Awards
In the spring, the Center for Community Learning & Leadership hosts the Service-Learning and Community Engagement Awards to honor faculty, students, and community partners for excellence in community learning and leadership. Award recipients demonstrate outstanding contributions to service-learning, civic leadership, social justice, or community organizing.
2020 Service-Learning & Community Engagement Awards
In 2020, we marked the 20th anniversary of our Center. In recognition of this milestone, we celebrated all students, faculty, partners, and staff who have made a tremendous impact on our community during the last 20 years.
We marked this occasion by giving only one individual award, the Service-Learning & Community Engagement Student of the Year Award.
Award Recipient: Erika Lisina
2019 Service-Learning & Community Engagement Awards
STUDENT AWARDS
| Service-Learning & Community Engagement Student of the Year Award | Christian Ramirez |
| Honorable Mention Service-Learning & Community Engagement Award | Deisy Chavarin |
| Honorable Mention Service-Learning & Community Engagement Award | Lizeth Cruz |
| Honorable Mention Service-Learning & Community Engagement Award | Jason Masters |
| César E. Chávez Award | Vidisha Rai |
| Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Award | Mayra Bernabe |
| Smith-Carlos Award | Paula Dauguet |
| Disability Awareness Award | Giovanni Busalacchi |
| CommUniverCity Service Award | Alexandra Dahl |
| Veteran Service Award | Kevin Nguyen |
TENURE TRACK FACULTY AWARDS
Service Learning & Community Engagement Award
Garrett Tong
| Adrianne Widaman, Nutrition, Food Science and Packaging |
| Mary Currin-Percival, Political Science |
LECTURER AWARD
Service Learning & Community Engagement Award
Garrett Tong
| Rick Kos, Urban & Regional Planning |
COLLABORATIVE PROJECT AWARDS
Cyber Spartans
| Luan Dinh | Crystal Fausett |
| Joanna Solis | Dr. David Schuster |
| Kevin Joel Salubre | Andrea Tully, M.Ed. |
| Robert Kraskian | Lizeth Gonzalez |
| Henry Fisher | Martha Reynoso |
| Candice Lee | Campbell Union School District |
| Sage Dathan Suarez | Jay Pinson STEM Education Program |
| Christopher Conetta |
Project SHINE (Student Helping in the Naturalization of Elders)
| Quynh Phan | Dr. Erin Woodhead |
| Michelle Vo | Dr. Megan Chang |
| Pakho Cheng | John XXIII Multiservice Center |
| Melissa Chu | LifeSteps |
| Shruthi Lakshmanan | Yu Ai Kai |
| Pranuthi Pagidipati |
Smart Locker Project
| Eric Luong | Sabrina Miller |
| Garrett Fonseca | Zelin Cai |
| Axel Hugo | Dr. Julia Thompson |
| Saloni Madaan | Gilroy Compassion Center |
| Daniel Maloney | Athack |
| Lorena Silva |
COMMUNITY PARTNER AWARDS
Service Learning & Community Engagement Award
Garrett Ton
| Reading Partners | Accepted by Jeannette Lee, San Jose Program Manager, & Frankie Ramirez, AmeriCorps Member |
| McKinley-Bonita Neighborhood Association |
Maria Lopez |
| Spartan Keyes CORAL Moves | Valerie Sanchez |
2018 Service-Learning & Community Engagement Award Recipients
STUDENT AWARDS
| Service-Learning & Community Engagement Award | Garrett Tong |
| César E. Chávez Award | Elizabeth Bigelow |
| Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Award | Beverly Pace |
| Smith-Carlos Award | Briannah Drew |
| Dr. Jennifer Gonzales Tribute Award | Connor Quinn |
| Student Disability Support Award | Qiwen Lei |
| CommUniverCity Service Award | Nicole Guzman |
| Alumni Disability Support Award | Gerardo Garay |
TENURE TRACK FACULTY AWARDS
Service Learning & Community Engagement Award
Garrett Tong
| Dr. Edith Kinney, Justice Studies |
| Dr. Emily Slusser, Child and Adolescent Development |
LECTURER AWARDS
Service Learning & Community Engagement Award
Garrett Tong
| Dr. Bobbi Makani, Marketing and Decision Science, Global Innovation and Leadership |
| Bruce Olszewski, Environmental Studies |
COLLABORATIVE PROJECT AWARDS
Education for Liberation Conference
| Dr. Jennifer Johnson | Hip Hop for Change |
| Casey Modiri | League of Women Voters |
| Beverly Pace | San Jose Brown Berets |
| Hip Hop for Congress | San Jose Peace & Justice Center |
LGBTQ Community Building & HIV Prevention
| Dr. Matt Capriotti | The Health Trust |
| Bonnie Sugiyama | Santa Clara County Public Health Department |
| Julies Balibrera | SJSU Housing |
| Jennifer Johal | SJSU Student Health Center |
Space Spartans
| Dr. Lucia Capdevilla | Justin Bullock |
| Eli Castro | Vicente Alfonseca |
| Kyle McEachern | Marcos Ocampo |
| Victor Shaw | Paula Perez, CommUniverCity |
COMMUNITY PARTNER AWARDS
Service Learning & Community Engagement Award
Garrett Ton
| Angie Lopez, Catholic Charities | Carol Valentine, Spartan Keyes Neighborhood Association | Jaime Torres, Catholic Charities |
| Julie Aguirre, McKinley Elementary | Nancy Doan, Community Health Awareness Council (CHAC) Mountain View | Rich Saito, Japantown Prepared |
Excellence in Service-Learning Endowed Scholarship Fund
In April 2018, the Center for Community Learning & Leadership received a generous endowment from an anonymous donor to establish the Excellence in Service Learning Endowed Scholarship Fund. Service learning is an instructional strategy that connects academic learning with meaningful service that addresses community needs. The Endowment provides scholarships to students who have demonstrated excellence in service learning activities that have made a positive difference in San Jose. Each 2018 individual student award recipient received a scholarship.