Awards & Scholarships
Youth Serve Montana Scholarship
2011 Youth Serve Montana Scholarship
Recognizing Montana High School Senior Students for Volunteering in their Communities
The Youth Serve Montana Scholarship was created to promote volunteerism among youth, to encourage young leaders to further their learning, and to provide tuition assistance for Montanan students who wish to attend college in state. In 2011, 91 Montana High School Seniors from 64 Montana Schools received a $1000 Youth Serve Montana Scholarship. Scholarship funds have been made available through a partnership with Governor's Office of Community Service (serve.mt.gov). Read more about the 2011 recipients here.
Scholarships
The Montana Campus Compact Honors Student Athletes at annual Bobcat/Grizzly Game
The Montana Campus Compact annually presents the Montana Athletes In Service Award each year at the Bobcat/Grizzly football game in. The Montana Athletes in Service Award honors student athletes from Montana State University-Bozeman (MSU-Bozeman) and The University of Montana (UM) engaged in community service.
Previous winners of the Montana Athletes in Service Award.
Montana Campus Compact member institution
The Carter Partnership Award, May 2004
The Carter Partnership Award recognizes exceptional work accomplished by campus-community partnerships and is a tribute to President and Mrs. Carter's lifelong efforts to build and strengthen safe, healthy, and caring communities throughout the world.
In May 2004, The Montana Campus Compact hosted the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Partnership Award for Campus -Community Collaboration in Montana. The award was founded in Georgia. The Llewellyn Foundation, Washington Corporations, KECI-TV, and individual supporters sponsored this year's award. Seventeen partnerships applied for the Carter Award. Of these, three were chosen as finalists and two as honorable mentions. Special thanks to emcee Sheila Callahan, KMSO Mountain FM 102.5, and to Cari Hanson for coordinating the event. The award is presented every other year, and will be presented again in the Spring of 2006.
The 2004 Winner: "Harvesting Community"
A partnership between Garden City Harvest and The University of Montana Program in Ecological Agriculture and Society (PEAS), was the recipient of the 2004 Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Partnership Award for Campus-Community Collaboration. The recipient received a $10,000 cash award at a ceremony on May 21, 2004, in Missoula. Josh Slotnick, the Board of Garden City Harvest, and Neva Hassanein of UM accepted the award for the partnership.
2004 Finalists:
Reaching At-Risk Senior Citizens - Montana Tech of The University of Montana Department of Nursing and Belmont Senior Center.
Making a Difference - Salish Kootenai College & Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes Early Childhood Services.
Honorable Mentions:
Community Resource Center - MSU-Billings and the United Way of Yellowstone County. Work to prevent youth substance abuse by coordinating nonprofit-coalition efforts and by collecting data to inform effective strategies.
Beyond the Circle - University of Great Falls and the Transition Center: Great Falls Pre-Release Service. Work to implement effective parenting classes for incarcerated parents who wish to reunite eventually with their families. back to top
