Veridian Credit Union Community Engagement Award

Community Engagement Award winners-2012

The Veridian Credit Union Community Engagement Awards were initiated in 2006 to recognize the outstanding contributions of UNI faculty to the greater community and to inspire additional meaningful partnerships among faculty, students, and community organizations.

Veridian Credit Union awards up to five Community Engagement Awards annually from among UNI's four undergraduate colleges:  Business Administration; Education; Humanities, Arts and Sciences; and Social and Behavioral Sciences.  All full-time tenure-track and tenured faculty are eligible.  Recipients receive a recognition award and a $1,000 check payable to the approved nonprofit organization of the faculty member's choice.  Recipients from the previous year are not eligible for this year's selection process.

Community engagement:  Community engagement is the collaboration of the university with the public and private sectors for the mutual benefit of all. This engagement is not simply service or membership, but it is the combination of meeting a community need through teaching and/or scholarship. It includes collaboration with the commercial and nonprofit sectors, special interests or needs, and groups of people affiliated by geographic proximity.

Candidates for this award must be engaged with the community through their research or teaching.

Examples of integrating community engagement into the classroom

Examples of integrating community engagement into research 

Award recipients and the community organizations with which they are engaged are recognized at the annual UNI Community Engagement Luncheon in the spring.

Past Veridian Credit Union Community Engagement Award Winners

Nominations can be made by community members, faculty, staff, and/or students.