Campus Compact Names Portland State University’s Sherril Gelmon 2011 Thomas Ehrlich Faculty Award Winner
Campus Compact has named Sherril B. Gelmon, DrPH, Professor of Public Health at Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, as recipient of the 2011 Thomas Ehrlich Civically Engaged Faculty Award. The award is bestowed annually to recognize one senior, tenured faculty for exemplary leadership in advancing students’ civic learning, community engagement, and contributions to the public good. To qualify for the award, the faculty member must boast an extensive career that exhibits true dedication to service, to her/his community, and to the integrity of higher education. read full press release »
2012 National Faculty Awards for Civic Engagement
For faculty committed to civic and community engagement, there are two major national awards: The Thomas Ehrlich Civically Engaged Faculty Award from Campus Compact, and the Ernest A. Lynton Award for the Scholarship of Engagement, from the New England Resource Center for Higher Education (NERCHE). Both awards value community collaboration as well as institutional impact and honor engaged scholarly work across the faculty roles of teaching, research, and service. We encourage nominations for senior faculty (post-tenure for middle-to-late career at institutions without tenure) for the Ehrlich Award and nominations for early career faculty (pre-tenure or early career at institutions with renewable contracts) for the Lynton Award. Please share information about the awards with your colleagues. Information about the Lynton Award can be found at www.nerche.org
The Thomas Ehrlich Award
The Thomas Ehrlich Civically Engaged Faculty Award recognizes one senior faculty member (post-tenure or middle-to-late career at institutions without tenure) each year. Honorees (who must be affiliated with a Campus Compact member institution) are recognized for exemplary engaged scholarship, including leadership in advancing students’ civic learning, conducting community-based research, fostering reciprocal community partnerships, building institutional commitments to service-learning and civic engagement, and other means of enhancing higher education’s contributions to the public good. The award — previously known as the Thomas Ehrlich Faculty Award for Service-Learning — is named in honor of Thomas Ehrlich, former chair of the Campus Compact board of directors and president emeritus of Indiana University.
The award winner will be granted $2,000 and the opportunity to conduct a session at the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) Annual Conference 2013. Four finalists will also be featured in a panel presentation at the conference.
The recipient will be announced on May 18, 2012 on www.compact.org, the Campus Compact website. Nominations will be accepted from colleagues, community partners, college presidents, provosts, or through self-nomination.
IMPORTANT SUBMISSION NOTE:
Only electronic nominations and supporting documents will be accepted. No items will be accepted via fax or mail. These documents can be uploaded as a plain Word Document (.doc), Rich Text Format (.rtf), or as a PDF (Portable Document Format).
All application materials are due by midnight (EST) Friday, March 30, 2012
How to Submit a Nomination
Step 1 Complete the electronic Nomination Form.
Step 2 Complete online application by uploading:
1. A letter of nomination from a colleague or self (limit 3 pages)
2. A curriculum vita of the nominee (limit 8 pages)
3. A letter of support from a community partner (limit 3 pages)
4. A service-learning course syllabus from the nominee
5. An essay from the nominee (not to exceed 5 pages) that addresses the three selection criteria below:
- Evidence of deeply engaged, high-quality academic work
- Evidence of community collaboration and change
- Evidence of institutional impact
If you have any questions regarding the Ehrlich Award, please contact Amanda Wittman at Campus Compact, 617.357-1881, x 205 or at awittman{at}compact(.)org .
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