Richard J. Wood Student Community Commitment Award

We are currently accepting nominations for the Hiltunen Award, Wood Award, and Community Engagement Professional Award, due on December 31, 2022.

The Wood Student Community Commitment Award was created in 1996 in honor of Dr. Richard J. Wood who served as the founding chairperson of Community-Engaged Alliance’s (formerly Indiana Campus Compact) Board of Presidents from 1992 to 1996. This award continues Dr. Wood’s legacy as an advocate of students as stewards to the community, and recognizes students who have demonstrated an outstanding commitment to community engagement.

Past Richard J. Wood Award Winners

1997 Colleen Frazier, Indiana University East
1997 Fatima Hyder, Earlham College
1998 Juanna Watson, IUPUI
1999 Angela Anderson, University of Notre Dame
1998 DJ Johnson, Indiana University Bloomington
2000 Tammy Parker, Goshen College
2000 Denise Smith, IUPUI
2001 Nicole Hallett, DePauw University
2002 Paul Graham, University of Notre Dame
2003 Mary E. Murphy, University of Notre Dame
2004 Nicholas Dimos, DePauw University
2005 Huong Nguyen, Manchester College
2006 Steven Cartwright, University of Notre Dame
2007 Andrea Laidman, University of Notre Dame
2008 Tim Polakowski, Manchester College
2009 Matthew Morrow, IUPUI
2010 Lexie Perreras, University of Notre Dame
2011 Caitlin Ryan, Indiana University Bloomington
2012 Erin Wright, University of Notre Dame
2013 Jon Schommer, University of Notre Dame
2014 Peter Woo, University of Notre Dame
2015 Trinere Bacon, Indiana State University
2016 Cogan Blackmon, Valparaiso University
2017 Alexis Doyle, University of Notre Dame
2018 Steven Jessen Howard, University of Notre Dame
2019 Delaney Weiland, University of Notre Dame
2020 Eric Mejia, IU East
2021 Nathan Rowland Miller, Purdue University
2022 Abigail Abikoye, University of Notre Dame