Guam – Guam Community College is proud to announce that freshman Pre-Nursing student Carolyn Sanchez is a recipient of the Hawaii Pacific Islands Campus Compact (HPICC) 2010 Community Impact Award for a homeless community service project she initiated last semester.

This is the first time that a student from a U.S. territory has been recognized for the award, according to Moneka DeOro, VISTA coordinator for the GCC Center for Civic Engagement. DeOro nominated Sanchez for the HPICC award. HPICC encompasses 16 member institutions around the Pacific, and the award recognizes one student per institution who exhibits outstanding leadership and innovative approaches in their community service or service-learning endeavors both on their campus and within their community.

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