Perry was recognized by NC Campus Compact in spring 2015.
Dr. Lane Perry, director of service-learning at Western Carolina University, has received the 2015 John Saltmarsh Award for Emerging Leaders in Civic Engagement during AASCU’s American Democracy Project annual meeting in New Orleans. The Saltmarsh Award is presented to an emerging leader in the civic engagement field from an AASCU institution or ADP Partner. Perry joins fellow North Carolinian Dr. Emily Janke, director of the Institute for Community and Economic Engagement (ICEE) at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, who received the Saltmarsh Award in 2012. Western Carolina and UNCG are both members of North Carolina Campus Compact.
This national recognition for Perry follows his receipt earlier this spring of the NC Campus Compact 2015 Civic Engagement Professional of the Year Award, which recognizes a staff person in the network who has worked towards the institutionalization of service, created and strived towards a vision of service on their campus, supported faculty and students, and formed innovative campus-community partnerships. Perry was honored in the Emerging Leaders category.
The American Democracy Project (ADP), an initiative of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU), honored Perry and three other leaders in civic engagement during the 2015 ADP/TDC/NASPA Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement Meeting in New Orleans. Three ADP awards were presented: The Barbara Burch Award for Faculty Leadership in Civic Engagement; The William M. Plater Award for Leadership in Civic Engagement; and The John Saltmarsh Award for Emerging Leaders in Civic Engagement.
“We’re thrilled to honor these outstanding individuals whose work represents the richness of civic learning and democratic engagement taking place on our campuses and in our communities,” says Jennifer Domagal-Goldman, director of AASCU’s American Democracy Project. “The 2015 civic engagement award recipients’ work reflects the efforts needed to ensure that we in higher education are preparing the next generation of informed, engaged citizens for our democracy.”
Patrick Dolenc, a professor of economics at Keene State College (N.H.), received the Barbara Burch Award for Faculty Leadership in Civic Engagement. Michael Vaughan, provost and vice president of academic affairs at Weber State University (Utah), was honored as recipient of the William M. Plater Award for Leadership in Civic Engagement.
Perry was one of two winners of the Saltmarsh Emerging Leaders Award, joining Adam Bush, the chief academic officer of College Unbound.
“Both recipients are engaged in path-breaking civic engagement work that advances the deeply democratic purposes of higher education. We want to encourage more emerging leaders with their example,” says John Saltmarsh. The award was created in honor of John Saltmarsh, co-director of the New England Resource Center for Higher Education at the University of Massachusetts Boston, as a tribute to his dedication to nurturing the next generation of civic leaders.