Awards: The 2008 Howard R. Swearer Student Humanitarian Award
Deadlines
Application deadline is March 21, 2008 except in the following states:
- IN: February 4; Applicants must apply for Indiana's Richard J. Wood Award to be considered for the national Swearer Award
- ME: February 29
- MI: February 15; Applicants must apply through Michigan Campus Compact
- NC: Deadline has passed
- OH: March 21; Applicants must apply through Ohio Campus Compact
- OR: February 28; Applicants must apply through Oregon Campus Compact
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Eligibility
All students at member community colleges, and all non-senior undergraduate students at member four-year colleges, are eligible.
Swearer Award Criteria
Students' application materials should demonstrate:
- An innovative approach to building or enhancing campus-based efforts to address community issues and needs;
- Use of diverse strategies of engagement (service, service-learning, policy work, advocacy, etc.);
- Ability to lead, inspire, and engage other students and/or members of the institution;
- Efforts to sustain engagement by developing strategies to build their work into the institution's structure.
Application Requirements
- Completed online application form and essay (2 pages)
- Letter of Nomination from the college president, community service or service learning director, or a faculty member familiar with the student's work.
- Commitment to attend award ceremony if selected (location TBD)
- If selected, a six-month follow-up/progress report
For questions regarding the award, contact Campus Compact at awards2008@compact.org.
Being a part of Campus Compact has let us touch the heart and soul of building better communities while improving teaching and learning for faculty and students. James A. Drake, President, Brevard Community College