CASE program hosts second annual awards ceremony
Archived article from Oct 24, 2005
By Steve Manas
The Rutgers Citizenship and Service Education (CASE) program honored three Rutgers employees and two departments, along with representatives from three agencies, at its second annual awards luncheon Oct. 14.
CASE Acting Director Yvette Murry, with assistance from Newark program administrators Tom Hopkins and Theresa O’Neill, and Associate Vice President for Academic and Public Partnerships in the Arts and Humanities Isabel Nazario, hosted the program, which featured a keynote address by President Richard L. McCormick.
Beth Leech, associate professor of political science, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, New Brunswick; Lea Stewart, professor of communication at the School of Communication, Information and Library Studies, in New Brunswick; and substance abuse specialist Polly McLaughlin of the Office of Psychological Services, Newark, were honored with the 2005 D. Michael Shafer Teaching and Service Excellence Award, named for CASE’s former longtime director. Each received a plaque and $250 toward expenses associated with their service-learning courses or for research.
New Brunswick’s Student Accounting Services and Student Employment offices received the inaugural Public Service Leadership Award for their contributions to the 2004-2005 United Way School Supplies Drive.
The 2005 CASE Partners in Education Awards went to the Amandla Crossing Transitional Housing Program, Edison; the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (formerly RU-ALL), New Brunswick; and the Hispanic Development Corp., Newark.
Amandla Crossing is a 29-unit transitional housing program for homeless single-parent families on public assistance and parenting teens aging out of foster care. The Rutgers- based Osher Lifelong Learning Institute offers noncredit, continuing education courses for New Jerseyans over 50; and the Hispanic Development Corp., affiliated with the New Community Corp. of Newark, helps members of the Hispanic population build self-esteem and improve the quality of their lives.
CASE courses award credits for classroom work and 40 hours of service learning each semester. Since the program began 16 years ago, about 13,000 volunteers have rendered more than 730,000 hours of service valued at $4 million.
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