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MCC Recognizes Students for their Dedication to Community Service

Michigan Campus Compact will award four students from Alma College for their dedication and commitment to community service during the 11th annual Outstanding Student Service Awards, Saturday, April 14 at the Kellogg Center in East Lansing.

Each year, MCC awards students from member colleges and universities across the state for their commitment to service-learning and civic engagement. Four types of awards are given: the Outstanding Community Impact Award, the Commitment to Service Award, the Heart and Soul Award and the Michigan Humanitarian Award. Awardees were selected from a nomination pool of more than 400 students.

Erin Bernethy of Linwood will receive the Commitment to Service Award, which is given to one student per campus in the state of Michigan for the breadth and/or depth of his/her community service.

Matt Brown of Midland, Katrina Bundy of Dayton, Ohio and Mary Katherine Miles of Breckenridge will receive the Heart and Soul Award, which recognize students for their time, effort and personal commitment through service.

MCC will honor the award recipients during an awards brunch from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Michigan Campus Compact promotes the education and commitment of Michigan college and university students to be civically engaged citizens, through creating and expanding academic, co-curricular and campus-wide opportunities for community service, service-learning and civic engagement.

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Alma College is one of the best colleges fostering social responsibility and public service, according to The Princeton Review and Campus Compact. It is one of 81 institutions in 33 states —and the only private college in Michigan — that The Princeton Review commends and features in its book, Colleges With a Conscience: 81 Great Schools with Outstanding Community Involvement.

 

Student Profile

Drew Emge

Drew Emge
Graduation: 2009
Major: POE: International Health
From: Bay City
Interests: Health Professions, Community Service

A Truman Scholarship finalist and Center for Responsible Leadership Fellow, Drew has traveled to South Africa and China studying the HIV/AIDS crisis. The Bay City native intends to use his French minor and POE in International Health to improve AIDS care in Africa, hopefully as a physician with a global public health organization.