Civic Engagement Professional of the Year
The Civic Engagement Professional of the Year Award recognizes a staff person at a member campus who has worked to institutionalize service, fostered a vision of service, supported faculty and students, and formed innovative campus-community partnerships. The award is presented during the PACE conference. Nominations typically open in mid-September and close the first week in November.
2022 Recipient
Kathy Sikes, M.Ed.
Senior Fellow, Civic Engagement
Director, Duke NC LiteracyCorps
Duke Service-Learning
Sikes received the award on February 9, 2022 during the virtual PACE Conference.
Read the press release here.
Read the Duke Service-Learning article.
View the 2022 Awards Ceremony, during the Opening Session of the 2022 PACE conference.
Past Recipients
2021 – Marianne Magjuka, Wake Forest University
2020 – Lori Kniffin, UNC Greensboro
2019 – Sean Langley, UNC Charlotte
2018 – Charlotte Williams, Lenoir-Rhyne University (Sustainer Award) and Dr. Tamara Johnson, UNC Charlotte (Emerging Leader)
2017 – Smith Jackson, Elon University
2016 – Cathy Kramer, Warren Wilson College (Sustainer) and Kelly Misiak, Pfeiffer University (Emerging Leader)
2015 – Dena Shonts, Central Piedmont Community College (Sustainer) and Dr. Lane Perry, Western Carolina University (Emerging Leader)
2014 – Dr Emily Janke, UNC Greensboro (Sustainer) and Rev. Dr. Joe Blosser, High Point University (Emerging Leader)
2013 – Elaine Madison, Duke University
2012 – Aubrey Swett, UNC Pembroke
2011 – Mary Morrison, Elon University
2010 – Jenny Huq, UNC-Chapel Hill
2009 – Julie Lawson, Peace College (Emerging Leader); Dr. Stacey Riemer, Davidson College (Sustainer); and Dr. Susan Harden, UNC Charlotte (Innovator)
2008 – James Shields, Guilford College
2007 – Jenny Koehn, Appalachian State University
2006 – Jason Denius, East Carolina University