Student Leadership Awards

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Thanks for your interest in Campus Compact's Student Leadership Awards.


Campus Compact’s Student Leadership Awards recognize students who demonstrate inspiring leadership qualities through civic and community engagement. Students who receive the award are leading change on their campuses and in their communities and inspiring their peers to do the same.

Recipients may be serving in leadership roles on their campus, creating impactful programs in their communities, or collaborating with faculty on community-based research. Each year Campus Compact recognizes one undergraduate student from a four-year college, one undergraduate student from a community college, and one graduate student.


Click here for more information about the awards.


ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA 


The applicant must be enrolled as a undergraduate or graduate student at the time of application at an institution affiliated with a Campus Compact.


SELECTION CRITERIA
  1. Strength of leadership on campus or community impact
  2. Proven ability to overcome and learn from adversity
  3. Level of commitment to integrating lessons from this work in the future
  4. Degree of involvement in civic and community engagement
  5. Level of investment and belief from campus partners

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
  1. Contact information
  2. Short biography
  3. Headshot
  4. Demographic information
Essays (750 words maximum for each)
  1. Tell a story about how your leadership contributed to change on your campus or in your community. Please provide any qualitative or quantitative evidence you collected that demonstrates your impact. 
  2. Describe a challenge or issue you have faced in your community engagement work (personal, organizational, systemic, etc.). How did you address the challenge, what have you learned from the process, and how will you integrate those lessons moving forward?
  3. Convey how your civic and community engagement work has shaped you as a civic leader and will contribute to your personal or professional goals long-term. 
Supplemental Materials
  1. Please upload a letter of support from a faculty or staff member who is familiar with your work.
  2. Please upload a resume or list your most updated leadership experience in civic and community engagement.

Would you like to nominate someone else for this award? Complete the nomination form at https://campuscompact.tfaforms.net/27

Organization Information
Section Description
Required: This information is required whenever individuals at colleges/universities are the primary audience for your form.
Select "Remote/Hybrid" if your organization is not based in a specific State/Province.
Choose the correct organization from the dropdown. If not listed, select "Not Listed" and type the name in the dialogue box that appears below.
Membership Status Defined
  • Pending Renewal: Previously active member with a renewal invoice for the current fiscal year. Applied at the start of the fiscal year to institutions active in the previous one. [Current FY dues are still due.]
  • Active: Member institution in good standing. Dues are paid and current.
  • Inactive: Non-Member Institution.
  • Lapsed Commitment: The institution committed to membership in the previous fiscal year, participated in a program for which membership was required (e.g. VISTA), but has not paid that year’s dues. Consult with the membership team before discussing membership or admitting to any member-required program. 
Application Information
Required: This information is required. Please change the text to the appropriate application type [options > placeholder]. It is hidden from end users.

Please confirm the Application Type, Program Cohort Name, and Program Name with Membership.
Primary Contact Information
Required: This information is required and is pulled directly from Salesforce. It is hidden from end users.
Membership Required
Section Description
This section includes relevant options (choice points) for programs that require membership for participation (e.g. VISTA, Newman, ESI, etc.).  Please review each part of this section, including decision-points, before continuing. 

Decision Point 1: Does your program require membership in Campus Compact?

Group 1: Non-Member Institution (Membership Required)
Group 2: Non-Member Institution (Yes! I'm interested in Membership)
Group 3: Non-Member Institution (No! I'm not interested in Membership)
Non-Member Institution (Membership Required)
Field Description
This dialogue box has conditional formatting and will appear if the user inputs an institution that is not currently a member of Campus Compact. The "member status" field above will read "inactive" in this case.
 Non-Member Institution (Yes! I'm interested in membership.)
Field Description
This dialogue box has conditional formatting and will appear if the user selects "Yes, I'm interested in learning more about Campus Compact membership". 

Decision-Point 2: Do you want the user to be able to continue with the application if they are not a member but select "yes" (indicating their interest in joining)?
  1. If yes, keep the text below as is. It is your responsibility to reach out to the membership team to ensure they are a member before admitting them to the program.
  2. If no, remove the "please note that you may continue your application..." text below. And, add conditional formatting to the subsequent pages that require membership status = active to advance in the application. 
Great News! Please click here to be rerouted to the Member Interest Form! Our Membership Team will follow up with you directly after receiving it.

Please note that you may continue your application, but it will not be considered until your institution commits to joining and initiates payment of the membership dues.
 Non-Member Institution (No! I'm not interested in membership.)
Field Description
This dialogue box has conditional formatting and will appear if the user selects "No, I'm not interested in learning more at this time." 

Note: Add conditional formatting to subsequent pages so that they user cannot advance in the application if this option is selected.
No worries! We understand that it may not be the right time for your institution to join our coalition. Even though you can't participate in this program, a number of our events are open to non-members. 

  • Check out our events calendar, here.
  • Sign up for our newsletter, here. 
Non-Member Institution (Membership Not Required)
Data from Salesforce

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Contact Information
Section Description
Please do not remove any of the required questions in this section from your application. These are designed to help us build out profiles on the people involved in our programs.
Please select the options that most accurately describes your current role.
Students are welcome to include a title that's important to them (e.g. Student Government President) or to simply type "student".
Demographic Information
Other Demographic Questions
Section Description
This section includes commonly asked demographic questions from Compact programs that have been mapped to Salesforce. Please connect with the membership team if you'd like to ask a demographic question that is not listed below so that the fields can be created in Salesforce.

Instructions:
Please delete the questions that do not apply to your program. 

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Media Contact
Student Details

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Uploads
Section Description
This section includes examples of common uploads required for Campus Compact applications.

Instructions:
1. Please delete any upload that is not required for your application and/or adjust the name of the upload to match your requirement.
2. Be sure to indicate which uploads are required.
Letter of Support
Student Reflection Essay

In one document, please respond to the following short-answer reflection questions individually. Your document is not to exceed a total of 1,500 words (500 per question average).

  1. Change: Tell a story about how your leadership contributed to change on your campus or in your community. Please provide any qualitative or quantitative evidence you collected that demonstrates your impact.
  2. Challenge: Describe a challenge or issue you have faced in your community engagement work (personal, organizational, systemic, etc.). How did you address the challenge, what have you learned from the process, and how will you integrate those lessons moving forward?
  3. Growth: Describe how your civic and community engagement work has shaped you as a civic leader and will contribute to your personal or professional goals long-term.

Additional Uploads
Your institution must be a current member of Campus Compact or you must have indicated your institution's intention to join above in order to submit this application.