MCC Honors 12 Students for Community Service
Twelve Alma College students will be rewarded for their dedication
and commitment to community service during the 12th annual Outstanding
Student Service Awards April 5 at the Holiday Inn-South in Lansing.
Each year, Michigan Campus Compact awards students from member colleges
and universities across the state for their outstanding commitment to
service-learning and civic engagement. Awardees were selected
from a nomination pool of nearly 600 students. This year, 159 students
from 23 member campuses will receive awards.
Bay City junior Drew Emge will receive the Michigan Humanitarian Award,
which is given to undergraduate students for their innovation and
leadership in community service. Michigan Campus Compact gives only
three of these awards statewide each year.
“Drew is a remarkable student leader who is committed to service to his
campus, his community and beyond,” says Anne Ritz, service learning
coordinator at Alma College. “In my opinion, Drew will remain a
life-long, civically engaged citizen.”
As a Michigan Humanitarian Award recipient, Emge will be nominated for
the national Campus Compact 2008 Howard R. Swearer Student Humanitarian
Award, which recognizes five students for their innovative strategies
in addressing community issues and needs and their efforts to build and
sustain this work among their peers and within their institutions.
Unionville junior William Allen will receive the Commitment to Service
Award. This award is given to one student per member campus in the
state of Michigan for their commitment to community service. Only 23
students will receive this award.
Eleven Alma students will receive the Heart and Soul Award, which is
given to students to recognize their time, effort and personal
commitment through service. Heart and Soul recipients are Emge, Lansing
junior Kerry Dembowski, Lapeer junior Christopher Francis, Alma senior
Tracey Fuller, Midland junior Benjamin Kosal, Grand Rapids senior Sadie
LaPonsie, Frankenmuth senior Nicholas Maciulis, Buchanan senior Colleen
O’Toole, Linden junior Kailey Ruggirello, Monroe senior Terra Teague
and Portland senior Amanda Weber.
MCC will honor the award recipients at an awards brunch April 5 at the Holiday Inn-South in Lansing 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.
Posted: Tue, March 25th, 2008 at 5:00PM
