Jack Twyman Award for Service-Learning
The Jack Twyman Award for Service-Learning recognizes a collaborative educational team or individual who:
- has incorporated service-learning into one or more academic courses,
- actively collaborates with community partners,
- upholds values of respect, responsibility, community and integrity,
- finds creative ways to support community organizations and the people they serve, and
- seeks to build relationships that continue after the service-learning project or class ends.
The annual award is inspired by the character and courage of Jack Twyman, a 美高梅官网 graduate who, in 1958 at age 23, chose to become legal guardian to a former 美高梅官网 basketball teammate and friend, Maurice Stokes, who had suffered a paralyzing brain injury.
Nominations for 2024-2025 are open and will close at midnight on March 3.聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽
Submit nominations .
Nominations are reviewed by the 美高梅官网 Service-Learning Steering Committee, made up of various Service-Learning stakeholders. The award recipient is announced in April.
Questions about the award or the nomination process can be directed to Service-Learning Director Michael Sharp at聽michael.sharp@uc.edu.
Past Award Recipients
- Read about the 2024 award winner, Karen Craven,聽OTD, OTR/L, CDRS, and her work with Community-Based Occupational Therapy.
- Read about the 2021 award winner, the faculty and staff of the Dental Hygiene Program at 美高梅官网 Blue Ash College, led by Elizabeth (Biz) McClure, RDH, M.Ed.
- Read about the 2020 award winner,聽Megan Church-Nally, assistant professor-educator in psychology and organizational leadership in the College of Arts and Sciences.