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Students and Colleges Chosen for Community Service Awards
HARTFORD, April 13 - Interim Higher
Education Commissioner Valerie F. Lewis will present the 2000 Higher Education Community
Service Awards to nine college students, faculty and administrators at a 4:00 pm.
ceremony tomorrow (Thursday, April 13) in the Old Judiciary Room at the State Capitol.
Among those expected to participate are State Senate Republican Leader M. Adela Eads, and
State Representatives William R. Dyson, Cameron C. Staples, Brian E. Mattiello, and Andrew
W. Roraback.
The annual ceremony is sponsored by the Connecticut Department of Higher
Education’s Community Service Network, which promotes and coordinates volunteer
activities by college students, and the Connecticut Commission on National and Community
Service chaired by Representative Dyson.
Colleges nominate both individual students and student groups for the awards. This
year’s student winners are Dorothy R. Helfrick, Manchester Community-Technical
College; David Tuchmann, Wesleyan University; and Patrick Nolen, Trinity
College.
In the student group category, winners are KUBE (Killingly, UConn, Brooklyn
Experience) at the Storrs Campus of the University of Connecticut; Peace by PEACE at
Yale (Playful Exploration in Active Conflict Education); and the Yale
Children’s Theater.
Recipients are selected based on their ability to create projects which distinctly help
individuals, community groups or environmental causes; incorporate the arts in building
community and cross-cultural understanding; utilize originality and unique approaches to
community service; substantially increase student participation; and promote diversity and
address urban problems.
Colleges also submit nominations for a Special Awards which recognize faculty,
college and university staff, non-profit agency staff and others considered leaders in
community service by their personal contributions and institutional commitment. Those
honored in this category are Alison Jassen of Northwestern Connecticut
Community-Technical College and the founder of the Northwest Connecticut Breast Cancer
Support Group; Professor Linda Farber of Sacred Heart University and the advisor to
Sacred Heart’s Student Affiliate Chapter of the American Chemical Society; and Joe
Barber, Assistant Director of Community Service and Civic Engagement at Trinity
College.
Contact: Connie Fraser
(860)947-1801
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