The Mulvaney Center for Community, Awareness and Social Action and the Center for Educational Excellence are proud to co-sponsor the annual Award for Educational Excellence in the Community. This award seeks to encourage, celebrate, and disseminate the innovative and original work implemented by faculty that is designed both to deepen student learning and produce positive impact in the community through democratic and mutually-beneficial off-campus community partnerships. In addition to each receiving a $500 honorarium ($1,000 total), the awardee and their community partner will present their work and be honored at a University-wide reception.
Specifically, the award seeks to recognize faculty whose work demonstrates:
- Innovative and original approaches to their community engagement;
- Positive impact to the community and/or the public good;
- Democratic, mutually-beneficial, and sustainable community partnerships;
- Student civic learning through community-based activities;
- Effective integration of experience in the community to the curricular outcomes in their course(s) and program.
| Year | Recipient | Department |
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| 1996 | Dr. Michael Pfau | Department of Political Science |
| 1997 | Dr. Noelle Norton | Department of Political Science |
| 1998 | Dr. Judith Liu | Department of Sociology |
| 1999 | Dr. Sandra Sgoutas-Emch | Department of Psychology |
| 2000 | Dr. Luby Liao | Department of Mathematics |
| 2002 | Dr. Perla Myers | Department of Mathematics |
| 2003 | Dr. Barbara Withers | Department School of Business |
| 2004 | Dr. Susan Lord | Department of Engineering |
| 2005 | Dr. Lonnie Rowell | School of Leadership & Education Sciences |
| 2006 | Dr. Peter Kanelos | Department of English |
| 2007 | Dr. Leeva Chung | Communication Studies |
| 2008 | Dr. Kevin Guerrieri | Languages & Literatures |
| 2009 | Evelyn Diaz Cruz, MFA | Theatre Arts |
| 2010 | Dr. Stephen Conroy | School of Business |
| 2011 | Dr. Michelle Camacho | Sociology |
| 2012 | Dr. Jonathan Bowman | Communication Studies |
| 2013 | Dr. Alberto Lopez Pulido | Ethnic Studies |
| 2014 | Dr. Bradley Bond | Communication Studies |
| 2015 | Dr. Leeva Chung | Communication Studies |
| 2016 | Dr. Antonieta Mercado | Communication Studies |
| 2018 | Dr. Aarti Ivanic | School of Business |
All benefits-based faculty are eligible. Nominations may be based on a one-semester experience of educational excellence in the community. However, preference will be given to nominees whose work--whether in a single project/approach or a number of projects--extends across multiple semesters. Nominations must be submitted by August 31st and Nominees will have until September 14th, 2020 to submit their application.
If you wish to nominate someone, please send an email to the CEE (cee@sandiego.edu) with the faculty member’s name, department/unit, and course by August 31st. Nominees will be notified and encouraged to apply.
In order to self-nominate, please submit the required materials through this Google form. All materials in support of a faculty member’s nomination must be submitted by September 14th, 2020 to be considered for the award.
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Please complete this Google form, which asks for the following materials, by September 14th, 2020. (If you wish, you may also send your responses to cee@sandiego.edu):
- Faculty member’s name, title, department, and academic unit, as well as the course(s) for which the faculty member has developed activities, projects, and/or approaches relevant to this award.
- A written statement (2-3 pages single-spaced) or a video narrative (10 minutes maximum), which explains the nominee's work in relation to educational excellence in the community. The letter/video narrative should address the following five questions, which align with the criteria listed above, citing specific examples:
- In what ways is your approach to community engagement innovative and original?
- How does your project create positive impact in the community or contribute to the public good?
- What role did your community partner(s) have in the creation of the project and determining its outcomes, and in what ways is the project mutually beneficial and sustainable into the future?
- What evidence do you have of students' civic learning from this community experience, and how can the project be modified for improvement in the future?
- How is your community experience integrated into the overall curricular outcomes for the course and the program?
- A letter of support (1-2 pages single-spaced) or a short video narrative from an off-campus community partner that addresses the positive impact of the project, how the project is sustainable into the future, and the innovative features of the project. (This letter/video may be sent directly by the community partner
to cee@sandiego.edu.) - Curriculum vitae
- A selection committee, composed of members of the Faculty Council on Community Engagement and representatives of the CEE, will assess the applications based on the award scoring rubric. The awardee will be announced in September or October of 2020.
- Questions about eligibility, the application process, or the selection process, should be directed to Rhea Webb, CEE Program Coordinator, via email, at rwebb_5@sandiego.edu or John Loggins, Director of Community Engaged Learning, via email, at jloggins@sandiego.edu.
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High Evidence |
Average Evidence |
No Evidence |
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Innovation/Originality |
Project(s) is clearly unique and innovative; it is clearly outside the usual activities seen in the discipline. |
Project(s) is somewhat innovative but may not be unique; it is similar to but not exactly like other activities seen in the discipline. |
Project(s) has been seen before and not at all unique to the discipline applied. |
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Impact/Benefit to Community and Public Good |
The positive impact to the community or public good is clear. The project is designed to have a meaningful impact on the community. |
The positive impact to the community or public good is somewhat clear. The project is designed to have some impact on the community. |
The positive impact of the project on the community or the public good is not apparent. |
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Community Partnership(s) |
There is clear evidence that the community partner participated in co-creation of the project, and outcomes were developed together for clear understanding, mutual benefit, and sustainability. |
There is some evidence that the community partner participated in co-creation of the project, and some partner input was given in the development of outcomes. |
This is little or no evidence that community partner participated in co-creation of project or determination of the outcomes. |
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Impact/Benefit to Student Learning |
The impact to students is clearly articulated and evident. The project is designed to have a meaningful impact on student civic learning. Discussion of benefits and limitations or future modifications is included. |
The impact to students is somewhat articulated and evident. The project is designed to have some impact on civic learning of students. Little discussion of benefits and limitations or future modifications is included. |
The impact of the project is not apparent or the project is not designed to have much impact on student civic learning. No discussion of benefits or limitations or future modifications is included. |
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Curricular Strength and Integration |
Clear connections to the curricular outcomes are apparent. The project is explicitly integrated with course and/or academic program outcomes |
There are some indications of curricular connections but they are not clearly designed or articulated. The project is somewhat linked to course and/or program outcomes. |
No curricular connection is clear with the project and the community component seems like an add-on with little or no integration. |
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Total |
Total Score ______/10 Name of Faculty Member: _______________________________________