Happy Award Honors Outstanding Contributions to Service-Learning 

February 1, 2023.

BATON ROUGE, LA --The Center for Community Engagement, Learning, and Leadership (CCELL) is pleased to announce the ten recipients of the 2022-2023 Happy Awards. Collectively, these faculty/staff, students and community partners represent the highest ideals of reciprocal service-learning partnerships. 

The award ceremony will be held Thursday, February 16, 2023, at Barnes & Noble at LSU in the 2nd-floor event room, located at 2 Union Square, from 5:30-6:45 p.m.

The honorees are:

  • Dr. Jennifer Baumgartner, Associate Professor, LSU School of Education, College of Human Sciences and Education
  • Renée Boutte Myer, Assistant Dean for Diversity, Inclusion & Civic Engagement, College of Human Sciences and Education
  • Dr. Oliver Crocco, Assistant Professor, LSU School of Leadership and Human Resource Development, College of Human Sciences and Education
  • Justin Martin, Graduate student, LSU Department of History, College of Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Angel Puder, Spring 2023 Engaged Citizen Program candidate, LSU Political Science and African & African American Studies senior, College of Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Cindy Seghers, Director of Career Development, LSU Ogden Honors College
  • Sam Sheppard, Carmen Sims, and Sandy Robinson, Franklin Parish Economic Development 
  • Phillip St. Cyr, Youth City Lab Youth Council Coordinator, Front Yard Bikes
  • Joennis Reyes, LSU Biological Engineering junior, College of Engineering
  • Kelli Webber, Associate Registrar for Courses and Curricula, LSU Office of the University Registrar

“It is wonderful to see long-time practitioners of service-learning on campus, innovators in the field, steadfast community partners, and dynamic and engaged students honored with a ‘Happy’ this year,” said CCELL Director Dr. Sarah Becker. 

Happy Awards are given annually to ten individuals to recognize excellence in service-learning. CCELL initiated The "Happy" to commemorate former director Jan Shoemaker's ten years of distinguished service, commitment to educate and provide service for the common good. Happy Award recipients receive a commemorative lapel pin, which was designed by service-learning students based on input from Shoemaker's friends and colleagues. Award recipients can be faculty, students, and community partners. The nomination period occurs every fall.

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Contact: 
Taylor Armer, Program Manager
Center for Community Engagement, Learning, and Leadership
(Phone) 225-578-4245
[email protected]

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