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Nominations are due on Wednesday, March 31, for the Leadership in Civic Engagement and Scholarship Awards recognizing excellence in service to the community.

Nomination forms are available at www.cortland.edu/civicengagement and completed forms should be e-mailed to Erica Smith, Institute for Civic Engagement graduate assistant. Award recipients will be announced in campus and community publications in mid-April. The awards ceremony will take place at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 29, in Brockway Hall Jacobus Lounge. For more information, contact Service-Learning Coordinator John Suarez at (607) 753-4391.

Leadership in Civic Engagement Awards recognize the significant contributions of individuals and groups to the community’s quality of life through their leadership in a variety of civic engagement activities, including service and social action. Students, teachers, faculty members, college staff and community members are eligible for nomination.

Previous recipients have won for their outstanding organizing of community service projects, leading efforts to raise funds for deserving programs, advocacy on behalf of a group or issue and/or creation of a community service effort or organization.

In addition to the Leadership in Civic Engagement and Scholarship Award, eligible student nominees will also be considered for the following $1,000 scholarships: Borg-Warner TEC, Community Scholarship for Student Volunteers and Interns, Institute for Civic Engagement Scholarship, Judson Taylor Presidential Scholarship and Lambda Phi Delta Service Scholarship.  

Groups on campus or in the community that are lessening the effects of hunger and homelessness are eligible to be considered for the Don Wilcox Civic Engagement Award.

Students whose civic engagement activities go beyond course/graduation requirements and whose efforts have significantly enhanced relations between SUNY Cortland and the greater Cortland community are eligible for the Cortland Area Chapter of the Alumni Association’s Community Service Award.

Nominations will be reviewed by a committee composed of SUNY Cortland staff, faculty and students and Cortland community leaders.