Happy Award Honors Trailblazing Contributions to Service-Learning 

February 7, 2024.

BATON ROUGE, LA --The Center for Community Engagement, Learning, and Leadership (CCELL) is pleased to announce the ten recipients of the 2023-2024 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 Wednesday, February 21, 2024, at the LSU Foundation Center for Philanthropy Room from 5 to 6 p.m.

The 2023-2024 honorees are:

  • BREC Farr Park Equestrian Center Hearts & Hooves Program representatives:
    • Wren Brumfield, Riding Instructor
    • Camille Chapman, Education Program Specialist
    • Charles “Bo” Jones, Farr Park Volunteer of the Year
    • Afnan Mansour, Riding Instructor
    • Melissa Wood, Special Interest Facility Manager
  • Jennifer Cramer, Director, T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History
  • Ashton Dalton, Spring 2025 Engaged Citizen Program candidate, Animal Sciences senior, College of Agriculture
  • Emily Demps, Spring 2025 Engaged Citizen Program candidate, Management senior, E. J. Ourso College of Business and LSU Ogden Honors College
  • LSU Football in Senegal Study Abroad collaborators:
    • Benjamin “Bo” Bordelon, Student-Athlete, Management sophomore, E.J. Ourso College of Business and LSU Football
    • Samba Dieng, Senior Internationalization Officer and Executive Director, International Programs
    • Head Coach Brian Kelly, LSU Football
    • Kenyatta Walker, Associate Director (Soccer & Softball), Cox Communications Academic Center for Student-Athletes
  • Saylor Higgins, Spring 2024 Engaged Citizen Program candidate, Animal Sciences, College of Agriculture
  • Dr. Elaine Maccio, Associate Professor, Associate Director and MSW Program Director, LSU School of Social Work, College of Human Sciences and Education
  • Dr. Langley McClay, Director, LSU Pre-College Programs and Future Scholars, Office of Enrollment Management & Student Success
  • Partnership between Louisiana Organ Procurement Agency (LOPA) and LSU:
    • Alisha Prather, Associate, Harris, Deville & Associates
    • Lori Steele, Community Educator & Media Specialist, LOPA
    • Sadie Wilks, Instructor, Manship School of Mass Communication
  • Dr. Danielle Thomas, Instructor, Sociology, College of Humanities and Social Sciences

“It is wonderful to see both first-time and long-time practitioners of service-learning on campus, innovators in the field, steadfast community partners, 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, and 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.

 

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

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