News
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Awards
The Faculty Outreach Award recognizes an individual faculty member for his/her body of work in and significant contribution to outreach. They have extended their scholarship to external constituents resulting in significant impact on individuals, communities, or organizations. To learn more and view project videos, visit this FAQs page.
The Community Engagement and Scholarship Award recognizes a Penn State project or initiative that exemplifies an engaged institution as defined in the Kellogg Commission Report Returning to Our Roots: The Engaged Institution. The report lays out seven guiding characteristics of an engaged institution: responsiveness, respect for partners, academic neutrality, accessibility, integration, coordination and resource partnerships. See the full report for more details on the engaged institution. To learn more, visit this FAQs page.
- Community Engagement and Scholarship Award Nominations
- Past Recipients of the Community Engagement and Scholarship Award
The Outreach Vice President's Awards program is an important example of how we recognize and reward individuals and teams that make extraordinary contributions related to Outreach's central values: leadership, entrepreneurship, excellent service, learning and community, and diversity.