ESC Awards Program
Recipients
Announced in 2017 and conferring distinctions for the first time at the ESC Annual Conference in 2018, the Engagement Scholarship Consortium’s Awards Program recognizes higher education institutions and their exemplary contributions to scholarship and the practice of engaged scholarship. Below is a list of the recipients of the ESC Awards Program.
Excellence in Community Partner Engagement Award
Deb Denbeck, President (partner of University of Nebraska - Omaha)
Partnership 4 Kids
Excellence in Faculty Community Engagement Award
Jota Samper, University of Colorado - Boulder
The Medellin Practicum/Studio
Excellence in Staff Community Engagement Award
Tristyn Daughtry, East Carolina University
RISE29
Excellence in Student Community Engagement Award
Sofia Espinoza, Lehigh University
Artificial Intelligence Strengthening Healthcare Access (AISHA)
Outstanding Dissertation Award
Yidong Wang, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Digital Network, Power Dynamic, and Affective Space: A Multi-Site Case Study of Queer Media Ecology
Ryan, Moser, Reilly Award for Excellence in Community Engagement Institutional Leadership
Pennsylvania State University
Hiram E. Fitzgerald Distinguished Engaged Scholar Award
Barbara A. Holland
Excellence in Community Partner Engagement Award
Margaret Khaitsa, Mississippi State University
Higher Education Resource Services-East Africa (HERS-EA)
Excellence in Faculty Community Engagement Award
Matthew Kelley, University of Washington – Tacoma
Action Mapping Project (AMP)
Excellence in Staff Community Engagement Award
Shaunta Stanford, Ohio State University
The Ohio State University Community Health Worker Training Program
Outstanding Dissertation Award
Ashley Hernandez, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
Boiling Heights: Diverging Politics and Anti-Gentrification Activism in the Boyle Heights Neighborhood of Los Angeles
Ryan, Moser, Reilly Award for Excellence in Community Engagement Institutional Leadership
Ball State University
Hiram E. Fitzgerald Distinguished Engaged Scholar Award
John Saltmarsh, University of Massachusetts – Boston
Excellence in Community Partner Engagement Award
STEMpowering Students and Teachers VFA: Preparing East Tennessee STEM Preservice Teachers in Rural Appalachia
University of Tennessee
Excellence in Faculty Community Engagement Award
Franklin County Local Food Council (FCLFC)
Ohio State University
Excellence in Staff Community Engagement Award
Office of Immersive Learning at Ball State University
Ball State University
Excellence in Student Community Engagement Award
VTDITC: Hip Hop Studies at Virginia Tech
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Ryan, Moser, Reilly Award for Excellence in Community Engagement Institutional Leadership
Purdue University
Hiram E. Fitzgerald Distinguished Engaged Scholar Award
Terri Shelton, University of North Carolina - Greensboro
Excellence in Community Partner Engagement Award
Pharmacists’ Engagement Transforms Community Care in Western Kenya: The Purdue Kenya Partnership Story
Purdue University
Excellence in Faculty Community Engagement Award
The Juvenile Risk Assessment Team: Improving Juvenile Justice Through Community-Based Research
Michigan State University
Excellence in Student Community Engagement Award
Student Engagement Mini Grant Program
James Madison University
Excellence in Staff Community Engagement Award
Connecting Citizens to GMO Science Through Communications
University of Connecticut
Ryan, Moser, Reilly Award for Excellence in Community Engagement Institutional Leadership
Pennsylvania State University
Hiram E. Fitzgerald Distinguished Engaged Scholar Award
Budd Hall, University of Victoria
Excellence in Faculty Community Engagement Award
Alliance for Aquatic Resource Monitoring Program
Dickinson College
Building Community Capacity for Integrating Engineering in Rural Middle School Science Classrooms
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Excellence in Community Partner Engagement Award
Training for Life: East Carolina University and Pitt County Schools Partnership
East Carolina University
Food for a Long Life: Engaging Community Partners to Tackle Food Access
Virginia Cooperative Extension
Excellence in Student Community Engagement Award
Chester Community Fellowship Program
Swarthmore College
Excellence in Faculty Community Engagement Award
University Participant (UP) Program
Western Carolina University
Excellence in Community Partner Engagement Award
P–16 Initiative
University of Nebraska - Omaha
Ryan, Moser, Reilly Award for Excellence in Community Engagement Institutional Leadership
Ohio State University
Hiram E. Fitzgerald Distinguished Engaged Scholar Award
Amy Driscoll, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
Excellence in Student Community Engagement Award
Student Democracy Coalition Project
Western Carolina University
Excellence in Faculty Community Engagement Award
Schools Within the Context of Community Program
Ball State University
Excellence in Community Partner Engagement Award
Campus Connections Youth Mentoring Program
Colorado State University
Generation Rx
Ohio State University
Ryan, Moser, Reilly Award for Excellence in Community Engagement Institutional Leadership
University of Wisconsin - Extension