Purdue University was among five colleges and universities chosen this year from a hundred nominations to share in the 2016 Higher Education Civic Engagement Awards presented by The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars. Recipients were chosen based upon their leadership and innovation in civic engagement.
Steve Abel, Purdue’s associate provost for engagement, will accept the award on the university’s behalf. As a land-grant university, Purdue has long made service and engagement hallmarks of its approach to scholarship, Abel said. This commitment is illustrated in the Star Behavioral Health Providers program created by Purdue’s Military Family Research Institute (MFRI) in partnership with the National Guard and the Center for Deployment Psychology at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.
The award celebrates institutions in higher education where the commitment to leadership extends into civic roles in the communities beyond their own campuses. It aims to highlight, in particular, institutions that are forging transformational partnerships beyond campus to define and address issues of public concern, whether at the local, regional or international level.
Earlier this year, SBHP was selected as one of four recipients of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation Community Engagement Scholarship Award. As one of four regional winners of a $2,500 prize, Purdue is eligible to compete for the national C. Peter Magrath Community Engagement Scholarship Award at the Engagement Scholarship Consortium annual conference in October.
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