Academic Engagement Awards

Academic Engagement Award

The University of North Georgia (91��Ƶ) offers one Academic Engagement Award:

Excellence in Community Engagement

This award recognizes up to two (2) faculty and/or teaching staff members annually who exemplify the integration of academic service-learning and the scholarship of engagement. The award honors those who demonstrate that higher education can advance both intellectual and civic life through an integrated faculty role where teaching, research, and service overlap and are mutually reinforcing. Awardees are recognized for their expertise in meeting identified community needs through innovative, academically relevant service-learning experiences that foster student reflection and a deep sense of civic responsibility.

Criteria
Nominations will be evaluated based on:

Integration of Roles: Evidence of a mutually reinforcing overlap between teaching, research, and service.

Pedagogical Innovation: Exemplary use of service-learning and purposeful critical reflection in the classroom.

Reciprocity: Scholarly efforts that are both beneficial to and respectful of community partners.

Student Development: Demonstrable impact on students’ civic responsibility and understanding of their discipline.

Mission Alignment: Work that reflects the promise of higher education to advance civic life and 91��Ƶ’s institutional mission.

Application Process
The application is open to all full-time faculty (including non-tenure-track) and teaching staff from any of 91��Ƶ’s campuses. Each portfolio submission must include the following components:

Reflective Narrative of Engagement and Service-Learning (3-5 pages)

Letter of support from a colleague

Letter of support from a community partner

Curriculum Vitae of nominee (2-3 pages)

Deadline for Nominations

The award nomination material must be submitted by Monday, April 5, 2027, at 11:59 p.m.

Complete the Excellence in Community Engagement application, available early 2027.