2026 MSU Outreach and Engagement Awards Ceremony
This event took place on March 12, 2026 from 4:30 – 6:00 p.m. at Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center.
2026 Award Recipients
Spartan Volunteer Service Awards
- Representative Recipients: Trinity Amalraj, Lyman Briggs College; Lauren Bradford, College of Osteopathic Medicine; Sumaiya Imad, College of Social Science
2026 Graduate Student Award for Community Engagement Scholarship
- Recipients: Angelique Brianna Willis, College of Social Science; Chenlu Jin, College of Education; Jennifer Roedel, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources; Rafael Lembi, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
2026 Graduate Student Award for Science Communication and Outreach
- Recipient: Rachel Drobnak, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources and College of Natural Science
2026 Distinguished Partnership Award for Community-Engaged Service
- Recipient: Advancing Community-Engaged Economic Innovation: Regional Economic Innovation
Jenan Jondy, University Outreach and Engagement, with Statewide Consultative Panel
2026 Distinguished Partnership Award for Community-Engaged Teaching
- Recipient: Imagine a World Without Abuse: Advertising for Social Change
Ross M. Chowles, College of Communication Arts and Sciences , with Traverse Bay Children’s Advocacy Center
2026 Distinguished Partnership Award for Community-Engaged Research
- Recipient: Building Capacity for Community-Led Survivor Services and Wraparound Care in Detroit Through Research-Practice Partnerships
Elena Ruíz, College of Arts and Letters, with Sara’s House/Place Detroit; Women Healing Eternally and Transforming (WHEAT)
2026 Distinguished Partnership Award for International Community-Engaged Scholarship
- Recipient: Unveiling Ancient Yakthung Rhetorical Traditions: Matrilineal Civilizations and Mundhum Practices of the Himalayas
Marohang Limbu, College of Arts and Letters, with Himalayan Yakthung Cultural Studies
Ya-Phedangmas; Yakthung Cultural Leaders
2026 Institutional Champion Award for Community Engagement Scholarship
- Recipient: Andrea Lynn Wendling, College of Human Medicine
2026 Community Engagement Scholarship Lifetime Achievement Award
- Recipient: Rodney T. Whitaker, College of Music
2026 Awards Ceremony Video Recording
Livestreaming will be available here on March 12
