2025 University Outreach and Engagement Awards
Ohio State's University Outreach and Engagement Awards honor faculty, staff and students for outstanding achievement in producing engaged scholarship and community impact. Congratulations to this year's recipients!
Community Engaged Scholar Awards
The Community Engaged Scholar Award recognizes faculty members who have demonstrated co-created engaged scholarship that has positively impacted communities. Community Engaged Scholars have made significant contribution to Ohio State's culture of engagement, further establishing, and strengthening the institution's commitment to communities.
- Andrea Contigiani, Assistant Professor, Fisher College of Business
- Pamela Espinosa de los Monteros, Associate Professor, University Libraries
- Susan Massick, Associate Professor of Dermatology, College of Medicine
- Jacquelyn Meshelemiah, Associate Professor, College of Social Work
- Hollie Nyseth Nzitatira, Associate Professor, College of Arts and Sciences
- Patrick Sours, Assistant Professor, College of Engineering
Community Engaged Practitioner Awards
The Community Engaged Practitioner Award recognizes staff members who have demonstrated superior commitment to developing, coordinating, and/or sustaining projects, activities, or initiatives involving Ohio State and community partners that enhance engaged scholarship and community impacts.
- Terron Banner, Manager of Community Learning and Experience, College of Arts and Sciences, Urban Arts Space
- Nicole Debose, Extension Area Leader, Cuyahoga County, College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Science
- Leila Vieira, Assistant Director, Center for Latin American Studies, Office of International Affairs
Community Engaged Graduate Student Awards
The Community Engaged Graduate Student Award recognizes graduate students who have demonstrated engaged scholarship that has positively impacted communities through their research, scholarship, and service.
- Sherifat Alabi, College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
- Lorenzo Benavides and Tiara Kinsey-Dadzie, College of Social Work
- Melanie Ruzga, College of Pharmacy
2025 Programs of Excellence in Engaged Scholarship
To support and promote high-impact engaged scholarship, the Office of Outreach and Engagement has instituted a process to certify programs of excellence in engaged scholarship. The certification process seeks to identify and certify projects annually that demonstrate excellence in community engaged scholarship and meet the criteria of high-impact engaged scholarship.
- Growing Teachers Throughout the Seasons, College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences, OSU Extension, Franklin County
- Age-Friendly Innovation Center, College of Social Work
- Ohio Prison Education Exchange Project, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Womens, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Department of African and African American Studies
- LifeCare Alliance, College of Medicine, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
- Community Music School, College of Arts and Sciences, School of Music
- Exercise is Medicine, College of Education and Human Ecology, Department of Human Sciences/Kinesiology
- First Time Homebuyers Series, College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences, OSU Extension, Medina County
- Marion Womens Club and Ohio State Marion Collaboration, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of History
- Partner for Promotion, College of Pharmacy
- Regional Food Council Community of Practice, Glenn College of Public Affairs
- School of Environment and Natural Resources Capstone Program, College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
- EPICENTER, College of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
- One Linden Schools Initiative, College of Social Work
- Empowering the Future of Sustainable Livestock and Meat Industries through Education and Community Engagement, College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences, Department of Animal Sciences
- United Titanium Bug Zoo, College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences, Department of Entomology
- Leveraging Entrepreneurship to Empower Refugees, Fisher College of Business and College of Social Work
- Stamps Eminence Scholarship Program, Office of Academic Affairs, Office of Academic Enrichment
- Columbus Women & Girls Fest: Empowering Young Voices, College of Education and Human Ecology, Department of Literacy Studies
- Activists in Motion, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Dance