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Campus
Compact honors students, professor for community service
By
Denise Hart, Media Relations
Two students and a faculty member stepped up to the podium May 4
when the Campus Compact for New Hampshire presented awards for community
service. More than 100 college students, higher education staff
and administrators, representatives of local K-12 schools and nonprofit
organizations attended the event to celebrate and recognize community
service activities at college campuses in the state.
UNH was honored with recipients in three categories. The Presidents’
Leadership Award, recognizing individual students or student groups,
went to students Kaelee Copley and Nicole Decocq, both of Windham,
organizers of the UNH Relay for Life Chapter.
Copley is an Honors Program student active in many areas of campus
life. Decocq has community service experience with teenagers and
literacy programs. The UNH Relay for Life, an American Cancer Society
fundraiser, took place May 1-2. Nearly 700 walkers raised more than
$72,000 for this event.
The Presidents’ Good Steward Award, recognizing a faculty,
administrator or staff member, was awarded to Jason Bocarro, assistant
professor of recreation management and policy.
Bocarro teaches a course called “Youth Culture and Programs”
that focuses on identifying community and personal issues youth
face in growing up. Through this course, he created a program that
benefits the local community and creates learning opportunities
for students.
The Presidents’ Community Partner Award, honoring a nonprofit,
school or other organization that has collaborated with the university
in community service, went to Robin Albert on behalf of the Volunteer
Action Center of the United Way of the Greater Seacoast.
Campus Compact for New Hampshire is a consortium of 24 New Hampshire
college and university presidents in cooperation with private sector
partners who are united towards the integrating of service, civic
responsibility and community collaboration into all academic, civic
and student life facets of their institutions.
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