Each year the MCSLHE recognizes outstanding individuals and programs in its member institutions that demonstrate excellence in the field of service-learning and within the MCSLHE goals and mission. We cannot do so without nominations. Please consider submitting nominations for one or more of the following awards.

 

Please see guidelines to nominate an individual or program, below.

 
Award Categories

Administration/Program Commendation in Service-Learning
This award honors an exceptional service-learning program or administrative professional (i.e., a service-learning director, staff member, or VISTA) that has made great strides in advancing service-learning within a higher education institution during the ’07-’08 academic year.

Service-Learning Teaching
This award honors a faculty/staff member or graduate assistant who has demonstrated a commitment to service-learning within a teaching environment during the ’07-’08 academic year.

Service-Learning Research
This award honors a faculty/staff member, administrative professional, or a graduate/undergraduate student who has shown outstanding commitment to the exploration of service-learning through research during the ’07-’08 academic year.

Student/Group Commendation in Service-Learning
This award honors an undergraduate student or group of undergraduates who demonstrated exceptional leadership, citizenship, and commitment through service-learning and/or developing and furthering the service-learning infrastructure of their learning institution during the ’07-’08 academic year.

Community Partner Commendation in Service-Learning
This award honors an outstanding community partner who, during the ’07-’08 academic year, has been committed to a service-learning partnership with a higher-education institution. In so doing, this community partner has demonstrated availability, innovation, and creativity to students as well as community needs. 

Voyager Award
This award honors a Midwest Consortium member who has demonstrated an outstanding and ongoing commitment to furthering service-learning throughout their professional career. This individual will be selected based on their ingenuity of developing infrastructure with higher-education service-learning programs, and their enthusiasm and commitment for the programs they helped to create and sustain.

 

• Complete a nomination letter that outlines why this individual or program should be recognized, and how they have met the award requirements. (Please specify which award the nomination is for and include your name and contact information.)

• Collect two further letters of recommendation for each nomination.

• Deliver the nomination packet (nomination letter and both recommendation letters) to your campus MCSLHE representative. Letters may be emailed to meet the deadline but original signed copies (preferably on letterhead stationery) must also be received by the Awards Committee before a nomination is considered "officially" submitted.

 

• Consortium representatives are responsible for selecting one institutional nomination per award and sending the packet(s) by e-mail to Jean Karlen (402-375-7042, jekarle1@wsc.edu) or by US Mail to:

                                     Jean Karlen

                                     Wayne State College

                                     Wayne, NE 68787

 

 

Upon review of all the nominations, the Awards Committee may recommend that a particular nomination be shifted to another awards category.  In that event, the nominator will be contacted for approval before such action is taken. Depending on nominations, awards may not be given in every category every year.

 

• NOMINATIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

 

• Each nomination will be reviewed by the MCSLHE Awards Selection Committee.

 

• Nominators of awardees will be notified on or before September 15, 2008.

• Awards will be presented during the MCSLHE 5th Annual Conference award reception.

• Contact Jean Karlen (402-375-7042, jekarle1@wsc.edu) with any questions.