President's Award LogoPresidents' Awards for Civic Engagement


The Minnesota Campus Compact Presidents' Awards provide an opportunity for member presidents and chancellors to give statewide recognition to effective leaders in the development of campus-community partnerships.

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Presidents’ Student Leadership Award

This award is for an individual St. Olaf student or student organization that has demonstrated a deep commitment to civic responsibility and leadership.  The award honors initiative; innovative and collaborative approaches to addressing public issues; effective community building; and integration of civic engagement into the college experience.   

2012 Recipient
James Daly '13
Environmental Studies Major
From Cambridge, WI
2011 Recipient
 Nicholas Kang '12
CIS Major: Social Innovation & Community Dev.
From Kamloops BC Canada
2010 Recipient
 Subhash Ghimire ’10
Political Science Major
From Kathmandu NEPAL


Presidents’ Civic Engagement Steward Award

This award is for St. Olaf faculty, administration, or staff. It will be given to an individual or group that has modeled civic engagement or supported and encouraged others’ civic engagement.

2012 Recipient
Katherine Tegtmeyer Pak
Freeman Associate Professor of Asian Politics
2011 Recipient
Dana Gross
Professor of Psychology
2010 Recipient
Eric Fure-Slocum
Visiting Assistant Professor of History


Presidents’ Community Partner Award

This award is for a community-based organization that has enhanced the quality of life in the community in meaningful and measurable ways and has engaged a sustained, reciprocal partnership with St. Olaf, thus enriching our students’ education as well as life in Northfield.

2012 Recipient
Growing Up Healthy
2011 Recipient
St. Dominic School
2010 Recipient
Community Action Center of Northfield

In the News

Campus leaders honored for civic engagement, partnerships
June 18, 2010
A faculty member who routinely integrates civic engagement projects into his courses. A student who has worked tirelessly to bring education and opportunity to a remote village in Nepal. A local nonprofit organization that enables students to serve low-income residents.

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Information on Statewide Recipients


2011 Awards and Recognition
2010 Awards and Recognition