The Staley School of Leadership invites all members of the K-State and Manhattan communities to submit nominations for the Celebrating People in Action: Community Service Awards. These awards recognize individuals and organizations for their commitment to service within the K-State and Manhattan community. In addition to the award, recipients will receive a $250 check to donate to a nonprofit organization of their choice.
Submit your nominations by 5 p.m. Monday, Feb. 26.
Criteria considered for the volunteer or service work include: Meeting community needs, demonstrating specific impact, work that has the capacity to be sustained, and reflects an innovative or unique approach. Engagement with HandsOn K-State service events will also be considered.
Following are the four awards and their descriptions:
Outstanding K-State Student Volunteer: This current K-State student should demonstrate exemplary leadership in service and has addressed a need in the community. They should display dedication, responsibility, commitment and sensitivity to diversity while meeting the needs of the community.
Outstanding K-State Student Organization: This organization promotes an ethic of service on and off campus through ongoing service or an exemplary one-time project. They are committed to involving others in service and activism, have effectively mobilized a large and diverse population on campus to address an issue of importance in the community.
Outstanding Community Service Partner: This community service partner should have promoted an ethic of service in the community through ongoing efforts or through an exemplary one-time project. They are committed to involving others in service and activism and have effectively mobilized a large and diverse population to address an issue of importance in the community.
Outstanding Service Champion: An individual or group from the greater Manhattan area that has demonstrated outstanding efforts in volunteerism and service to meet a community need. This recipient has displayed excellence in community service, civic engagement, corporate responsibility, and/or social change. Successful candidates will also have engaged in creative utilization of people, resources and opportunities while exercising leadership and advocating for positive change in their community.
Review a list of past recipients on our website.
These awards are sponsored by the Community First National Bank, the Office of the Provost, and HandsOn Kansas State. Recipients will be recognized at the Celebrating Service and Leadership awards event in April, hosted each spring by the Staley School of Leadership.
