Carters with Georgia's 2002 Award Winner |
The Jimmy and Rosalynn
Carter Partnership Award for Campus-Community Collaboration
honors and recognizes exemplary collaborations, undertaken
by a college or university in partnership with a community
group, which address critical areas of public need. The award
recipients receive $10,000 in support of their program.
The purposes of the Carter Partnership Award are to:
- Provide recognition for outstanding campus-community partnerships
in Massachusetts.
- Increase the number and the effectiveness of campus-community
partnerships and promote college/university citizenship.
- Encourage cooperation among education, community, government,
and business leaders on critical social and economic issues.
- Increase public awareness of and support for campus-community
partnerships.
The award is named for President and Mrs. Carter
as a tribute to their lifelong efforts to develop and support
safe, healthy, and caring communities throughout the world.
In public office and in their daily lives, they have consistently
supported public improvement efforts based on cooperation,
mutual learning, and shared responsibility.
Massachusetts is one of four states recently chosen as an
expansion site for The Carter Partnership Award. The Carter
Partnership Award is being organized in Massachusetts by the
University of Massachusetts Boston and the Massachusetts Campus
Compact. The award presentation will be held on September
27, 2004 in the University of Massachusetts Boston Campus
Center.
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The Carter Partnership Award was originally developed in Georgia. It is housed at the Board of
Regents for the University System of Georgia. Dr. Sue Sehgal is the founder and director of this
program. To see information on the Carter Partnership Award please visit
www.usg.edu/carteraward.
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