February 23, 2024
MSU Awards Recognize Extraordinary University-Community Partnerships
Contact: Emily Springer, Communication Manager, Communication and Information Technology, University Outreach and Engagement, sprin116@msu.edu
Join us in celebrating faculty, staff, students, and community partners at the annual Awards Ceremony.
EAST LANSING, MI — MSU’s Office of University Outreach and Engagement (UOE) is thrilled to honor the outstanding work of students, faculty, and staff in collaboration with community-based partners during the 7th Annual UOE Awards Ceremony in March.
The awards recognize and celebrate engaged university-community collaborations that have the potential to address large-scale problems and challenging societal issues.
“The efforts of university representatives and their community partners is a true testament to the vast impacts that can be made when we work together,” said Kwesi Brookins, vice provost for University Outreach and Engagement. “We look forward to celebrating all award winners for their well-deserved accolades during the program.”
The 2024 MSU Outreach and Engagement award recipients are:
Michigan State University Community Engagement Lifetime Achievement Award
- Terrie E. Taylor, College of Osteopathic Medicine
Distinguished Partnership Award for Community-Engaged Service
PFAS Research, Education, and Action for Community Health
- Courtney Carignan from the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources and College of Veterinary Medicine, with
- Great Lakes PFAS Action Network
Distinguished Partnership Award for Community-Engaged Teaching
Making Better Veterinarians and Providing Services for Pets
- Donna L. Harris from the College of Veterinary Medicine, with
- CSNIP (Community Spay/Neuter Initiative Partnership)
Distinguished Partnership Award for Community-Engaged Creative Activity
Creativity in the Time of Covid-19: Art for Equity and Social Justice
- Nancy DeJoy from the College of Arts and Letters, with
- Capital City Film Festival,
- Impression 5 Science Center,
- Lansing Art Gallery and Education Center,
- REACH Studio Art Center, and
- Refugee Development Center
Distinguished Partnership Award for Community-Engaged Research
Supporting Educators’ Well-Being and Relationship-Based Practices in Early Childhood Programs
- Holly E. Brophy-Herb from the College of Social Science, with
- Head Start for Kent County
Distinguished Partnership Award for International Community-Engaged Scholarship
Energy Convergence for Off-Grid Amazonian Communities
- Maria Claudia Lopez Perez from the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, with
- Emilio Moran from the College of Social Sciences,
- Rachel Mourão from the College of Communication Arts and Sciences, and
- Laboratory of Renewable Energy, Universidade Federal do Oeste Pará, Brazil
The Graduate Student Awards for Community-Engaged Scholarship recognize exemplary work by a graduate or graduate professional student and are jointly sponsored by UOE and the MSU Graduate School. Recipients include:
- Farish Jazlan from the College of Engineering
Anishinaabeg Law: An Introduction to Tribal Law for Michigan Legal Practitioners
- Taylor Elyse Mills from the College of Arts and Letters
Transforming Gender Norms in Rural Development: A Case in Colombia
- Maria Alejandra Garcia Otero from the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
- Sheril Kirshenbaum from the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
The awards ceremony will also celebrate students who received Student Volunteer Service Awards from the Center for Community Engaged Learning, a department within UOE. These awards recognize individuals who volunteered 100 or more hours over the course of one year. Interim President Teresa Woodruff attended the ceremony in January, which honored more than 100 students. UOE’s award ceremony will recognize three students for having completed more than 750 hours of volunteer work:
- Arianna Pittenger, College of Social Science
- Hady Omar, College of Natural Science
- Marissa Malleck, Lyman Briggs College and Honors College
To learn more about award recipients, their impactful work, and to register to attend the ceremony, visit MSU Outreach and Engagement Awards Ceremony.
