Recognition Topics

Community Partner Award

First presented in 2019, the Community Partner Award recognizes one community partner in the state that has engaged in the development of a sustained, reciprocal partnership with an NC Campus Engagement member institution. The award is typically presented at the PACE Conference.

Nominations are open for the 2025 Community Partner Award. The award will be presented during the 2025 PACE Conference on February 12, 2025. 

Deadline: December 11

Call for Nominations

2024 Award Recipient

YWCA High Point

Campus Partner: High Point University

Check out the partnershp video. 

Previous Recipients

2024 – Hood Huggers International
Campus partner: UNC Asheville
See the partnership video

2023 – Reading Connections
Campus partner: UNC Greensboro
See the partnership video

2021 – The Salvation Army Boys and Girls Club of Alamance County
Campus partner: Elon University
Read the Today @Elon article

2020 – The Haywood Pathways Center
Campus partner: Western Carolina University
See the partnership video
WCU news article about the award

2019 – The Boys and Girls Club of the Coastal Plain
Campus partner: East Carolina University