Happy Award Honors Remarkable Contributions to Service-Learning
February 14, 2022.
BATON ROUGE, LA --The Center for Community Engagement, Learning, and Leadership (CCELL) is pleased to announce the ten recipients of the 2021-2022 Happy Awards. Collectively, these faculty/staff, students and community partners represent the highest ideals of reciprocal service-learning partnerships.
Traditionally, CCELL honors Happy Award winners at a reception with their family and friends. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the staff will not hold an in-person event again this year. CCELL will instead recognize this year’s honorees February 21-25, 2022 on Facebook and Instagram.
The honorees are:
- Dr. Kevin Bongiorni, Ubaye Valley Professor of French Studies & Lillian Defelice and Sampson J. Petit Professorship in French for Business, College of Humanities and Social Sciences
- Dr. Cassandra Chaney, J. Franklin Bayhi Endowed Professor, School of Social Work, College of Human Sciences and Education
- Dr. Murelle G. Harrison, Executive Director, The Gardere Initiative
- Lauren Hynson, LSU Community Playground Project team member, Biological Engineering senior, College of Engineering
- The Louisiana School for the Visually Impaired & The Louisiana School for the Deaf (LSVI & LALSD)
- Seija Meaux, Spring 2023 Engaged Citizen Program candidate, Geology senior, College of Science
- Dr. Darica Simon, Director, Baton Rouge Community College Upward Bound TRiO Program
- Kennedy Simon, Spring 2022 Engaged Citizen Program candidate, Psychology senior, College of Humanities and Social Sciences and Honors College
- Ashton Weber, LSU Ambassadors Executive Council, Chi Omega Phi Gamma Chapter, Biological Engineering senior, College of Engineering
- Dr. Chun Yang, Darlene and Thomas O. Ryder Professor, Public Relations, Manship School of Mass Communications
“It is wonderful to see long-time practitioners of service-learning on campus, innovators in the field, steadfast community partners, and dynamic and engaged students honored with a ‘Happy’ this year,” said CCELL Director Dr. Sarah Becker.
Happy Awards are given annually to ten individuals to recognize excellence in service-learning. CCELL initiated The "Happy" to commemorate former director Jan Shoemaker's ten years of distinguished service, commitment to educate and provide service for the common good. Happy Award recipients receive a commemorative lapel pin, which was designed by service-learning students based on input from Shoemaker's friends and colleagues. Award recipients can be faculty, students, and community partners. The nomination period occurs every fall.
Contact:
Taylor Armer, Program Manager
Center for Community Engagement, Learning, and Leadership
(Phone) 225-578-4245
tarmer@lsu.edu
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