While we may not have red carpet and require our honorees to dress up in couture gowns or tuxedos (which most faculty undoubtedly appreciate), we like to think that the Campus Compact service awards are no less prestigious than a Golden Globe.

Our annual awards represent the very best of community service and civic engagement in higher education. Help us honor the tireless efforts of the civic leaders on your campus by submitting a nomination to one of our state or national service awards.

Anyone from an Ohio Campus Compact member institutions can nominate distinguished and accomplished faculty, students, or staff for the following corresponding awards:

STATE AWARDS

The David Hoch Memorial Award for Excellence in Service 

The David Hoch Memorial Award for Excellence in Service was designed to recognize and honor the outstanding work in service-learning and/or civic engagement by a faculty or staff member at an Ohio Campus Compact member institution. This award is named for the late David Hoch, the Dean of Honors at the University of Toledo, who served as the Director of Service Learning from 1999 – 2005.  Deadline is March 2, 2012 More information. 

Charles J. Ping Student Service Award

Ohio Campus Compact Executive Director Dick Kinsley presents a Charles J. Ping Student Service Award to Lauren Sabo of Denison University in 2011.

The Charles J. Ping Student Service Award is open to all Ohio Campus Compact member institutions through State Farm Insurance’s generous financial support. The Charles J. Ping Award was designed to recognize and honor undergraduate students for their outstanding leadership and contributions to community service OR service-learning on their campus and within their community. This award can be granted annually to one undergraduate per Ohio Campus Compact member institution. Those nominated to be a Ping award winner for their campus will compete with other Ping nominees from across the state for a $500 mini-grant, to be given to the community partner of the Ping recipient. Nomination Deadline:  March 2, 2012.   More information & nomination guidelines. 

NATIONAL AWARDS

Thomas Ehrlich Civically Engaged Faculty Award

The Thomas Ehrlich Civically Engaged Faculty Award recognizes one senior faculty member each year. Honorees are recognized for exemplary engaged scholarship, including leadership in advancing students’ civic learning, conducting community-based research, fostering reciprocal community partnerships, building institutional commitments to service-learning and civic engagement, and other means of enhancing higher education’s contributions to the public good. The award is named in honor of Thomas Ehrlich, former chair of the Campus Compact board of directors and president emeritus of Indiana University. Nomination Deadline:  March 30, 2012.  More information & nomination guidelines.

Newman Civic Fellows Award

The Newman Civic Fellows Award honors inspiring college student leaders who have demonstrated an investment in finding solutions for challenges facing communities throughout the country.Through service, research, and advocacy, Newman Civic Fellows are making the most of their college experiences to better understand themselves, the root causes of social issues, and effective mechanisms for creating lasting change. These students represent the next generation of public problem solvers and civic leaders. They serve as national examples of the role that higher education can—and does—play in building a better world. Nomination Deadline:  February 21, 2012.  More information & nomination guidelines.

**Other national awards that can help shine a spotlight on your campus or community:

The Purpose Prize

The Purpose Prize^® is the nation’s only large-scale investment in people over 60 who are combining their passion and experience for social good. The Prize awards up to $100,000 each to five people in encore careers creating new ways to solve tough social problems. Nomination deadline:  March 22, 2012.  More information and nomination guidelines.

Do Something! Awards

Do Something! Awards honor nation’s best young world-changers, 25 and under. Do Something! Award nominees and winners represent the pivotal “do-ers” in their field, cause, or issue. In 2012 (up to) five finalists will appear on the Do Something Awards on Vh1 and be rewarded with a community grant, media coverage and continued support from DoSomething.org. The grand prize winner will receive $100,000 during the broadcast.  Application deadline:  March 1, 2012.  More information and application instructions.

Third Annual Sillerman Prize for Innovations in Philanthropy