Carolina Center for Public Service - Public Service and Engagement at Carolina

The School of Government received the Office of the Provost Engaged Scholarship Award for Community-Campus Partnership (CCP). 

 

The Honors Program received the Office of the Provost Engaged Scholarship Award for the Moral Challenge of Poverty and the Ethics of Service, an initiative between UNC and Duke where faculty, students and others collaborate to address poverty in North Carolina.

Carolina Community Media Project of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication was recognized for the launch of the VOICE, a neighborhood community newspaper and Web site staffed in part by local teens providing local news, information, features, photos and videos for residents of a 300-block area of Northeast Central Durham (NECD).

The UNC Law Pro Bono Program was honored for its Wills Project, an effort in partnership with the UNC Center for Civil Rights and Legal Aid of N.C. in which UNC law student assist in preparing wills and advanced directives for low wealth clients in rural counties in North Carolina during their fall and spring breaks.

Scholars’ Latino Initiative (SLI) was recognized for their mentoring program which is designed to help high-potential Latino high school students achieve their dream of higher education.

United with the Northside Community Now (UNC-NOW) was recognized for its efforts to build partnerships between the university and local communities. These partnerships are primarily focused in Northside, the largest and oldest historically African-American neighborhood in Chapel Hill/Carrboro.

Student Coalition for Action in Literacy Education (SCALE), in the School of Education was recognized for Learning to Teach, Learning to Serve, a statewide consortium of public and private universities designed to develop a generation of K-12 teachers who have extensive experience with service-learning.

UNC School of Law’s Center for Civil Rightswas recognized for its work representing several African American communities in Moore County, N.C.

Department of Psychiatry was recognized for their Outreach and Support Intervention Services (OASIS). OASIS is a specialized treatment program that identifies and treats individuals in the early stages of a psychotic illness with the goal of increasing the likelihood of a sustained symptomatic and functional recovery.

Native Health Initiative was recognized for addressing the health inequities faced by American Indians in North Carolina, and utilizing the unique resources within this population to address health concerns.

Partnerships for Inclusion (PFI) in the FPG Child Development Institute is a statewide technical assistance project to promote the inclusion of young children with disabilities, age birth to five years, and their families in all aspects of community life.

Action-Oriented Community Diagnosis, HBHE 240-241 is a four-hour required course for master's students in the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education that uses concepts and methods from anthropology and epidemiology to teach a powerful "service-learning course" that shows students how to plan community-based research.

Team Epi-Aid is an initiative that recruits and places UNC School of Public Health students in the North Carolina Division of Public Health (NCDPH) and local health departments throughout North Carolina to assist with outbreak investigations and other short-term applied public health projects. 

Project OpenHand was recognized for its service to people living with HIV/AIDS in Chatham, Orange and Alamance counties. 

N.C. Institute for Public Health was honored for its Management Academy for Public Health, a partnership between the School of Public Health and Kenan-Flagler Business School. 

Carolina Environmental Program was selected for One North Carolina Naturally, a statewide program seeking cooperation among conservation, agricultural and development interests in an effort to conserve targeted bodies of land and water in the state.

Mobile SHAC was recognized for The Hubbard Project, an innovative effort that pairs health professions students with elders in the community who need home care and specialized development plans.

The Episcopal Campus Ministry has established a long-term relationship with community partners in Ashe County, N.C., has taken an annual mission trip to that area. Through this series of student mission trips, ECM has contributed to improved conditions for many Ashe County residents, and they are honored for this Annual Ashe County Mission Trip.

The Department of Biology was recognized for its Traveling Science and Technology Laboratory Program, DESTINY, for providing innovative science and hands-on learning experiences to North Carolina high school students and their teachers. 

The Carolina Environmental Program was recognized for its Environmental Field Site Network. 

Carolina H.E.E.L.s (Helping to Educate and Encourage Leaders) for Youth Leadership Day
Youth Leadership Day makes the annual "day off" for the observance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday into a "day on" in service for Orange County middle school students.

M.A.N.O. (mujeres aprendiendo por nuevas oportunidades = women learning through new opportunities) was recognized for their tutoring and ESL program for Spanish speaking women.

Master of Public Administration Program in the School of Government was recognized for the MPA Service-Learning Project.

Jeffrey S. Beam, a staff employee in the Couch Biology Library of the Academic Affairs Library, has worked tirelessly through readings, workshops, and supporting young writers and poets to show and teach the beauty and excitement of creative endeavors. 

Patricia A. Curtin, a faculty member in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication who implemented a service-learning model into her public relations classes. 

Pamela York Frasier, a faculty member in the UNC Department of Family Medicine who was responsible for applying to the Duke Endowment to establish the immigrant health initiative, a program sponsored by Chatham Hospital in Siler City. 

Jacquelyn M. Gist, a staff member at UNC Career Services was recognized for her passion for public service with students at UNC for over 10 years.

Beth D. Kivel, a faculty member in the Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies, positively impacted thecommunity and her students through working with Teens Climb High, the North Carolina Lambda Youth Network, and other efforts to bring health education, violence prevention and recreation activities to children who live in public housing in our communities, and leadership training for lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender young people across the Triangle area.

Angenette E. McAdoo, staff member in UNC's Office of Human Resources, was recognized for her outstanding public service abilities and dedication to her community.