The Center for Community Engagement (CCE) offers awards each year honoring a CSUCI student, staff/administrator, faculty member and a community partner for their exemplary community engagement. Nominations are assessed for the quality and quantity of their contributions to community engagement and if applicable, should include examples of their impact on students/campus community or department, any innovative practices, collaboration and leadership with other members of the extended CSUCI community (campus and beyond) and actions that have led to greater contributions to community engagement.

The CCE is now accepting nominations for the following awards: 

Student Reflective Essay Award
This annual award recognizes a student reflective essay that exhibits particular depth of insight concerning the challenges and satisfactions of community service, the impact on student growth and learning, and with the greatest potential to inspire others to serve.

Dr. Richard R. Rush Community Partner Award
This award recognizes a community organization that is significantly involved with CSU Channel Islands. This recognition honors organizations and individuals who contribute to student learning and support student engagement with the community in a curricular or co-curricular setting.

Janet Korsmo Engagement Award
This award honors a CSUCI staff/administrator who is significantly involved in civic engagement activities at CSU Channel Islands and/or in the broader community. This recognition honors staff/administrators who contribute to the public good and embody the core value of civic engagement personally and/or professionally.

Community-Based Research Award
This award recognizes a CSUCI faculty member who is involved in community-based research with the purpose of solving a pressing community problem or effecting social change.

Engaged Faculty Award
This award recognizes a CSUCI faculty member who has contributed significantly to incorporating service-learning/community based research into their teaching, scholarly and creative productivity, and/or professional and community service while at CSU Channel Islands. This recognition honors the faculty member's commitment to the public good and advancement of service-learning/community engagement within their discipline.

Nominations for all awards will be accepted until Friday, April 19, 2023

Awardees will be honored at the annual Celebration of Service luncheon on Thursday, May 4th, 2023. RSVP now.

2022 Student Reflective Essay Award, Maria Perez

Maria Perez

2022 Student Reflective Essay Award, Vanessa Gonzalez

Vanessa Gonzalez

2021 Student Reflective Essay Award, Valeria Toscano

Valeria Toscano

2021 Student Reflective Essay Award, Estefany Tovar

Estefany Tovar

2019 Student Reflective Essay Award, Alicia Carr

Alicia Carr

Activities, Awards and Recognitions in Community Engagement Booklet

Each year the CCE honors individuals and projects in the areas of service-learning and community engagement. The CCE Activities, Awards, and Recognitions publication celebrates these awardees, while also sharing new CCE initiatives and activities, such as opportunities to engage in the community (our annual Days of Service), programs to support service learning projects (SEED grants), and networking events (Soup, Salad, & Service).

View past Celebration of Service posters

Read past publications

Questions? Please contact Pilar Pacheco, Director, Center for Community Engagement (pilar.pacheco@csuci.edu).

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