Submit your nomination The first step in the Student Leadership Award submission process is joining The Jenzabar Foundation Community Network and using the referral code: SLA2010.
Once you have registered, you will receive log-in credentials via email and instructions on accessing the 2010 Student Leadership Awards page on our site. This page has a nomination template and specific instructions for submitting your nomination. Please note that we will NOT be accepting nominations via email, nor will we accept nominations via “snail mail.” If this presents a problem for you organization, please contact us and we will help work through any submission issues.
Briefly, here is a description of the information we are requesting to support your nomination:
We are requesting a description of the endeavors of the student group or activity in 2500 words or less. The description should include how the activity was initiated and the outcomes or expected outcomes of the activity described. The description should also include funding and sources of funding for the activity, the number of participants providing the service and their organizational structure, the identification of the beneficiaries of the service, how the service was delivered, and how its impact was recognized. Nominations will be evaluated based on the information provided that identifies the positive impact and value that the group or project has brought to the beneficiaries of its service and to the campus community in which it resides. The scope of the project, accomplishment relative to available funding, and the perception of the activity as a model for other student groups will also factor into the evaluation of each nomination. Adding photographs, video, links or other objects that illustrate the service work is acceptable.
Student Leadership Award nominations are due by 11:55 PM on March 31, 2010.
Below you’ll find short descriptions of the groups and projects that have won in previous years.
The Jenzabar Foundation congratulates the winners of its 2009 Student Leadership Awards, recognizing ten student-led campus groups and projects that have made a significant contribution to better the world outside of their institutions of higher education. The winners of the second annual Student Leadership Awards have demonstrated a commitment to making a difference through community service, and their campus groups received a $5,000 grant to continue their work.
Nearly 150 Student Leadership Award submissions were received from students, non-profit organizations, and institutions across the globe, representing ongoing activities or projects completed during the 2008-2009 academic year. The nominations were evaluated according to the community service or humanitarian endeavors' beneficiary impact, campus influence, model, outcome, and presentation. The 2009 award winners are as follows:
We are proud to support the missions and projects of our seven winners with funding that will allow them to further their valuable work.
Digital Divide Team - Saint Anselm College, Manchester, New Hampshire The Digital Divide program was launched in the fall of 2000 in order to connect Saint Anselm students with senior citizens who lacked computers and the skills necessary to use them. The school has since provided the seniors with used computers and the seniors, with guidance and assistance from Saint Anselm students have learned to use the Internet in recent years. The program’s reach has now expanded to young students (grades K-3) and adult refugees and immigrants who previously had no computer skills. The Office of Information Technology at Saint Anselm has provided technical support and donated computers throughout the history of the Digital Divide program. In the 2007-2008 academic year, 78 service-learners taught computers at various sites organized by the group. Over the years, the Digital Divide program has strengthened the campus-community ties through the use of this computer communication.
Engineers for a Sustainable World & Mudders Organizing for Sustainable Solutions (EWS-MOSS) - Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, California Engineers for a Sustainable World and Mudders Organizing for Sustainability Solutions (ESW-MOSS) is a student-run organization at Harvey Mudd College dedicated to energy conservation and global sustainability. ESW is a national organization and the HMC chapter, founded in 2006, is currently working on two international projects. The projects focus on purifying the mineral-rich-well-water of Ngomano, Kenya and developing alternative agricultural practices in Koundara, Guinea. MOSS was founded in 2007 to help students become aware of and progress toward environmental sustainability on campus. This enthusiastic club has assisted in multiple initiatives within the campus own dorm rooms and also globally reaching Kenya, Guinea and beyond.
Feed My Starving Children - Wartburg College, Waverly, Iowa Feed My Starving Children is a project which was first undertaken in March of 2008. The Wartburg College Feed My Starving Children Pack Event resulted in packing 108,000 meals that were sent to more than 50 countries around the world. Funding for the project was done locally and the campus ministry group was responsible for facilitating and coordinating much of the effort to set up and organize the event. The students of Wartburg College are eager to host this event again, as the number of people that they reached with their meals made in a 3-day event is astounding.
Innocence Institute - Point Park University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Since 2001, the Innocence Institute of Point Park University has completed more than a dozen investigations into possible wrongful convictions. This group investigates claims of wrongful convictions, raises awareness of the frailties associated with the criminal justice system, acts as a resource to those working to reverse injustice and provides educational training in investigative reporting to college students and professionals. The hard work of the students and their mentor, a seasoned investigative journalist, has been recognized regionally and nationally. The group not only creates an enriched, engaged learning environment, but it changes the lives of those who have been wrongfully convicted.
New Friends - Wisconsin Lutheran College, Milwaukee, Wisconsin New Friends is a student-run organization that serves adults in the community who have cognitive and physical disabilities. New Friends began at Wisconsin Lutheran College in 1999 and has continued to support the community by assisting individuals that are underserved through existing community resources. This year, New Friends seeks to expand their reach by going out into the community and meeting their clients at their homes.
SCOUT BANANA - Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan SCOUT BANANA (Serving Citizens of Uganda Today Because Africa Needs a New Ambulance) was created in 2001 by a high school senior with the goal of delivering an ambulance to the St. Ambrose Health Center in Uganda. When the founder of this group, Alex Hill, entered as a freshman at Michigan State University, the original project launched into an extremely successful organization that provided more medical supplies and healthcare resources to Uganda. By 2006, fifteen chapters at other universities in the US and Canada were created in order to support the mission. In the past school year, 2007-2008, SCOUT BANANA raised $11,000 to build two to three wells so that between 850 and 1250 people will soon be provided with clean water. The students in the chapters of SCOUT BANANA are fully committed to the public healthcare movement and have immensely improved many lives in Uganda.
Women Beyond Borders - Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona Women Beyond Borders (WBB) is a student-organized, women’s human rights advocacy group at Arizona State University. WBB works in solidarity with community-based women’s organizations worldwide to address issues of violence, poverty, education and health. The group, founded 3 years ago, has partnered with women’s groups in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Mexico and the Navajo Nation and their primary projects have been to aid the women in these regions. Through selling handicrafts made by the women of Afghanistan, creating social awareness campaigns in Mexico, and installing resource libraries in the Navajo reservation, Women Beyond Borders has created a profound impact for the women and families in these regions.
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