Honors Giving Back Awards
Through the Honors Giving Back Awards, the Honors College encourages students to reflect on and share their experiences working in their communities.
Awards:
Criteria for Applying:
1) Demonstrated significant and sustained involvement in a local, national, or international community project or organization.
2) Indication and explanation of connection to academic work (e.g., course, project, research, internship, study abroad).
Instructions:
Submit a 2-3 minute video or other visual/slide submission that tells the story of your community engagement. Submissions will be accepted by sending a file or YouTube or Vimeo link to honors@msu.edu. We have extended our deadline for submissions until March 23, 2020.
Submissions will be evaluated on the following criteria:
- Impact – who is helped by the work, magnitude and duration of service
- Connection of service to academic work and goals
- Demonstration of working outside one’s comfort zone
- Reflection on personal growth
- Quality of the presentation/video
Awards will be given at the end of March based on the evaluation of the submissions.
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2019 Award Recipients:
Joy Chepkorir
Grand Prize Recipient
"Breast and Cervical Cancer Awareness in Kenyan Women"
Eric Locker
2nd Prize
"Jailhouse Rock"
Sierra Richards
3rd Prize
"Media Sandbox Street Teams"
Evan Brook, Gabriel Moreau, Matt Ring, Aalayah Spencer and Dylan Smith
Honorable Mention
"Ghana Physics Education"
Honorable Mention
"Community Engagement"