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Community Engagement Awards
The Vice-Chancellor has established the following awards for Outstanding Community Engagement
Vice-Chancellor's Award for Outstanding Community Engagement
Award recognising ACUs work with an external partner(s).
All significant University community engagement projects are eligible to be nominated for the Vice-Chancellor's Award for Outstanding Community Engagement.
- Vice-Chancellor's Award for Outstanding Community Engagement information (PDF, 235.4 KB)
Staff Award for Outstanding Community Engagement
award recognising an ACU staff member or staff team
All staff involved in significant University community engagement projects are eligible to nominate for the award. The staff recipient will be presented with the Staff Award for Outstanding Community Engagement which includes $5,000 for an approved community-engagement related project. Applications from a staff team will also be considered for this award.
- Download the 2011 Staff Award Brochure (PDF, 340.5 KB)
Student Award for Outstanding Community Engagement
- award recognising an ACU student or student team
All students involved in significant community engagement projects are eligible to be nominated for the Student Award for Outstanding Community Engagement. All students enrolled during the calendar year are eligible to nominate for the award. The student recipient will be presented with the Student Award for Outstanding Community Engagement which includes $2,500. Applications from a student team will also be considered for this award.
- Download the 2011 Student Award Brochure (PDF, 343.2 KB)
Winners 2010 Community Engagement Awards
Vice-Chancellor's Award for Outstanding Community Engagement
The winner of the 2010 Vice-Chancellor's Award for Outstanding Community Engagement is the Refugee Program on the Thai-Burma border. Read More >>
The Australian Catholic University Refugee Program on the Thai-Burma Border provides Burmese refugees and migrants with quality, accredited tertiary education.
The key stakeholders in the program are Australian Catholic University (through Mr Duncan MacLaren, Coordinator, ACU Refugee Program in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences), the Refugee Tertiary Education Committee – an initiative of the Australian Jesuits, Marist Mission Ranong, and York University.
Ranong Computer Room
The program generates hope in the disadvantaged communities which it services: many of the graduates who remain in Thailand continue to work for refugees and migrants, while those who resettle in third countries are able to gain entry to university with a scholarship on the basis of their ACU testamur.
This educational initiative exemplifies sustained and strategic involvement of partner organisations in Australia and internationally and is an inspiration to other universities and institutions to follow suit in protracted refugee situations. Through the research it generates, it reinforces advocacy efforts on behalf of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, non-governmental organisations and governments to do more for tertiary education for refugees.
For further information please email duncan.maclaren@acu.edu.au at Australian Catholic University for more information.
Staff Award for Outstanding Community Engagement
The winner of the 2010 Staff Award for Outstanding Community Engagement is Dr Tracey Sanders, Senior Lecturer, School of Arts & Sciences from the Brisbane Campus (McAuley at Banyo) Read More >>
The award to Dr Tracey Sanders recognises the way in which she has, through drama and storytelling, facilitated ongoing community engagement of marginalised groups such as older Australians and other people who are disadvantaged, including presenting the distinctive ways such engagement and hope are integral to the story of St Mary of the Cross MacKillop.
Since 2008, Dr Sanders has worked with Clemente students, with Australian Catholic University students and seniors at The Golden Years Seniors Centre at Nundah, and the Sisters of St Joseph (Queensland) to produce a series of performances, culminating in the story of Mary MacKillop, which was performed in Rome in association with the canonization in 2010. Dr Sanders' work gives the marginalised a 'voice' and documents their lives as archival treasures. Through shared artistic collaboration, research, teaching and learning, she develops new ways to view faith, spirituality and community, and offers life-changing experiences to those who participate.
Student Award for Outstanding Community Engagement
The winner of the 2010 Student Award for Outstanding Community Engagement is Ms Tahlia Seymour, a Bachelor of Nursing student at St Patrick's Campus. Read More >>
Ms Tahlia Seymour, a Bachelor of Nursing student at St Patrick's Campus, has worked as a volunteer in Cambodia with Lighthouse Orphanage, Love in Action (Children's Home) and Missionaries of Charity (Orphanage) and with street kids. Her commitment has been exceptional, representing sustained and creative individual community engagement over five years.
Ms Seymour's fundraising, which is explicitly directed to supporting and sustaining medical, educational and practical interventions, has changed the lives of Cambodian children, while her experiences in Cambodia have increased her own spiritual, social and professional development, and her commitment to nursing and to helping others achieve their best.
The 2011 Community Engagement Awards will open for nominations on October 1st and close October 28th 2011
For more information on the Awards:
Please contact Ms Helen McLucas on (02) 9701 4176 or via email at helen.mclucas@acu.edu.au if you require advice or assistance.
Winners of Previous Awards
Vice-Chancellor's Award for Outstanding Community Engagement
- The winner of the 2009 Vice-Chancellor's Award for Outstanding Community Engagement is The Homework Support Program at Atherton Gardens
- The winner of the 2008 Vice-Chancellor's Award for Outstanding Community Engagement is The Ballarat Learning For Life Program (PDF, 28kb)
- Clemente Australia - Winner of the 2007 Vice-Chancellor's Award for Outstanding Community Engagement
Staff Award for Outstanding Community Engagement
- 2009 Staff Award - Dr Janelle Young, Senior Lecturer, Language Arts, School of Education
- 2008 Staff Award - Dr Ann Gervasoni, Senior Lecturer, School of Education, Ballarat
Student Award for Outstanding Community Engagement
- 2009 Student Award - jointly awarded to: Mr William Waugh, a Business student at McAuley at Banyo; and Ms Kirra-Jai Atkinson, a Bachelor of Theology student at St Patrick’s Campus
- 2008 Student Award - Ms Maria Boulatsakos, Bachelor of Exercise Science student, Strathfield
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