Seawolf Community Service Award

Seawolf Community Leadership Award

Spring 2008

Purpose

The Seawolf Community Service Award is bestowed upon a student who exhibits an exemplary commitment to volunteer service. The intent of this award is to publicly recognize and honor individuals for their dedication and recognize the importance of community involvement.

Criteria for Eligibility

Community service activities must enhance the University and Anchorage communities while making a connection to the educational mission at UAA. The applicant’s involvement must enhance and promote individual and collective growth of students.

Applicants must:

· Be currently enrolled in a minimum of six credits at the University of Alaska Anchorage

· Achieve a minimum 2.5 cumulative UAA GPA (at time of application)

· Complete community service during the previous academic year (spring, summer, fall)

· Meet all eligibility requirements for a UAA tuition waiver

· Not previously received a Seawolf Community Service Award

Application Process

· Complete the attached Seawolf Community Service Award application

· Submit a narrative addressing the following:

1. Type(s) of community service, including date(s) of service, description of responsibilities, and clientele served

2. How these experiences connect the university with the community

3. Why these experiences make you a good candidate for this award

· Submit a current letter of recommendation from each of the following:

1. A community member attesting to the applicant’s contributions to the organization and how their involvement enhances the organization

2. A staff or faculty member attesting to the applicant’s volunteerism and how these experiences enhance and promote individual and collective growth of UAA students

· Submit completed application materials and letters of recommendation to:

Student Life and Leadership

University of Alaska Anchorage

3211 Providence Drive

Student Union 218

Anchorage, Alaska 99508

Attn: John Gregoire/ Seawolf Community Service Award Selection Committee

Awarding Process

· The Seawolf Community Service Award Selection Committee is composed of two faculty or staff members and one student not applying for the award

· Award recipients receives up to a 12 credit UAA tuition waiver to be used during the award term

· Award recipients may decline the UAA tuition waiver and still receive the award recognition

Application Deadline

· Application materials and letters of recommendations must be received by:

April 25, 2008

Special Considerations

The number of actual awards available each semester varies. All applicants are notified of their award status within ten days following the committee’s decision. Tuition waivers may only be used for Anchorage campus classes that are not self-support. Tuition waiver recipients must meet all published and unpublished eligibility requirements. If, after informing a recipient they are receiving a tuition waiver, the University determines they are not eligible for a wavier; the recipient will retain the Seawolf Community Service Award distinction, but will not receive any additional consideration in place of the forgone tuition wavier.