The 2006 C.O.O.L. Idealist Awards
The deadline to apply has passed.
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The C.O.O.L. Idealist Awards recognize the excellence of individuals and campuses across the country who, by their commitment to student involvement in communities, have successfully brought the power and impact of youth civic engagement to the foreground of student, campus, and community life.
AWARD CATEGORIES:
Against the Odds Award (Student)
Many college students face adversity and challenges to exercising their full potential as leaders and agents for change. This award will go to a student who has overcome great personal or institutional barriers to serve his or her community and campus.
Seeds of Change Award (Student)
Social entrepreneurs — like C.O.O.L.'s founder, Wayne Meisel, and Idealist's founder, Ami Dar — have created lasting change through innovation and tenacity. This award will go to a student who has demonstrated outstanding leadership, creativity, and innovation, as s/he has started a new program or brought new life to an existing one.
Building Bridges Award (Campus)
Collaboration can be difficult, even among departments on the same campus. This award will go to a campus program that demonstrates exceptional leadership in the area of building strong collaborative relations on and/or across campuses and within the surrounding community, that lead to deeper and more dynamic programs.
Idealism in Action Award (Campus)
This award will go to a campus that has demonstrated depth and breadth in their commitment to civic engagement. The recipient of this award will be a campus that has shown commitment to community service, activism, service-learning, and socially responsible careers or that has made vast strides in doing so in the recent past. Applicants should use the requested essay below to include a description of the various campus initiatives and programs that show the campus' commitment to civic engagement.
AWARDS CEREMONY AND PRESENTATION
Winners will be honored at an all-conference session on either March 3rd or 5th during the 2006 C.O.O.L. Idealist National Conference at Vanderbilt University. Award nominees should plan to attend the conference and register in advance. Finalists will be notified 2-4 weeks before the conference. Winners are also invited to attend the 2007 C.O.O.L. Idealist National Conference at no cost.
NOMINATION INSTRUCTIONS
To nominate yourself or someone else for C.O.O.L. Idealist Awards, email Trish Tchume at Trish@idealist.org (Subject: "C.O.O.L. Idealist Award Nomination") before January 20, 2006. In your email, please include the following information:
- Name of nominee
- Contact information - email address and telephone number - of nominee
- Academic Year (if a student)
- Position/Department (if an administrator)
- Title of Award for nomination
- Brief explanation (no more than 250 words) explaining why you feel that this person, campus, or campus program deserves consideration for this award
If necessary, nomination letters can also be mailed to "C.O.O.L. Idealist Conference Awards," c/o Action Without Borders, 3701 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104.
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