Deadline approaching….
Thanks to the generosity of Gretchen A. Birkle (’86), the Center for Democratic Deliberation CDD) is pleased to announce a new annual award for students who help to advance the Center’s mission of promoting engaged citizenship and public deliberation.
The Nancy and Joseph Birkle Student Engagement Award will recognize at least two students in the College of the Liberal Arts–either graduate or undergraduate students–who have made significant contributions to public deliberation and debate by “speaking out” about important political or social issues, or by promoting more informed and productive public deliberation on the Penn State campus, in the State College community, or in the nation and world beyond.
Honorees will be awarded a significant cash prize and a commemorative plaque at the end of Spring term.
We invite you to consider yourself as a nominee for this new award. In addition to being currently enrolled in the College of Liberal Arts at University Park, nominees must also in some way participate in programs or activities supported by the CDD or one of its partners.
Nominations for the 2010-2011 Birkle Student Engagement Award are due by March 1, 2011. Contact CDD Co-Director J. Michael Hogan (jmh32@psu.edu) with any questions, or you can visit the CDD website for more information.