2006 Awards Recipients
Service-Learning Award | Community Partner Excellence Award | Faculty Excellence Award | Back to Annual Awards
APPLES Service-Learning Award in Honor of Ned Brooks
Established in 2001, the APPLES Service-Learning Award recognizes the sustained and on-going commitment of a student, faculty member, staff, or community partner who has addressed the concerns and needs of North Carolina communities. Recipients of the APPLES Service-Learning Award have been involved with the APPLES Program for a minimum of two years, have demonstrated a sustained commitment to service-learning, and are dedicated to positive community impact through service.
Mary Morrison
Former Director of APPLES from 1995-2002
Mary is the recipient of the 2006 Service-Learning Award in honor of Ned Brooks. In 1995, APPLES was at a critical juncture as an organization and it was Mary Morrison together with APPLES president, Mike DiIorio, who revived the program, energized student involvement and led APPLES to becoming the viable, valued organization it is today. During her 7 years as director, Mary not only put APPLES on an even keel as an organization but also helped build the organization to be the one we know today. Mary Morrison became service-learning’s best known advocate on campus and in the community; a valued colleague and a good friend to many students over the years.
Community Partner Excellence Award
Established in 2004, the Community Partner Excellence Award honors the vital contribution of a community partner who provides unique and valuable service experiences for students. Recipients of the Community Partner Excellence Award have been involved with the APPLES Service-Learning Program for a minimum of two years, have demonstrated a sustained commitment to service-learning, and are dedicated to enhancing student learning in both the academic and community setting.
Blue Ribbon Mentor-Advocate Program
Blue Ribbon Mentor-Advocate Program is the recipient of the 2006 Community Partner Excellence Award. Blue Ribbon is a comprehensive support program for students in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools providing students with mentoring, tutoring, advocacy, enrichment, leadership training and scholarship support services. APPLES began partnering with Blue Ribbon in 1999. Since then, Blue Ribbon has hosted six summer interns and four spring interns, as well as worked with many service-learning students serving as tutors and public relations assistants. The students who have worked with Blue Ribbon leave with valuable knowledge as a result of their experiences and are inspired by and in admiration of the work that you do. Graig Meyer and Lorie Clark, the staff of Blue Ribbon, have done an excellent job of developing student’s professional growth as well as civic responsibility. In addition, Graig has been actively involved with APPLES selection committees for Ueltschi grant, internship and fellowship recipients.
Established in 2004, the Faculty Excellence Award honors a faculty member who thoroughly integrates service experiences into academic curriculum while inspiring students to make significant contributions in the community and the classroom. Recipients of the Faculty Excellence Award have been involved with the APPLES Service-Learning Program for a minimum of two years, have demonstrated a sustained commitment to service-learning, and are dedicated to positive community impact through service.
Deborah Bender
Clinical Professor in Health Policy and Administration in the School of Public Health<>
Deborah Bender is the recipient of the 2006 Faculty Excellence Award. Deborah was a Ueltschi Course Development Grant recipient in the first round of grants in 1998. She has served on the APPLES Advisory Board since 2002. In addition to having taught her own service-learning courses in the School of Public Health, Deborah has been instrumental in co-creating the APPLES International Service-Learning Program over the past three years alongside committee organizers and staff. Her passion for international work has informed and guided the development and focus for this new Initiative for APPLES. In addition to serving as a faculty advisor for the International Program, she instructs a Reflection Seminar for all international service-learning participants upon their return from their abroad experience. She has presented workshops with students and staff on this unique “global-local” program model that has begun to gain national attention. Deborah has dedicated a tremendous amount of her own resources, time and energy to make this program the success it is today. Congratulations on this award you so richly deserve.
