Dear Colleagues,
The university is seeking nominations of outstanding outreach and engagement partnerships for the 2016 University Outreach and Engagement Recognition Awards. We ask for your assistance again this year. A total of $21,000 will be distributed to award recipients to support their engagement programming.
We are looking for partnerships that demonstrate how colleges and universities have redesigned their learning, discovery and engagement missions to become even more involved with their communities. The partnership may have a long history of engaging the university and community, or it may be a relatively new collaboration that is having a substantial impact on the university and community partners. Awards will be given for the top nominated partnerships in each of the international engagement, community engagement and service-learning categories.
From these nominations, the top overall partnership will be selected to serve as Ohio State’s 2017 nominee for the national C. Peter Magrath University Community Engagement Scholarship Award, sponsored by the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities.
Nominations are also being sought for Ohio State’s annual staff, student, student organization and community partner engagement awards. We wish to recognize outstanding campus achievements in the fields of engagement and service. All Ohio State faculty, staff and students are invited to apply.
More detailed information about how to apply is available at http://go.osu.edu/oeawards. Those interested in applying for any of these awards must submit an abstract by
February 16, 2016.
All recipients will be honored at a Recognition Awards Ceremony prior to the Patterson Lecture at 10:30 a.m. on May 3, 2016, in the Ohio Union.
Please share this opportunity with your leadership teams, faculty, staff and students.
If you have questions or would like more information, please contact the Office of Outreach and Engagement at engage@osu.edu or (614) 247-7795.
Sincerely,
Javaune Adams-Gaston, Vice President for Student Life
William Brustein, Vice Provost for Global Strategies and International Affairs
Wayne Carlson, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Studies
Stephen Myers, Associate Vice Provost for Outreach and Engagement