Lynton Award for the Scholarship of Engagement

Posted by on March 26, 2007

This is a reminder that the New England Resource Center for Higher Education is accepting nominations for the 2007 Ernest A. Lynton Award for the Scholarship of Engagement, which recognizes a faculty member who connects his or her teaching, research, and service to community engagement.

Unlike traditional service-learning awards that focus on the link between teaching and service, the Lynton Award emphasizes applied scholarly activity more broadly. The scholarship of engagement (also known as faculty professional service, outreach scholarship, public scholarship, scholarship for the common good, and community-based scholarship) represents an integrated view of scholarly activity in which teaching, research, and service overlap and are mutually reinforcing, is characterized by scholarly work tied to a faculty member’s expertise, is of benefit to the external community, is visible and shared, and reflects the mission of the institution.

The recipient of the award will be selected according to the following criteria:

1.) Demonstrates a sustained effort in connecting teaching, research, and service to community engagement;

2.) Utilizes innovative and imaginative approaches;

3.) Has internal institutional impact (through teaching, campus program development, faculty and student participation);

4.) Can demonstrate evidence of external success (through scholarly output, community impact and/or student learning);

5.) Demonstrates a commitment to working with community members as equal partners; and

6.) Demonstrates a commitment to involving undergraduate students in collaborative research.

For more information about the Ernest A. Lynton Award, including nomination and submission guidelines, please visit the following link on NERCHE?s website:

<a href="http://www.nerche.org/Lynton_Award/call07/call07.html">http://www.nerche.org/Lynton_Award/call07/call07.html</a>

Please note that all nominations must be received by April 27, 2007. The recipient will be notified in late May 2007.

If you have any questions regarding the Ernest A. Lynton Award, please contact NERCHE at (617) 287-7740 or via email at lyntonaward@umb.edu.