Dean Cole celebrated the 2023 Service Learning Awardees at the recent Spotlight on Service: Shaped by Service event held in the CAHSS building on April 28, 2023. 

Each year, the Service Learning Institute honors CSUMB's commitment to service, social responsibility, civic action, and social justice by recognizing the contributions made by students, faculty, and community partners to the tri-county region. Spotlight on Service celebrates student achievement in service learning while recognizing innovative, socially relevant collaborative work involving service learning faculty, student leaders, and local community partner agencies.  

Congratulations to 2023 CAHSS Awardees:

• Alyssa Soto, Cinematic Arts & Technology
• Michael Mendoza, Ethnic & Gender Studies
• David Ledesma, Global Studies
• Austin Teague, Humanities & Communication
• Alyssa Lee Ann Powell, Japanese Language & Culture
• Ivan Garica Buelna, Music
• Lilly Vang, Psychology
• Anthony Chun Lorenzo, Social & Behavioral Sciences
• Diana Vazquez Centeno, Spanish Language & Hispanic Cultures
• Koraima Castro, Visual & Public Art

Special congratulations to Civic Action Award winner Alejandro Gomez, Music & Performing Arts, and Global Studies Professor Angie Tran, Marian Penn Partnership Award winner!

Service Learning Institute Interim Director and HCOM Professor Ernest Stromberg shares the full list of awardees on the 2023 Spotlight on Service page.  Congratulations to all!