List of Awards & Recognitions

Below is a list of faculty, staff, administrators, students, and community partners who have been recognized for their work in community engagement.

Faculty

Janis Warner, 2025 Gulf South Summit Award for Outstanding Faculty Contributions to Service-Learning in Higher Education – Instruction
Adannaa Alexander, 2024 Faculty Academic Community Engagement Award, SHSU College of Health Science
Elizabeth Hartsell, 2024 Faculty Excellence in Community Engagement, SHSU College of Criminal Justice
Magdalena Denham, 2024 Gulf South Summit Award for Outstanding Faculty Contributions to Service-Learning in Higher Education – Research
Heather Evans, 2018 Gulf South Summit Award for Outstanding Faculty Contributions to Service-Learning in Higher Education – Research
Sanjay Mehta, 2015 Gulf South Summit Award for Outstanding Faculty Contributions to Service-Learning in Higher Education – Instruction

Staff

Taylor Morrison, 2024 SHSU Distinguished Staff Member of the Year Award for contributions in advancing community engagement
Steven Koether, 2022-2023 AASCU ADP Civic Fellows Program

Administrators

Richard Eglsaer, 2019 AASCU William M. Plater Award for Leadership in Civic Engagement
David Payne, 2019 American Democracy Project Spirit of Democracy Award

Students

Rebeca Gonzalez, 2022 Gulf South Summit Award for Outstanding Student Contributions to Service-Learning in Higher Education

Community Partners

Michelle Spencer, Boys and Girls Club of Walker County, 2018 Gulf South Summit Award for Outstanding Community Partner Contributions to Service-Learning in Higher Education

The Center for Community Engagement

The We the People Award, 2022, awarded by the American Democracy Project, an initiative of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities - Presented to recognize exemplary team commitment, impact, and leadership in advancing civic learning and civic engagement
The Sammys Cane Award, 2020, for contributing to SHSU in the areas of spirit, tradition, and service