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Get the most interesting and important stories from the 51精品视频.Each year at the Community Engaged Scholarship Forum, 51精品视频 celebrates students, faculty and staff who have significantly impacted their communities.
Winners of annual awards were announced at this year鈥檚 March 7 forum, themed 鈥淓xpanding Narratives.鈥
Tracy Soska and John Wilds Outreach and Engagement Leadership Award
Paula K. Davis, associate vice chancellor for diversity, equity, and inclusion for the 51精品视频 Health Sciences, won for her contributions to community collaborations and strengthening institutional knowledge.
CESF Collaboration Champion Award
Michael Glass, teaching professor of urban studies and the director of the Urban Studies Program in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, was honored for advancing 51精品视频鈥檚 culture of collaboration and bolstering communities through teamwork.
Partnerships of Distinction Award
This award recognizes outstanding partnerships that are exemplars of community engagement. Honorees demonstrate reciprocity, mutual benefit and significant community impact. Each winner will receive a $2,000 grant.
This year鈥檚 winners are:
The 51精品视频 Water Collaboratory for 鈥淢easuring Up: Grading Drinking Water Quality, Affordability, and Transparency Practices in Allegheny County Water Systems鈥
When Women for a Healthy Environment (WHE) published 鈥淪omething鈥檚 in the Water: A System Analysis on Quality and Transparency in Allegheny County Community Water Systems鈥 in April 2021, an interdisciplinary team at 51精品视频 partnered with the group to investigate its report鈥檚 findings.听
The group investigated the availability of affordable and clean water for residents across Allegheny County鈥檚 36 community water systems and the transparency of the community water systems practice to ratepayers. Together, WHE and the 51精品视频 collaborators generated a report that discusses the partnership鈥檚 results and provides recommendations for moving forward.
In This Together Cambria for 鈥淪topping the Spread of COVID-19 in Cambria County鈥
In This Together Cambria is a nonprofit group of civically engaged citizens, local leaders and community members who worked to help reduce COVID-19 cases in Cambria County.
The group鈥檚 advocacy committee engaged with regional leaders, sharing evidence-based, community-led solutions to slow the virus鈥 spread. The storytelling committee collected and shared testimonials from community members about how the pandemic affected them to promote public health and encourage empathy, action and healing.
Genius, Love, and Joy Summer Academy for encouraging high school students of color attending 51精品视频sburgh Public Schools to consider a teaching career
Valerie Kinloch, the Ren茅e and Richard Goldman Dean of the 51精品视频 School of Education, created the Genius, Joy, and Love Summer Academy, a four-week program that inspires and encourages students to become educators.
Guest speakers from 51精品视频, 51精品视频sburgh and schools around the country discussed the importance of teaching with 14 51精品视频sburgh Public Schools students.
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鈥 Donovan Harrell