Awards & Scholarships
Scholarships
The Montana Campus Compact Honors Student Athletes at annual Bobcat/Grizzly Game
The Montana Campus Compact presented the annual Montana Athletes In Service Award on Saturday, November 17, 2007 at the annual Bobcat/Grizzly football game in Bozeman. 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.
Four students, Jason Loether and Jade Rosakam of The University of Montana and Mecklin Davis and Sarah Eby of Montana State University, were honored by MSU President Geoffrey Gamble, UM President George Dennison, and MTCC Executive Director Dean McGovern during the on-field ceremony in between the third and fourth quarters of the game.
Previous winners of the Montana Athletes in Service Award.
Student Community Service Scholarship
No awards will be made in 2008.
PURPOSE: These awards recognize outstanding college students who, through their dedication and commitment to community service and volunteerism, have greatly enhanced civic life in Montana and embodied the true spirit of civic engagement
BACKGROUND: The Montana Campus Compact established the Student Community Service Scholarship to honor students for their efforts to engage with their local communities and achieve results that truly affect life locally, statewide, nationally, or internationally. The scholarship is awarded for extraordinary endeavors and is generously sponsored by Western States Insurance and other private gifts/donations to The Montana Campus Compact.
ELIGIBILITY: Applicants must be enrolled at a Montana Campus Compact member institution (Undergraduate or Graduate) at the time of the application deadline. Students may not be paid for the services for which they are nominated. Students who are or have been associated with national service programs are eligible to apply.
SELECTION PROCESS: Application forms must be filled out completely and legibly to be considered. One letter of reference will be required for each application (academic, personal, or professional reference). A selection committee will evaluate all applications and select scholarship recipients. Applications will be evaluated on the following criteria:
- Level of personal commitment to cultivating an ethic of service
- Significance of legacy due to the service performed
- Significance of impact or change in the community or the state
- Perseverance through obstacles of all types (school schedule, economic, social, physical, etc.)
NOTIFICATION: Each applicant will be notified of his or her status within three weeks after the deadline.
SUBMISSION: The Montana Campus Compact headquarters office must receive four (4) copies of the completed application. Facsimiles will not be accepted. Mail to:
MTCC Community Service Scholarship
The Montana Campus Compact
302 University Hall
Missoula, MT 59812-3960
QUESTIONS: For more information please call Dean McGovern at The Montana Campus Compact (406) 243-5177 x.4, or browse this website.
Previous winners of the Student Community Service Scholarship.
back to topThe 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.
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The Presidential Freedom Scholarship is a $1000 award given to high school juniors and seniors who have done exemplary service in their communities. Every high school in the nation can nominate up to two students to receive the Presidential Freedom Scholarship.
For a student to be considered for the award he or she needs to have done a minimum 100 hours of community service over the course of the school year. Schools are responsible for nominating students.
The scholarship requires that half of each award ($500) be raised locally, usually from a local service group or organization. We know that if partnerships are made between community organizations like United Way or Kiwanis and Montana high schools, the scholarship could be awarded more easily in following years. MTCC suggests that community members, students and parents take on the tasks of finding the match and helping community organizations form partnerships with schools. The earlier a service organization is made aware of the Presidential Freedom Scholarships and its role in seeing them awarded, the sooner it can budget for the awards.
All high school guidance counselors will receive a booklet with certification forms in the spring of 2003. Remember, only the high school personnel can certify which two students are selected to receive this national honor. We invite you to contact the principals or guidance counselors in your area and inform them of this great opportunity for civically engaged young people.
Please visit www.nationalservice.org/scholarships for more information on application procedures, or contact the program staff at: 
Presidential Freedom Scholarships
1150 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20036
info@studentservicescholarship.org
866-291-7700 (toll-free)
202-742-5390 (local)
If you have specific questions about the application, please see application@studentservicescholarship.org.
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