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