates.
• Demonstrate collaborative leadership.
• Practice mentoring of others and commitment to mentoring new leaders.
• Act as an organizational catalyst to change higher education and to model leadership for change.
• Make an intellectual contribution to the development of the field and the movement.

Nomination and Selection Process
Emerging Leaders may be nominated by anyone. The nomination consists of the following: a complete cover sheet, a vitae or resume no longer than five (5) pages; and no more than five (5) additional pages of documentation in the form of a description of the nominee’s achievements, supporting letters, etc. All nomination materials should be collected and emailed in a single .pdf file.  Nomination materials for the 2013 Saltmarsh Award are due Monday, April 8, 2013.

A special thank you to William Plater, the Executive Vice Chancellor and Dean of the Faculties Emeritus at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, who generously supported the first two years of the award.

NERCHE issues call for 2013 Lynton Award for Early Career Faculty

2013 Ernest A. Lynton Award for the
Scholarship of Engagement for Early Career Faculty
Sponsored by the New England Resource Center for Higher Education (NERCHE)

The annual Ernest A. Lynton Award for the Scholarship of Engagement for Early Career Faculty recognizes a faculty member who is pre-tenure at tenure-granting campuses or early career (i.e., within the first six years) at campuses with long-term contracts and who connects his or her teaching, research, and service to community engagement.

Community engagement describes the collaboration between faculty and their larger communities (local, regional/state, national, global) for the mutually beneficial exchange of knowledge and resources in a context of partnership and reciprocity.
—Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

The Lynton Award emphasizes community-based scholarly work across faculty roles. The scholarship of engagement (also known as outreach scholarship, public scholarship, scholarship for the common good, community-based scholarship, and community-engaged scholarship) represents an integrated view of faculty roles in which teaching, research/creative activity, and service overlap and are mutually reinforcing, is characterized by scholarly work tied to a faculty member’s expertise, is of benefit to the external community, is visible and shared with community stakeholders, and reflects the mission of the institution. In addition, NERCHE conceptualizes scholarly engagement in terms of social justice in a diverse democracy.

The award will be presented at the 19th Annual Conference of the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities (CUMU), “Transforming and Sustaining Communities through Partnerships,” which will be held from October 26-29, 2013, at the University of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky.  CUMU is a co-sponsor of the Award.

The recipient of the award will have several opportunities to disseminate his or her community-based work, including presenting at the CUMU conference, presenting at NERCHE’s annual Lynton Colloquium, publishing in the Metropolitan Universities Journal, and participating in one or more of NERCHE’s webinars focused on community-based scholarly work.

2013 Lynton Award Nominations:

• Nominations can be made by academic colleagues, administrators, students, and community partners.  Each nominator should aim to present a comprehensive account of the nominee’s publicly engaged teaching, research, and service. To this end, the application provides for the inclusion of the names and affiliations of additional nominators. Further, endorsements from individuals familiar with one or more aspects of the nominee’s work can be included in the supporting documentation of the application.
• In cases in which multiple individuals submit a single application for the nomination of a faculty member, one person should be designated as the primary nominator responsible for completing and submitting the application. Additional nominators can be noted in the appropriate section of the application.
• More than one faculty member from a single college or university may be nominated. Please complete separate applications for each nominee.
• Only faculty from U.S. not-for-profit colleges and universities are eligible for the Award.

Nominators will submit nominations via an online application.  To submit an application, please see the Application Instructions.

Application Deadline:
Friday, April 26, 2013, at 5:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)

If you have any questions regarding the Lynton Award, please contact NERCHE via email at nerche@umb.edu or by phone at (617) 287-7740.  To learn more about the Lynton Award, click here.  To download a copy of the 2012 Lynton Award Profile, click here. To view examples of syllabi submitted by previous nominees, click here.

 

Campus Spotlight: NASPA recognizes ISU as one of 25 Lead Civic Engagement Institutions

Story re-posted from ISU’s Daily Vidette Online

Twenty-five universities and colleges in the nation receive recognition each year for their civic learning leadership — and ISU is proud to announce the University is one.The National Association of Student Personnel Administrators recently recognized ISU.

The designation as a Leadership Institution is given to universities that encourage students to participate in civic engagement and offer students the opportunity to be active citizens, volunteers and leaders in their communities.

“It means a great deal,” Larry Dietz, Vice President of Student Affairs, said. “[NASPA] represents 4,000 colleges and universities, so for them to look at what we’re doing and select us as only one of 25 of those 4,000, we feel very flattered to be in that company.”

Dietz said this recognition gave ISU an opportunity to look at the ways the University looked at and encouraged civic engagement.

“It’s a chance to tell our story as an institution. We’re challenging ourselves to do even better,” he said. “We’re delighted about this.”

One of ISU’s core values is civic engagement. The University is the first in Illinois to name that as one of its values and is also the first to include civic engagement as an option for a minor.

“I think when we devote that kind of time, energy and importance to a value, it’s very easy to line up behind [it],” Dietz explained.

One opportunity is to become involved with ISU’s chapter of the American Democracy Project, which, according to the website, “is designed to serve as a catalyst for programmatic changes that will ensure all Illinois State students are fully prepared to assume a responsible role as contributors to civic society.”

ISU has also recently begun a new service-based certification program called ISULeads.

ISULeads gives students an opportunity to participate in events and activities within three pillars.

In the civic engagement pillar, students will become active citizens through volunteer work. The global perspective pillar will help students develop a sense of social justice. The leadership pillar will help students develop critical, creative, communication and relationship-building skills.

Students who complete all three pillars are awarded an ISULeads certificate.

Dietz explained that the certificate has value for students because involved students are more likely to finish their college degrees, and it also prepares them to be civic leaders once they graduate and move into the job market.

“We want to be able to produce folks that are competent in their discipline but also can assume their appropriate role in a town, to basically provide the leadership it needs,” he said.

Dietz said that though the upcoming presidential election does affect the amount of activity that universities see in the area of civic engagement, it is not the reason that ISU has such a sharp focus on it.

You’ll find the original story here:
ISU Named a Lead Institution in Civic Engagement
Written by Elizabeth Brei, Daily Vidette Senior Staff
Tuesday, 21 August 2012 16:29

SHSU Professor Honored with David Payne Academic Community Engagement Award

Congratulations to Phillip Lyons, professor of criminal justice and executive director of the Texas Regional Community Policing Institute at Sam Houston State University (Texas), for being honored with a faculty excellence award. Phillip, who attended the ADP 2012 national meeting in San Antonio in June, is the first recipient of the David Payne Academic Community Engagement Award. This award is named for a former SHSU provost who founded ADP at SHSU.

What a great example of institutional intentionality in terms of recognizing and rewarding faculty for driving civic learning and engagement more deeply into the heart of the academic enterprise!

Congrats, Phillip!

– Jen Domagal-Goldman, ADP National Manager

Faculty Recognized With 2012 ‘Excellence’ Awards

June 25, 2012
SHSU Media Contact: Jennifer Gauntt

Provost Jaimie Hebert and university President Dana Gibson congratulate the four winners of the 2012 Faculty Excellence Awards. This year’s recipients include (from left, flanked by Hebert and Gibson) Stacey Edmonson, Excellence in Service; Richard E. Watts, Excellence in Research; John Newbold, Excellence in Teaching; and Phillip Lyons, the first recipient of the David Payne Academic Community Engagement Award. —Photo by Brian Blalock

Professors at Sam Houston State University do more than just teach. For the approximately 900 faculty members currently teaching at SHSU, their days are filled not only with service in the classroom, but within their communities and to their fields through scholarly research.

This year, four whose demonstrated commitment stands out from among their peers have been selected to receive one of SHSU’s Faculty Excellence Awards.

The 2012 winners include John Newbold, Excellence in Teaching; Richard E. Watts, Excellence in Research; Stacey Edmonson, Excellence in Service; and Phillip Lyons, the first recipient of the David Payne Academic Community Engagement Award.

Phillip Lyons

Phillip Lyons

As the first recipient of the David Payne Academic Community Engagement Award, Phillip Lyons continues to move into the foreground of Sam Houston State University’s motto, “The measure of a Life is its Service.”

The engagement award, named after former provost David Payne who formed the university’s American Democracy Project Committee, is given to a faculty member who shows “excellence in Community Engagement through their teaching, research, and service.” Through SHSU’s Engaged Scholars Committee, colleges offer academic community engagement-certified courses (a total of 106 courses) in which students apply the knowledge of their academic disciplines to define and address issues of public concern and advocate for change through close, collaborative, community partnerships.

Currently professor of criminal justice and executive director of the Texas Regional Community Policing Institute at SHSU, Lyons offers two courses that have a community engagement focus, face-to-face “Policing Strategy” course and his on-line “Law and Society” course.

His instrumental work in establishing an internship between Alvin and League City Police Departments as part of the Chinese Police Cadets Exchange Program, which hosts students from the Zhejiang Police College in Hangzhou, China, has made a worldwide impact. For this work, the City of League City proclaimed Jan. 11, 2012, as Chinese National Police Day and extended its “Building Bridges Award” as “a token of our esteem and mutual respect.”

“His eloquence in handling multiple personalities during the yearly cadet program puts everyone involved at ease. He is masterful in forming partnerships not only with students from another country, but also with two police agencies who furnish the host families,” a support letter stated.

“Professor Lyons believes these students greatly benefit from living the American policing lifestyle, and he has proven correct,” the letter continued. “These young cadets that visit League City will surely be important policy makers, and I am certain that the individuals will reflect upon their visit to America with admiration and respect. No one can anticipate the policy outcomes that may occur from such memories.”

It is a sentiment resounded by the cadets when they reflect back upon the experience.

“With the great hospitality and consideration of our host family and the Alvin Police Department, we had a special experience which allowed us to go deep into American life and develop a comprehensive knowledge of the practice of American policing,” one student said. “But what touched us most was that we made more kind friends from this special and impressive experience.”

“Theories experienced for oneself speak much louder than theories written in textbooks,” another student said.

College of Criminal Justice colleagues point to his work within the classroom utilizing a focus on community engagement that make is work so important to the college, stating that “his message is consistent, serve the students, the community, and the school;” “Philip has such a well-established history of course-related community engagement for his students;” and “he had community engagement components in some of his courses even before there were ACE courses.”
Watch and listen to Phillip talk about academic community engagement at SHSU here.

Learn more about ADP at Sam Houston State University here.

Institutional Intentionality: IUPUI’s Civic Engagement Medallion

Like ADP’s William M. Plater Award for Leadership in Civic Engagement, given  to AASCU chief academic officers (provosts) in recognition of exemplary leadership in advancing the civic learning of undergraduates, IUPUI’s William M. Plater Civic Engagement Medallion honors the legacy of IUPUI’s former Executive Vice Chancellor and Dean of the Faculties while also acting as a mechanism to recognize and reward those moving the civic engagement movement in higher education forward. Given annually to graduating students to honor their civic engagement efforts, the Medallion is an act of institutional intentionality — a means by which the campus formally recognizes and rewards informed, engaged citizenship. Read below to learn more about this award.

Kuddos to IUPUI and the more than 90 students awarded this honor since 2006!

- Jen Domagal-Goldman, ADP National Manager

William M. Plater Civic Engagement Medallion

William M. Plater Civic Engagement Medallion for Graduates

The William M. Plater Civic Engagement Medallion was established in 2006 to honor graduates who have excelled in their commitment to the community through activities such as service learning, volunteerism, community/social issue advocacy, community work-study, and political engagement.

The application is due annually on March 1st.

Overview
In alignment with IUPUI’s mission, the William M. Plater Civic Engagement Medallion has been established to recognize students who have demonstrated exemplary commitment to their communities during their years as an IUPUI student. The medallion is named in honor of IUPUI’s former Executive Vice Chancellor and Dean of the Faculties from 1988 to 2006, Dr. William Plater, a strong advocate of civic engagement during his career.

Students who are awarded the William M. Plater Civic Engagement Medallion will have exhibited personal development, intellectual growth, and positive community impact as a result of their civic engagement experiences. Recipients are expected to have engaged in a variety of activities demonstrating depth and diversity of commitment in serving their communities, while making a significant investment to at least one community experience over time.

Click here to see the full text of Plater Medallion applicaiton. All official applications should be submitted through the online form above.

Application Requirements and Materials
Applicants for the Plater Civic Engagement Medallion are undergraduate students who will receive their respective degrees by August 2013. Students completing their degree requirements in December of 2012 are also eligible to apply.

What is Civic Engagement?

Civic engagement is defined as active collaboration that builds on the resources, skills, expertise, and knowledge of the campus and community to improve the quality of life in communities in a manner consistent with the campus mission. Examples of civic engagement experiences could include volunteer service at a non-profit agency, participation in a service learning course, contribution of voluntary work on a political campaign, advocacy on specific social issues, involvement with a faculty member on a community-based research project, or employment in a community work-study position.

Dr. William M. Plater

Willam M. Plater

As the chief academic officer for IUPUI, William M. Plater led campus efforts to improve undergraduate retention, enhance the effective use of technology, develop IUPUI as a model for civic engagement, and increase research productivity as a part of the campus vision to become a leading urban research university. Administrators and faculty from across the country come regularly to IUPUI to learn about its innovative programs in undergraduate education, programs that Dr. Plater was instrumental in designing and developing. Plater is active in his community, serving currently or formerly on the boards of The Children’s Museum, the Indiana Repertory Theatre, the Indiana Humanities Council, the Indiana University Press, the Indiana Partnership for Higher Education, the Indianapolis Economic Development Advisory Board, MUCIA, WFYI, and the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning. He holds baccalaureate (1967), Master’s and Ph.D. (1973) degrees in English from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

In July 2006, Dr. Plater became the director of the Workshop on International Community Development, a joint program of the IU Center on Philanthropy and the Center on Urban Policy and the Environment of the School of Public and Environmental Affairs.

Every year, recipients are honored with their medallions at the Showcase for Civic Engagement. The Showcase of Civic Engagement highlights the work of IUPUI faculty, students, and community partners in research, teaching, and service activities that have a positive impact on Indianapolis communities Commitment to Excellence in Civic Engagement Funds.