2013 AWARDS NOMINATION FORMS
The Maryland-DC Campus Compact annually recognizes excellence in leadership and demonstration of
best practices in service-learning and civic engagement.
Summary of Awards
The Alan G. Penczek Service-Learning Faculty Award (page 3): Recognizes and honors one faculty member in each
of the three higher education sectors (state universities, community colleges, independent colleges and universities) for
contributing to the integration of service-learning into the curriculum. Applicants will be judged according to criteria
expressed in the Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning (see attachment, Principles of Good Practice for
Service-Learning Pedagogy).
The Community Partnership Award (page 9): Recognizes one outstanding campus-community partnership that
produces measurable improvements in people's lives while enhancing higher education in the process. The purpose of
this award is to honor one partnership that has successfully demonstrated a commitment to higher education and
community that has resulted in a tangible community impact.
The Institutional Leadership Award (page 11): Recognizes and honors one outstanding individual for significant
contributions to the institutionalization of community engagement, by inspiring a vision for service on the campus,
including involving faculty, students, and campus-community partnerships. Eligibility: A person who has contributed to
the overall success of campus-community collaboration and/or service-learning at their university.
The Engaged Campus Award (page 15): Recognizes institutions of higher education for exemplary commitment to
being an “engaged campus.” Applicants will be judged according to criteria expressed in Dr. Andrew Furco’s rubric
for institutionalization of service-learning.
The Service-Learning Scholarship Award (page 18): Recognizes and honors a scholar for his/her outstanding
research in the field of curricular and co-curricular service-learning. Some questions posed to reviewers are: Is it
innovative or cutting edge? Does it advance the field and if yes, how? Does it fill a particular gap missing from current
research, or does it fill a new niche with new information needed in the field?; What evidence is provided to
demonstrate how the work has influenced other research, or how it has been applied in practice? (i.e. Has it been
widely circulated and read? Utilized by practitioners or others?); Does it provide new data necessary to increase the
sustainability and visibility of service-learning? Two awards will be made – one for career scholarship and another for
early career research.
The Civic Engagement Award (page 21): Recognizes applicants according to their work, participation,
and innovative ideas that contribute to the development of civic learning and engagement according to the criteria
expressed in the Michigan Journal of Community Service Goal Categories for Purposeful Civic Learning and expanded
by Maryland-DC Campus Compact. Nominees may be a service-learning faculty member, campus-community
partnership, volunteer office, or another collegiate program that yields civic outcomes.
The Excellence in Service Student Group Award (page 25): Acknowledges three student groups (one from a
community college, one from a private, and one from a public 4-year institution). Students’ applications are reviewed
for students’ commitment and involvement in service projects that extend beyond any co-curricular requirements or
service-learning courses. Priority is given to candidates who demonstrate that their project/involvement led to a longterm, sustainable, community impact.
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ALAN G. PENCZEK SERVICE-LEARNING FACULTY AWARD
DEADLINE to be submitted via email: July 15, 2013
Award Information
The Alan G. Penczek Service-Learning Faculty Award recognizes and honors one faculty member in each
of the three higher education sectors (state universities, community colleges, independent colleges and
universities) for contributing to the integration of service-learning into the curriculum. Applicants will be
judged according to criteria expressed in the Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning (see
attachment, Principles of Good Practice for Service-Learning Pedagogy). All application packets
(application form, professional summary, service-learning syllabus, and curriculum vitae) should be directly
submitted via email to [email protected] with the email subject line reading Faculty Award. Two letters
of recommendation, along with the two completed recommendation forms, should be directly submitted
from the recommender via email to [email protected]. All application packets and letters of
recommendation must be received by 5:00 p.m. July 15, 2013. Applicants will receive an email
confirming their packet has been received.
Eligibility
 A full-time appointed, contracted, tenured, or tenure-track faculty member – OR – a full or part-time,
permanent or temporary administrative position directing community engagement/service-learning
activities as a primary appointment that has emerged out of and is still associated with a faculty
appointment.
 All applicants must be employed at a Maryland-DC Campus Compact member institution in good
standing
Requirements
1. A completed application form.
2. A professional summary addressing all professional activities, including innovative approaches to
Service-Learning (connecting community service with students’ academic study), Engaged Scholarship
(community-based action research, scholarship on the pedagogy of service-learning, research on the
impact of service-learning on students/campuses/communities, etc.), and/or Institutional Impact
(promoting service-learning on one’s campus, discipline, etc.). Please see attachment, Principles of Good
Practice for Service-Learning Pedagogy. **Professional Summary should be a maximum of 3 pages,
Calibri font, 12 point, and double-spaced. Photographs may also be included.
3. At least two letters of recommendation (with two completed recommendation forms), one should be
from a community representative who is familiar with your service-learning teaching and community
involvement and another should be from a student. Additional letters from campus administrators or
faculty members are also welcome.
4. At least one sample of a service-learning syllabus.
5. Curriculum Vitae (please list all service-learning related publications and/or activities).
For questions, please contact us at [email protected] or 301-696-3280.
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ALAN G. PENCZEK SERVICE-LEARNING FACULTY AWARD
Application Form
DEADLINE to be submitted via email: July 15, 2013
Last Name
First Name
Title
Email
Address
City
Phone
Fax
University/College
Department/Discipline
State
Zip
Expectations
By submitting this application, I hereby agree to provide a headshot photograph if selected, and consent to
having my photo/syllabus posted on the Maryland-DC Campus Compact website. I hereby authorize and
consent to the forwarding and review of this information to the selection committee. I understand that my
information will be reviewed by authorized members of the selection committee in evaluating me for the
Service-Learning Faculty Award.
In conjunction with sponsors and Maryland-DC Campus Compact, the selection committee will select the award
and determine the associated monetary gift based on funds available.
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ALAN G. PENCZEK SERVICE-LEARNING FACULTY AWARD
Recommendation Form
DEADLINE to be submitted via email: July 15, 2013
Faculty Applicant’s Last Name
First Name
Recommender’s Last Name
First Name
Title
Email
Phone
Fax
Campus/Organization Address
City
State
Zip
Letter of Recommendation
Please attach your letter of recommendation explaining why you believe the applicant deserves to be
recognized for their work in the field of service-learning. In particular, please indicate how the applicant
meets the criteria (Service-Learning, Engaged Scholarship, and Institutional Impact) for this particular
award.
*Note to Recommender: This award will recognize the most outstanding service-learning practitioners in the
Maryland-DC region. One award will be given in each of the three higher education sectors (state
universities, community colleges, independent colleges and universities). Therefore, please carefully
consider the selection criteria relative to the expertise and contributions of the applicant.
Please directly submit your letter of recommendation and completed recommendation form via email
to [email protected] with the email subject line reading Alan G. Penczek Service-Learning Faculty
Award, by 5:00 p.m. July 15, 2013.
For questions, please contact us at [email protected] or 301-696-3280.
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Principles of Good Practice for Service-Learning Pedagogy
Adapted from Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, Summer 2001, Page 16-19.
Principle 1: Academic Credit is for Learning, Not for Service
This first principle speaks to those who puzzle over how to assess students’ service in the community, or what
weight to assign community involvement in final grades. In traditional courses, academic credit and grades are
assigned based on students’ demonstration of academic learning as measured by the instructor. It is no different in
service-learning courses. While in traditional courses we assess students’ learning from traditional course
resources, e.g., textbooks, class discussions, library research, etc., in service-learning courses we evaluate students’
learning from traditional resources, from the community service, and from the blending of the two. So, academic
credit is not awarded for doing service or for the quality of the service, but rather for the student’s demonstration
of academic and civic learning.
Principle 2: Do Not Compromise Academic Rigor
Since there is a widespread perception in academic circles that community service is a “soft” learning resource,
there may be a temptation to compromise the academic rigor in a service-learning course. Labeling community
service as a “soft” learning stimulus reflects a gross misperception. The perceived “soft” service component
actually raises the learning challenge in a course. Service-learning students must not only master academic
material as in traditional courses, but also learn how to learn from unstructured and ill-structured community
experiences and merge that learning with the learning from other course resources. Furthermore, while in
traditional courses students must satisfy only academic learning outcomes, in service-learning courses students
must satisfy both academic and civic learning outcomes. All of this makes for challenging intellectual work,
commensurate with rigorous academic standards.
Principle 3: Establish Learning Outcomes
It is a service-learning maxim that one cannot develop a quality service-learning course without first setting very
explicit learning outcomes. This principle is foundational to service-learning, and serves as the focus of sections
four and five of this workbook. While establishing learning outcomes for students is a standard to which all courses
are accountable, in fact, it is especially necessary and advantageous to establish learning outcomes in servicelearning courses. The addition of the community as a learning context multiplies the learning possibilities. To sort
out those of greatest priority, as well as to leverage the bounty of learning opportunities offered by community
service experiences, deliberate planning of course academic and civic learning outcomes is required.
*Updated from the original: Howard, J. (1993). Community Service-Learning in the Curriculum. In J. Howard (Ed.),
Praxis 1: A faculty casebook on community service learning (pp. 3-12). Ann Arbor: OCSL Press.
Principle 4: Establish Criteria for the Selection of Service Placements
Requiring students to serve in any community-based organization as part of a service-learning course is
tantamount to requiring students to read any book as part of a traditional course. Faculty who are deliberate
about establishing criteria for selecting community service placements will find that students are able to extract
more relevant learning from their respective service experiences, and are more likely to meet course learning
outcomes.
We recommend four criteria for selecting service placements:
1. Circumscribe the range of acceptable service placements around the content of the course (e.g., for a course
on homelessness, homeless shelters and soup kitchens are learning-appropriate placements, but serving in
a hospice is not).
2. Limit specific service activities and contexts to those with the potential to meet course-relevant academic and
civic learning outcomes (e.g., filing papers in a warehouse, while of service to a school district, will offer little
to stimulate either academic or civic learning in a course on elementary school education).
3. Correlate the required duration of service with its role in the realization of academic and civic learning
outcomes (e.g., one two-hour shift at a hospital will do little to contribute to academic or civic learning in a
course on institutional health care).
4. Assign community projects that meet real need in the community as determined by the community.
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Principle 5: Provide Educationally-Sound Learning Strategies to Harvest Community Learning and Realize Course
Learning Outcomes
Requiring service-learning students to merely record their service activities and hours as their journal assignment is
tantamount to requiring students in an engineering course to log their activities and hours in the lab. Learning in
any course is realized by an appropriate mix and level of learning strategies and assignments that correspond with
the learning outcomes for the course. Given that in service-learning courses we want to utilize students’ service
experiences in part to achieve academic and civic course learning outcomes, learning strategies must be employed
that support learning from service experiences and enable its use toward meeting course learning outcomes.
Learning interventions that promote critical reflection, analysis, and application of service experiences enable
learning. To make certain that service does not underachieve in its role as an instrument of learning, careful
thought must be given to learning activities that encourage the integration of experiential and academic learning.
These activities include classroom discussions, presentations, and journal and paper assignments that support
analysis of service experiences in the context of the course academic and civic learning outcomes. Of course,
clarity about course learning outcomes is a prerequisite for identifying educationally-sound learning strategies.
Principle 6: Prepare Students for Learning from the Community
Most students lack experience with both extracting and making meaning from experience and in merging it with
other academic and civic course learning strategies. Therefore, even an exemplary reflection journal assignment
will yield, without sufficient support, uneven responses. Faculty can provide: (1) learning supports such as
opportunities to acquire skills for gleaning the learning from the service context (e.g., participant-observer skills),
and/or (2) examples of how to successfully complete assignments (e.g., making past exemplary student papers and
reflection journals available to current students to peruse). Menlo (1993) identifies four competencies to
accentuate student learning from the community: reflective listening, seeking feedback, acuity in observation, and
mindfulness in thinking.
Principle 7: Minimize the Distinction Between the Students’ Community Learning Role and Classroom Learning
Role
Classrooms and communities are very different learning contexts. Each requires students to assume a different
learner role. Generally, classrooms provide a high level of teacher direction, with students expected to assume
mostly a passive learning role. In contrast, service communities usually provide a low level of teaching direction,
with students expected to assume mostly an active learner role. Alternating between the passive learner role in
the classroom and the active learner role in the community may challenge and even impede student learning. The
solution is to shape the learning environments so that students assume similar learner roles in both contexts.
While one solution is to intervene so that the service community provides a high level of teaching direction, we
recommend, for several reasons, re-norming the traditional classroom toward one that values students as active
learners. First, active learning is consistent with active civic participation that service-learning seeks to foster.
Second, students bring information from the community to the classroom that can be utilized on behalf of others’
learning. Finally, we know from recent research in the field of cognitive science that students develop deeper
understanding of course material if they have an opportunity to actively construct knowledge (Eyler & Giles, 1999).
Principle 8: Rethink the Faculty Instructional Role
If faculty encourage students’ active learning in the classroom, what would be a concomitant and consistent
change in one’s teaching role? Commensurate with the preceding principle’s recommendation for an active
student learning posture, this principle advocates that service-learning teachers, too, rethink their roles. An
instructor role that would be most compatible with an active student role shifts away from a singular reliance on
transmission of knowledge and toward mixed pedagogical methods that include learning facilitation and guidance.
Exclusive or even primary use of traditional instructional models, e.g., a banking model (Freire, 1970), interferes
with the promise of learning in service-learning courses. To re-shape one’s classroom role to capitalize on the
learning bounty in service-learning, faculty will find Howard’s (1998) model of “Transforming the Classroom”
helpful. This four-stage model begins with the traditional classroom in which students are passive, teachers are
directive, and all conform to the learned rules of the classroom. In the second stage, the instructor begins to resocialize herself toward a more facilitative role; but the students, socialized for many years to be passive learners,
are slow to change to a more active mode. In the third stage, with the perseverance of the instructor, the students
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begin to develop and acquire the skills and propensities to be active in the classroom. Frequently, during this
phase, faculty will become concerned that learning is not as rich and rigorous as when they are using the more
popular lecture format, and may regress to a more directive posture. Over time homeostasis is established, and
the instructor and the students achieve and environment in which mixed pedagogical methods lead to students
who are active learners, instructors fluent in multiple teaching methods, and strong academic and civic learning
outcomes.
Principle 9: Be Prepared for Variation in, and Some Loss of Control with, Student Learning Outcomes
For those faculty members who value homogeneity in student learning outcomes, as well as control of the learning
environment, service-learning may not be a good fit. In college courses, learning strategies largely determine
student outcomes, and this is true in service-learning courses, too. However, in traditional courses, the learning
strategies (i.e., lectures, labs, and readings) are constant for all enrolled students and under the watchful eye of
the faculty member. In service-learning courses, given variability in service experiences and their influential role in
student learning, one can anticipate greater heterogeneity in student learning outcomes and compromises to
faculty control. Even when service-learning students are exposed to the same presentations and the same
readings, instructors can expect that classroom discussions will be less predictable and the content of student
papers/projects less homogeneous than in courses without a service assignment. As an instructor, are you
prepared for greater heterogeneity in student learning outcomes and some degree of loss in control over student
learning stimuli?
Principle 10: Maximize the Community Responsibility Orientation of the Course
This principle is for those who think that civic learning can only spring from the community service component of a
course. One of the necessary conditions of a service-learning course is purposeful civic learning. Designing
classroom norms and learning strategies that not only enhance academic learning but also encourage civic learning
are essential to purposeful civic learning. While most traditional courses are organized for private learning that
advances the individual student, service-learning instructors should consider employing learning strategies that
will complement and reinforce the civic lessons from the community experience. For example, efforts to convert
from individual to group assignments, and from instructor-only to instructor and student review of student
assignments, re-norms the teaching-learning process to be consistent with the civic orientation of service-learning.
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CAMPUS-COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP AWARD
DEADLINE to be submitted via email: July 15, 2013
Award Information
The Campus-Community Partnership Award recognizes one outstanding campus-community partnership that
produces measurable improvements in people's lives while enhancing higher education in the process. The
purpose of this award is to honor one partnership that has successfully demonstrated a commitment to
higher education and community that has resulted in a tangible community impact. This award is designed
to help increase the number and the effectiveness of other campus-community partnerships. In so doing,
we hope to promote corporate citizenship, while encouraging cooperation among education, community,
government, non-profit and business leaders on critical social and economic issues. This will also increase
public awareness of and support for campus-community service programs. All application packets
(application form and essay questions) should be directly submitted via email to [email protected] with
the email subject line reading Campus-Community Partnership Award. All application packets and letters
of recommendation must be received by 5:00pm July 15, 2013. Applicants will receive an email
confirming their packet has been received.
Eligibility
For consideration of the award, a project and its partners must be nominated by a participating member
campus, and show:
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Mutually beneficial collaboration between a college or university and a business or organization
that addresses key societal challenges
Measurable impact on the lives of people and communities through the development of increased
economic opportunity and/or effective social networks and civic development fostered by the
partnership
Demonstrated reciprocity that provides a meaningful learning experience for higher education
participants
Efforts to enlist other collaborators (e.g. businesses, civic organizations, government agencies, faithbased institutions)
Promise of sustainability
Requirements
1. A completed application form (including essays)
2. A statement from community member(s) specifically describing how the involvement of the campuscommunity partnership in their community has added value to their lives.
*Though not required, please feel free to attach supplemental materials such as photographs, testimonials,
recommendations, etc.
For questions, please contact us at [email protected] or 301-696-3280
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CAMPUS-COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP AWARD
Application Form
DEADLINE to be submitted via email: July 15, 2013
Name of Project
Name of Business, Organization, or Institute
Primary Contact
Recommender’s Last Name
First Name
Title (*if student, please write “student”)
Email
University/College
Department/Discipline
Campus/Organization Address
City
Phone
Fax
Phone
State
Zip
Please answer all of the following questions in no more than a total of 1,000 words:
1. What are the mission and goals of the partnership and how have they been achieved?
2. Describe the individual roles of the campus, community and private organizations in the partnership.
3. How has the partnership between the campus and the business or organization developed? Describe
the plan to continue and sustain the partnership.
4. What has been the impact of the business/organization involvement in the community on the lives of
people? What are measurable improvements through increased economic opportunity, responsive
public systems, etc.?
5. What has been the partnership’s impact on student learning and/or academic coursework? What
additional learning opportunities were created as a result of this partnership?
Expectations
By submitting this application, all partners hereby agree to provide a photograph if selected, and consent to
having photographs, as well as any supplemental materials, posted on the Maryland-DC Campus Compact
website and/or any additional marketing materials. Partners hereby authorize and consent to the forwarding
and review of this information to the selection committee. We understand that this information will be reviewed
by authorized members of the selection committee in evaluating our project/program for the award.
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INSTITUTIONAL LEADERSHIP AWARD
DEADLINE to be submitted via email: July 15, 2013
Award Information
The Institutional Leadership Award recognizes and honors one outstanding individual for significant
contributions to the institutionalization of community engagement, by inspiring a vision for service on the
campus and supporting faculty, students, and/or campus-community partnerships. All application packets
(application form, professional summary, and resume) should be directly submitted via email to
[email protected] with the email subject line reading Institutional Leadership Award. Two letters of
recommendation, along with the two completed recommendation forms, should be directly submitted from
the recommender via email to [email protected].
All application packets and letters of
recommendation must be received by 5:00pm July 15, 2013. Applicants will receive an email
confirming their packet has been received.
Applicants for this award will be evaluated on their role in furthering the culture of service and civic
engagement on their campus(es). The guiding principles for this award come from portions of Dr. Andrew
Furco’s Self-Assessment Rubric for the Institutionalization of Service-Learning in Higher Education, as it
applies to curricular and co-curricular campus efforts. Outstanding applicants will demonstrate their
progress and successes in addressing relevant components of Dr. Furco’s rubric, most specifically those
briefly listed below:
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Furthering the institutionalization of high quality, curricular and/or co-curricular, service-learning
activities within the administrative structure of the campus.
Expanding awareness of engaged campus activities with faculty and administrators across campus
programming (see Campus Compact’s Indicators of Engagement).
Creating and implementing mechanisms to support and sustain student involvement and
empowerment as it is related to service/community-based learning activities.
Fostering community involvement and participation within campus programming and demonstrating
the impact of campus-community collaborations.
Eligibility
 A person whose job description and/or work has contributed to the overall success of campus-community
collaboration and/or service-learning.
 All applicants must be employed at a Maryland-DC Campus Compact member institution in good
standing
Requirements
1. A completed application form.
2. A professional summary addressing all professional activities, including all innovative approaches and
efforts to institutionalize community service, service-learning, and or/civic engagement; demonstration
of being an advocate for community service, service-learning, and/or civic engagement; efforts to
bridge the gap between academic affairs and student affairs; assisting in the formation of campuscommunity partnerships; supporting faculty and students involved in service; and/or commitment to
student voice and student development. **Professional Summary should be a maximum of 3 pages,
Calibri font, 12 point, and double-spaced. Photographs/PR material may also be included.
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3. At least two letters of recommendation (with completed recommendation forms), from a campus
administrator, faculty member, student, or community representative who is familiar with your work. At
least one letter must be from a community partner.
4. Resume.
For questions, please contact us at [email protected] or 301-696-3280.
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INSTITUTIONAL LEADERSHIP AWARD
Application Form
DEADLINE to be submitted via email: July 15, 2013
Last Name
First Name
Title
Email
Address
City
Phone
Fax
University/College
Department/Discipline
State
Zip
Expectations
By submitting this application, I hereby agree to provide a headshot photograph if selected, and consent to
having my photo posted on the Maryland-DC Campus Compact website. I hereby authorize and consent to the
forwarding and review of this information to the selection committee. I understand that my information will be
reviewed by authorized members of the selection committee in evaluating me for the Institutional Leadership
Award.
Name
Date
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INSTITUTIONAL LEADERSHIP AWARD
Recommendation Form
DEADLINE to be submitted via email: July 15, 2013
Faculty Applicant’s Last Name
First Name
Recommender’s Last Name
First Name
Title
Email
Phone
Fax
Campus/Organization Address
City
State
Zip
Letter of Recommendation
Please attach your letter of recommendation explaining why you believe the applicant deserves this
award. Please indicate how the applicant meets the criteria: innovative approaches and efforts to
institutionalize community service, service-learning, and or/civic engagement; demonstration of being an
advocate for community service, service-learning, and/or civic engagement; efforts to bridge the gap
between academic affairs and student affairs; assisting in the formation of campus-community
partnerships; supporting faculty and students involved in service; and/or commitment to student voice and
student development.
*Note to Recommender: This award will recognize the most outstanding community engagement educator’s
in the Maryland-DC region. Therefore, please carefully consider the selection criteria relative to the
expertise and contributions of the applicant.
Please directly submit your letter of recommendation and completed recommendation form via email
to [email protected] with the email subject line reading Institutional Leadership Award, by 5:00 p.m.
July 15, 2013.
For questions, please contact us at [email protected] or 301-696-3280.
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ENGAGED CAMPUS AWARD
DEADLINE (postmarked): July 15, 2013
Award Information
The Engaged Campus Award will recognize institutions of higher education for exemplary commitment to
being an “engaged campus.” Applicants will be judged according to criteria expressed in Dr. Andrew
Furco’s Self-Assessment Rubric for Institutionalization of Service-Learning. All application packets must
be postmarked no later than July 15, 2013. All applicants will receive an email confirming their packet
has been received.
Eligibility
 Only one application per institution will be considered. Multiple campuses under the purview of one
institution should coordinate a single application packet.
 If selected as a finalist, institutions will be required to work with Maryland-DC Campus Compact (in the
month of September) to create a short photo slide show demonstrating institutional participation in
community involvement.
 Institutions must be a Maryland-DC Campus Compact member campus in good standing
Requirements
1. A completed application form.
2. A narrative demonstrating institutional engagement as defined in Campus Compact’s Indicators of
Engagement (see attachment, Indicators of Engagement). Please include specific examples for as many
of the “Indicators” as possible, and your action plan on developing those indicators not yet established
on your campus. You may include brochures, news clippings, photos, DVDs, etc. **Narrative should be
approximately 5-10 pages, Calibri font, 12 point, and double-spaced.
3. Letters of support (with completed support forms), from at least three of the following categories:
campus administrator, faculty member, student, community partner, or other entity associated with
campus engagement efforts. At least one letter must be from a community partner.
4. One letter from the president of the institution, expressing administrative leadership and support for
the institutionalization of civic engagement.
Mail completed application packet to:
Maryland-DC Campus Compact
401 Rosemont Avenue
Frederick, MD 21701
For questions, please contact us at [email protected] or 301-696-3280.
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ENGAGED CAMPUS AWARD
Application Form
DEADLINE to be submitted: July 15, 2013
Institution
President’s Last Name
First Name
Email
Phone
Address
City
Fax
State
Zip
Primary Point of Contact (if other than the President):
Institution
President’s Last Name
First Name
Email
Phone
Address
City
Fax
State
Zip
Expectations
By submitting this application, __________(Fill in name of institution)____________ agrees to the following:
All photos/videos/written statements, etc., may be posted on the Maryland-DC Campus Compact website and
used in other appropriate venues promoting engaged scholarship.
The review of this information will be evaluated by authorized members of the selection committee.
In conjunction with sponsors and Maryland-DC Campus Compact, the selection committee will select the award
and determine the associated monetary gift based on funds available.
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ENGAGED CAMPUS AWARD
Support Form
DEADLINE to be submitted: July 15, 2013
Institution
Recommender’s Last Name
Title
First Name
Phone
Campus/Organization Address
Email
City
State
Zip
Letter of Support
Please attach your letter of support explaining why you believe the institution deserves to be recognized
for the Engaged Campus Award. In particular, please indicate how the institution meets the criteria of the
Indicators of Engagement for this particular award.
*Note to Recommender: This award will recognize the most outstanding engaged campus in the MarylandDC region. Therefore, please carefully consider the selection criteria relative to the contributions of the
institution.
Signature of Recommender
Date
For questions, please contact us at [email protected] or 301-696-3280.
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SERVICE-LEARNING SCHOLARSHIP AWARD
DEADLINE to be submitted via email: July 15, 2013
Award Information
The Service-Learning Scholarship Award recognizes and honors two scholars for their outstanding research
and other scholarly contributions in the field of service-learning. All application packets (application form,
professional summary, curriculum vitae, and research example) should be directly submitted via email to
[email protected] with the email subject line reading Service-Learning Scholarship Award. Two letters of
recommendation, along with the two completed recommendation forms, should be directly submitted from the
recommender via email to [email protected]. All application packets and letters of recommendation
must be received by 5:00pm July 15, 2013. Applicants will receive an email confirming their packet has
been received.
Service-Learning Research Award applications will be reviewed with the following principles in mind:
The impact of the research: Is it innovative or cutting edge?; Does it advance the field and if yes, how?; Does it
fill a particular gap missing from current research, or does it fill a new niche with new information needed in
the field?; What evidence is provided to demonstrate how the work has influenced other research, or how it
has been applied in practice? (i.e. Has it been widely circulated and read? Utilized by practitioners or
others?); Does it provide new data necessary to increase the sustainability and visibility of service-learning?
The award will be given to two individuals. One award will be for career scholarship in the field and
applicants will be selected based on both the quality and breadth of their work. A second award will be
given to an individual who is new to the field as an early career scholarship award.
Eligibility
 Either a faculty member, graduate student, or other individual who has conducted research in the field of
service-learning.
 All applicants must be employed at a Maryland-DC Campus Compact member institution in good standing.
Requirements
1. A completed application form.
2. A professional summary addressing all research, including the scholarship of engagement, communitybased research, and/or the pedagogy of service-learning (research on the impact of service-learning on
students/campuses/communities, etc.). List other related efforts to advance the field. **Professional
Summary should be a maximum of 3-5 pages, Calibri font, 12 point, and double-spaced. Photographs
may also be included.
3. Two letters of recommendation (with two completed recommendation forms), from a campus
administrator, faculty member, student, or community representative who is familiar with your servicelearning research.
4. Curriculum Vitae (please include all service-learning related activities).
5. One research example that best illustrates the quality of your work.
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SERVICE-LEARNING SCHOLARSHIP AWARD
Application Form
DEADLINE to be submitted via email: July 15, 2013
Last Name
First Name
Title
Email
Address
City
Phone
Fax
University/College
Department/Discipline
State
Zip
Expectations
By submitting this application, I hereby agree to provide a headshot photograph if selected, and consent to
having my photo and abstract(s) of my research posted on the Maryland-DC Campus Compact website. I hereby
authorize and consent to the forwarding and review of this information to the selection committee. I understand
that my information will be reviewed by authorized members of the selection committee in evaluating me for the
Service-Learning Research Award.
In conjunction with sponsors and Maryland-DC Campus Compact, the selection committee will select the award
and determine the associated monetary gift based on funds available.
Name
Date
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SERVICE-LEARNING SCHOLARSHIP AWARD
Recommendation Form
DEADLINE to be submitted via email: July 15, 2013
Applicant’s Last Name
First Name
Recommender’s Last Name
First Name
Title
Email
Phone
Fax
Campus/Organization Address
City
State
Zip
Letter of Recommendation
Please attach your letter of recommendation explaining why you believe the applicant deserves to be
recognized for their research in the field of service-learning.
*Note to Recommender: This award will recognize the most outstanding scholar in the Maryland-DC region for
their exemplary research in the field of service-learning. Therefore, please carefully consider the selection
criteria relative to the expertise and contributions of the applicant.
Please directly submit your letter of recommendation and completed recommendation form via email to
[email protected] with the email subject line reading Service-Learning Scholarship Award, by 5:00 p.m.
July 15, 2013.
For questions, please contact us at [email protected] or 301-696-3280.
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CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AWARD
DEADLINE to be submitted via email: July 15, 2013
Award Information
This award recognizes outstanding contributions to the development of civic learning and engagement in
sustaining our participatory democracy. Applicants will be judged according to the criteria expressed in the
Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning (see attachment, Goal Categories for Purposeful Civic). All
application packets (application form, professional summary, and curriculum vitae or resume) should be
directly submitted via email to [email protected] with the email subject line reading Civic Engagement
Award. Two letters of recommendation, along with the two completed recommendation forms, should be
directly submitted from the recommender via email to [email protected] with the email subject line reading
Civic Engagement Award. All application packets and letters of recommendation must be received by
5:00pm July 15, 2013. Applicants will receive an email confirming their packet has been received.
Eligibility
 Applicants may be a service-learning faculty member, campus-community partnership, volunteer office, or
another collegiate program that yields civic outcomes.
 Applicants will be judged according to their work, participation, and innovative ideas that contribute to
the development of civic learning and engagement according to the criteria expressed in the Michigan
Journal of Community Service Learning (see attachment, Goal Categories for Purposeful Civic Learning).
 All applicants must be employed at a Maryland-DC Campus Compact member institution in good standing.
Requirements
1. A completed application form.
2. A professional summary addressing all professional activities, including approaches and efforts that
demonstrate civic learning outcomes and engagement as defined in Goal Categories for Purposeful Civic
Learning (see attachment, Goal Categories for Purposeful Civic Learning). Please include specific examples
for as many of the listed Goal Categories as possible. **Professional Summary should be a maximum of 3
pages, Calibri font, 12 point, and double-spaced. Photographs may also be included.
3. Two letters of recommendation (with two completed recommendation forms), from a campus
administrator, faculty member, student, or community representative who is familiar with your work.
4. Curriculum Vitae or Resume.
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CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AWARD
Application Form
DEADLINE to be submitted via email: July 15, 2013
Last Name
First Name
Title
Email
Address
City
Phone
Fax
University/College
Department/Discipline
State
Zip
Expectations
By submitting this application, I hereby agree to provide a headshot photograph if selected, and consent to
having my photo posted on the Maryland-DC Campus Compact website. I hereby authorize and consent to the
forwarding and review of this information to the selection committee. I understand that my information will be
reviewed by authorized members of the selection committee in evaluating me for the Civic Engagement Award.
In conjunction with sponsors and Maryland-DC Campus Compact, the selection committee will select the award
and determine the associated monetary gift based on funds available.
Name
Date
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CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AWARD
Recommendation Form
DEADLINE to be submitted via email: July 15, 2013
Applicant’s Last Name
First Name
Recommender’s Last Name
First Name
Title
Email
Phone
Fax
Campus/Organization Address
City
State
Zip
Letter of Recommendation
Please attach your letter of recommendation explaining why you believe the applicant deserves to be
recognized for promoting civic learning outcomes and engagement.
*Note to Recommender: Please carefully consider the selection criteria relative to the expertise and
contributions of the applicant.
Please directly submit your letter of recommendation and completed recommendation form via email to
[email protected] with the email subject line reading Civic Engagement Award, by 5:00 p.m. July 15,
2013.
For questions, please contact us at [email protected] or 301-696-3280.
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Goal Categories for Purposeful Civic Learning
Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, Summer 2001, Page 40
Academic Learning – learnings that are academic in nature that help students understand and be
prepared for involvement in the community
Democratic Citizenship Learning – learnings related to being an active citizen that prepare
students for involvement in the community
Diversity Learning – learnings related to multi-culturalism that prepare students for involvement in
diverse communities
Political Learning – learnings related to the political arena that prepare students for involvement in
the community
Leadership Learning – learnings about leadership issues that prepare students for community
accomplishment
Inter- and Intra- Personal Learning – learnings about oneself and others that prepare students to
work better with other citizens
Social Responsibility Learning – learnings that teach people about their personal and professional
responsibility to others
Examples of Curricular and Co-Curricular
Civic Learning Outcomes
Example of a Curricular Objective: As a part of the Community Health Nursing program, nursing
students would utilize their service placements to examine issues related to the American Nursing
Association Nursing Code of Ethics. This reinforced knowledge and skills critical to civic competency
and propensity, including: advocacy of patient well-being and rights; dedication to serve all patients
with respect regardless of economic status, personal attributes, or nature of health problem; and
understanding rights and responsibilities of nurses, including advancing the field and the people it
serves (i.e. patients’ bill of rights). This also included public policy discussions about health-care and
the political and/or regulatory agencies involved.
Example of a Co-Curricular Objective: In an attempt to engage members in activities that reinforce
civic learning, a major fraternity implemented a program that purposefully connects activities with
the group’s mission and goals, and includes civic engagement. This process requires student event
planners to build reflection opportunities into events in order to meet learning outcomes consistent
with fraternal ethics, values, and beliefs. These activities, both formal and informal, allow for students
to examine a multitude of civic issues including those related to diversity, leadership, interpersonal
communication, and active citizenship. Students are required to indicate which goals from the mission
statement are being reinforced by the event and justify how it will benefit student participants
socially, academically, personally, and civically. The program proposals, which are completed for
everything ranging from community service to public policy/advocacy work, are presented to the
fraternity’s officers and advisor in order to be approved for implementation.
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2013 EXCELLENCE IN SERVICE STUDENT GROUP AWARD
Application Form
DEADLINE (postmarked): July 15, 2013
Student Group Name
Contact’s Last Name
First Name
Address
City
Home Phone
Cell Phone
State
Zip
Fax
Email
University or College
Please answer the following questions on a separate sheet of paper:
1. Please describe the mission and activities of your student group
2. Is your service work part of a requirement for your organization?
3. Please list your involvement with the community and how your service work prioritizes creating sustainable
partnerships.
4. What have members of your group learned as a result of their engagement with service?
Eligibility
• Applicant must be a student group at Maryland-DC Campus Compact member school in good standing.
• Applicant must participate in community service activities that:
a) Benefit the campus and/or community
b) Address social, political or economic issues
c) Demonstrate leadership for social change and/or civic engagement
• Service efforts must provide service for the community at large. Religious, fraternal, or professional
groups providing services ONLY to members will not be considered.
Requirements
1. A completed and signed application form.
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2. Completed application questions. **Responses should be a maximum of 3 pages, Calibri font, 12 point, and
double-spaced. Photographs may also be included.
3. Two completed recommendation forms, which include two letters of recommendation from a campus
administrator, faculty member, or community representative who is familiar with your community involvement
and its impact on social change, civic engagement, or other community benefits.
4. A completed community service/service-learning resume that lists and explains all of your groups’ on and
off-campus service activities.
I hereby authorize and consent to the forwarding and review of this information to the Excellence in
Service Awards Selection Committee. I understand that the data collected will be reviewed by
authorized members of the EIS Selection Committee in consideration of me for the EIS Award.
Applicant Signature
Date
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2013 EXCELLENCE IN SERVICE STUDENT GROUP AWARD
Recommendation Form
DEADLINE (postmarked): July 15, 2013
Please attach this form with Letter of Recommendation
Student Applicant’s Last Name
First Name
Recommender’s Last Name
First Name
Title
Email
Phone
Fax
Campus/Organization Address
City
State
Zip
Letter of Recommendation
This recommendation should be based on student service performed during the 2013 calendar year.
Please use institutional or organizational letterhead to answer the following questions:
1. Why do you feel the applicant deserves the Excellence In Service award?
2. How are the applicant’s volunteer accomplishments unique or innovative?
3. In what way did the applicant’s volunteer activity impact his/her community?
4. How did the applicant demonstrate his/her ability to lead, inspire, and engage?
5. How do you perceive the student benefited from his/her service?
Signature of Recommender
Date
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