MSU Outreach and Engagement Awards Ceremony Banner featuring Awards and Plaques

2020 MSU Outreach and Engagement Awards Ceremony

This event took place on February 19, 2020 from 4:30 – 6:00 p.m. at Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center.

Program Booklet


2020 Award Recipients

Spartan Volunteer Service Awards

  • Representative Recipients: Justice K. Bass, Sydnie A. Burch, Nick Piner, Kiersten E. Walsworth

2020 Distinguished Partnership Award for Community-Engaged Service

  • Recipient: Spartan Project SEARCH
    Connie Sung and Marisa Fisher, College of Education, with Michigan Rehabilitation Services and Ingham Intermediate School District

2020 Distinguished Partnership Award for Community-Engaged Teaching

  • Recipient: Teacher Leadership Development for Great Lakes Watershed Stewardship: The GRAND Learning Network and Annie's BIG Nature Lesson
    Shari L. Dann, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, with Annie's BIG Nature Lesson

2020 Distinguished Partnership Award for Community-Engaged Creative Activity

  • Recipient: Sense-Ability Ensemble: Creating Innovative, Multi-Sensory, Interactive Theatrical Performance for Neurodiverse Audiences
    Dionne O’Dell, College of Arts and Letters, with 4th Wall Theatre Company

2020 Distinguished Partnership Award for Community-Engaged Research

  • Recipient: Menominee Sustainable Development Institute Partnership
    Kyle Powys Whyte, College of Arts and Letters and College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, with Sustainable Development Institute, College of Menominee Nation

Michigan State University Community Engagement Scholarship Lifetime Achievement Award

  • Recipient: Hiram E. Fitzgerald

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