Streak Week Service Project

ST. EDMUND CAMPION SERVICE AWARD

APPLY BY DECEMBER 1ST!!

The George B. Sweeney Endowed Campion Award is a one-year, $1,000 award to educate promising student leaders in social policy analysis in a faith perspective. Each year, one sophomore student and one junior student are selected to receive the award. The Center for Service and Social Action administers up to $500 in additional funds to each Campion Award recipient to cover the cost of any materials, printing, etc. which are associated with the recipient's proposal for a campus-based service project.

The Campion Awards are available to full-time, enrolled, second- and third- year students with a GPA of 2.0 or higher. All candidates meeting the required conditions of the award, in good academic and University standing, are eligible for consideration. *

Candidates should have a strong background in the following:

• A record of previous involvement in community service and social action
• Evidence of regular involvement in their faith tradition. and/or
• A strong evidence of leadership potential

Awardees are selected by a committee composed of the Director of the Center for Service and Social Action and other JCU faculty, staff, and administrators.

Complete details and an application are available here, and at the Center for Service and Social Action (AD 30). If you have any questions about the application process, please contact Dr. Peggy Finucane (AD 30; 216-397-4698; mfinucane@jcu.edu).

Completed applications, degree evaluation, and transcripts, must be submitted by 4 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009, to Dr. Peggy Finucane, Center for Service and Social Action (AD 30). Incomplete applications will not be considered.

Award winners will be announced to the John Carroll University community on Wednesday, January 20, 2010 and awards will be given during Ignatian Heritage Week (January 31-February 5).

* NOTE: This award is not renewable. The award is not intended to reduce already-awarded institutional aid. However, if the student is a recipient of federal funds, regulations may require John Carroll University to alter a student’s self-help aid such as loans or work study. In rare cases, student aid may be limited to the total cost of education.