TrumanStateUniversity

Community Partner of the Year AwardDescription and Criteria

Application Deadline:Wednesday, September 24th

This award is given to recognize an outstanding community member and/or agency that has worked closely with the University to promote public scholarship (community service, service-learning, civic engagement, etc.) amongst Truman students. Community Partners play a vital role in engaging campuses and students with communities to meet critical needs. Any community member and/or agency can be nominated for the award through a brief application process via the Center for Student Involvement, which will assemble a committee to review applications and select the award recipient. While there will be one nominee recognized for their generous work, other finalists will be acknowledged as well.

Event Date:Tuesday, September 30that 1:00PM

Honorees will be recognized during the “Community Partner Appreciation Luncheon” to be held in conjunction with the SERVE Center’s Big Week of Giving. Invitations to follow.

Criteria:

•Nominees must be based in the greater Northeast Missouri community

•Nominees must be an individual community member or registered non-profit or government agency (business entities are not eligible)

•Individuals/agencies may nominate themselves or be nominated by a member of the Truman community (faculty, staff, students, etc.)

•Nominees must have had a partnership with a member of the Truman community

oA partnership can be defined as any working relationship between a campus and community constituent for any period of time that has worked together to promote service, service-learning, civic engagement, or public scholarship

oThe partnership/achievements of the community member/agency should be relevant (approximately the last 12 to 18 months)

•Using the Nomination Form below, the nominator needs to demonstrate how the nominee has achieved the following:

oHow the community partner has reached out to the campus community (created and sustained opportunities for engaging Truman students)

oHow the partner has worked with the campus community to meet community needs (evidence of having an active voice in the planning and implementation of public scholarship)

oThe impact the partner has had on strengthening student learning and development (evidence of benefits to students)

oDemonstration of effort in sustaining the collaboration over time

•Supplementary material (i.e. pictures, reports, etc.)will be accepted

TrumanStateUniversity

Distinguished Community Partner Award

Nomination Form

Application Deadline: Wednesday, September 24th

Please submit electronically or in hard copy to the following:

Mary Beth Myers

The Serve Center

SUB 1106

100 E Normal St.

Kirksville, MO 63501

*Note: Honorees will be recognized with a brief video/slideshow featuring their work. It would be very helpful for nominators and nominees to have photo/video of their work to give to the event organizers.

Community Partner Nominee Information

Community Member/Agency:
Name of Primary Contact Person (if Agency):
Title:
Mailing Address:
Email:
Phone:

Nominator Information:

Name of Nominator (individual or organization):
Email:
Phone:

Partnership Information:

Please briefly describe your working relationship with the nominee.

Letter of Recommendation:

Please attach a description of the nominee that summarizes the following:

•A brief description of the organization/individual

•Examples of how the community partner has reached out to the campus community

•How the partner has worked with the campus community to meet community needs

•The impact the partner has had on strengthening student learning and development

Please limit description to 500 words or less. An edited version of this description will be used in the program.

Please contact Mary Beth Myers at or (314) 605-3237 with any questions.