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Concordia Receives Awards Recognizing Higher Education
Iowa & Minnesota Campus Compact (IAMNCC) announced the winners of the 2020 Presidents’ Engaged Campus Awards. This year’s awards to more than 100 honorees selected by the 38-member college and university presidents, included three honorees from Concordia College.
Senior Abigayle Reese received the Student Leadership Award; Dr. Joan Kopperud, professor of English, received the Civic Engagement Leadership Award; and the Concordia Science Academy, coordinated by Dr. Graeme Wyllie, was honored with the Community Partner Award.
Awardees were selected for their role as student leaders, civic leaders, and for community-campus partnerships. There were also four selective award categories for Emerging Innovation, Community Collaboration, Alumni Leadership, and Civic-Minded Employer.
“This year is a particularly important time to recognize the amazing collaborations happening between communities and campuses,” said Emily Shields, executive director. “The current crisis makes the important public role of colleges and universities even more evident and these examples demonstrate what’s possible.”
Awards events to be held in April and May had to be canceled. Online recognition will occur from April 17 to May 5 and will include video messages for and by awardees, virtual message boards, pictures, and descriptions of awardees. These will be shared on IAMNCC web sites and social media.
Iowa & Minnesota Campus Compact strengthens the capacity of colleges and universities to fulfill the public purposes of higher education through its network of 58 campuses. This includes educating students through community and civic learning experiences and making an impact in communities through reciprocal partnerships that address community-identified goals. IAMNCC creates partnership opportunities, supports quality programming through professional development, and promotes the importance of the civic mission.
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