The Cornell Public Service Center and the office of the Cornell Tradition honored 10 students for their dedication to service and to the community at the sixth annual Community Spirit Awards, April 24.
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| Darshe Edge '03, center, displays her Star Performer certificate for her work with Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Ithaca and Tompkins County, at the Cornell Public Service Center and Cornell Tradition Community Spirit Awards presentation in the Robison Hall of Fame Room in Schoellkopf Hall, April 24. Edge is flanked by Mimi Melegrito, left, a youth worker with Big Brothers and Big Sisters who nominated Edge for the award, and Avery DeVenanzio '03, from the Public Service Center. Charles Harrington/University Photography |
A shared celebration between local community agencies, the Public Service Center and the Cornell Tradition, the awards program in the Robinson Hall of Fame Room in Schoellkopf Hall, on campus, recognized and celebrated the extraordinary accomplishments of Cornell students volunteering in the community.
Representatives of local human service agencies nominated students for the awards in five categories. A committee made up of Cornell staff and students and community agency staff selected the award recipients.
Cal Walker, associate director of the Center for Learning and Teaching at Cornell, addressed attendees at the awards ceremony, where recipients and their public service contributions were acknowledged.
Listed below are this year's recipients, the agencies for whom they worked, the individuals who nominated them and the categories in which they were honored.
Innovation in Service: Presented to those students who have initiated a project within an agency or program, or brought tools or skills to the agency, which have resulted in an enrichment of the agency's services.
Excellence in Academics and Service: Presented to those students who have shown an active involvement in the community, while maintaining an overall grade-point average of 3.0 or above.
Dedicated Service: Presented to those students who have demonstrated a strong commitment to a single agency or project.
Star Performer: Presented to those students who perform their work with an attitude that is contagious with enthusiasm.
Community Building: Presented to those students who have worked to build understanding of a particular issue across the community and who have brought together various groups within the community.
For more information on the Cornell Public Service Center programs, visit http://www.psc.cornell.edu; or call 255-1148. For the Cornell Tradition office, visit http://www.commitment.cornell.edu or call 255-8595.
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