Outstanding community engagement is formally recognized through the following awards:

Ivory Community Leadership Award Presidential Awards for Community Engagement

IVORY COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP AWARD

The Ivory Community Leadership Award encourages and recognizes the extraordinary efforts of Weber State University students who positively impact student success and/or provide leadership in community engagement. Each year, the recipient of the Ivory Award will receive a cash prize of $2,000 (less taxes, etc.) along with up to a $10,000 donation towards the recipient's cause, initiative, and/or team.

To qualify for the Ivory Community Leadership Award, applicants must be a currently enrolled student at Weber State University or an alum who has graduated within the past five years. Nominees are not eligible if they are serving as a Trustee of Weber State University at the time of nomination or award.

• Award Criteria

  Prize recipients will have demonstrated positive influence on student success and/or provided leadership in community engagement, for example:

  • A student leader who marshaled support over several years to meet a particular student need, such as a new program or center;
  • A student whose work with the Center for Community Engaged Learning (CCEL) developed a program that impacts an economically underserved population in a meaningful way;
  • A student who led a legislative initiative that changed the way higher education is funded or organized and affects institutions around the state;
  • A student whose leadership turned around a struggling organization, or developed a new program on campus that met a critical need.
• Eligibility Criteria
  • Award nominees must be currently enrolled, or recently graduated (within the last five years) from Weber State University.
  • Nominees can be undergraduate or graduate students, or recent baccalaureate or graduate degree recipients.
  • Nominees cannot be serving as a Trustee at the time of nomination.
  • Nominees (those who are current students) must be in good academic standing at the time of consideration and award.
• Awards Process & Timeline

  Announcement & award criteria sent to university community	week of January 12, 2026
  Application due	February 15, 2026
  Ivory Award Committee begins review process	February 16, 2026
  Selection of recipient	week of March 2,2025
  Announce award recipient(s)	week of March 9, 2026
  CCEL Recognition Event	April 9, 2026

• Recognition
  • Announcement of the Ivory Award recipient will be made public just before the end of the school year. The recipient will be recognized at CCEL’s annual celebration in the spring.
  • The recipient of the Ivory Award will be highlighted on the University website.
  • Each year, the Ivory Award recipient will be memorialized in a prominently placed display in the Shepherd Union.

PRESIDENTIAL AWARDS FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Each year, WSU recognizes the work of outstanding faculty, staff, students, alumni, and community partners. Awardees will be selected for each of the categories below and recognized at the annual CCELebration.  

You can submit your nomination on GivePulse using the 'Submit Presidential Award Nominations' link below. If you have not already claimed your GivePulse account, you will need to do so before filling out the nomination form. If you have already claimed your account, use the purple "Log In Via Weber State" link to login via the eWeber Portal.

Award Categories

• Awards (Faculty, Staff, Student/Student Group, Community Partner, & Alumnus)

  COMMUNITY ENGAGED FACULTY MEMBER

  This award recognizes an individual with:

  • Successfully incorporated community engaged teaching with demonstrable outcomes and/or
  • Conducted outstanding community engaged research

   

  COMMUNITY ENGAGED STAFF MEMBER

  This award recognizes a staff member that:

  • Shows leadership in advancing community engagement as a critical component within Weber State
  • Forms innovative campus and community partnerships
  • Engages, models, or influences students to be involved in community engagement and/or service learning

   

  COMMUNITY ENGAGED STUDENT OR STUDENT GROUP

  This award recognizes a student or student group that:

  • Takes action in pursuit of long-term positive social change
  • Inspires and engages others
  • Demonstrates efforts to sustain their work through developing strategies for institutional and community commitment
  • Exhibits motivation and potential for effective long-term civic engagement

  
  COMMITTED COMMUNITY PARTNER

  This award recognizes an individual or organization that:

  • Strengthens community engagement at Weber State
  • Provides meaningful service and learning opportunities for students
  • Enhances their agency's mission/programs/goals by partnering with Weber State

  
  COMMUNITY ENGAGED ALUMNUS

  This award recognizes an alum of Weber State University that:

  • Demonstrates on-going and deep commitment to community engagement
  • Leads, inspires, and engages other members of their community toward positive social change
  • Furthers the community engagement efforts of Weber State
• Awards Process & Timeline

  Nominations Open	week of January 13, 2025
  Nominations Due	February 9, 2025
  Recipients Announced	week of February 24, 2025
  Public Recognition at CCELebration (Annual CCEL Recognition Event)	March 25, 2025