Established in 2024 in honor of Eric ’66 and Mimi ’66 Carlson, this award recognizes an individual or group of students (sophomore or above) for being highly effective contributors to a community engagement or civic engagement collaboration during their time at Carleton. Other awards exist to celebrate extraordinary individuals and their leadership; however, this award is focused on excellence in collaboration. Awardees need not be well-known or high-profile.
- Who can nominate? Community partner organization representatives who work with Carleton students.
- Who can be nominated? An individual student or a group of students who work together for one program.
- How many nominations can one person submit? One.
- Due Date: April 17th, 2026
- Contact: snichols2@carleton.edu
Award
One student (or one group of students) will be selected to win. The award recipient(s) will be recognized at Carleton’s Honors Convocation and will receive $500. If there is more than one recipient, the $500 will be divided among the awardees. The corresponding community partner may also receive a $500 donation, pending eligibility to receive donations and approval from the President’s Office.
Criteria
Please address one or more of these in your nomination statement. We are looking for a student (or group of students) who have demonstrated excellence in one or more of the following ways:
- Honoring Community Priorities: Student(s) learned about and acted on something that mattered to those beyond themselves in the community off campus.
- Working Side By Side: Student(s) worked together with other people* to accomplish something in the community beyond campus. We’re interested in celebrating great team players.
- Being Trustworthy: Student(s) conducted themselves in ways that engendered the trust of community partners. Or, perhaps they were able to rebuild trust after something went wrong, as it does sometimes.
- Working across Difference: The student(s) demonstrated the ability to work well with people who were different from themselves.