Esther Letven Campus-Community Partnership Award

esther-letvenThe Esther Letven Campus-Community Partnership Award recognizes up to two outstanding campus-community partnerships that produces measurable community impact as well as student growth and learning. The purpose of this award is to honor partnerships that have successfully demonstrated a mutually beneficial and mutually invested partnership between higher education and community. In awarding this honor, CCWI hopes to promote cooperation among education, community, government, and business leaders on critical community issues, as well as increase public awareness of and support for campus-community partnerships.


To be Announced

2019 Awardees
Healthy Food for All / Edgewood College
Midnight Run / Marquette University
2019 Esther Letven Award Press Release


2018 Awardees
Community Gardens Writing Partnership / St. Norbert College
Community Connections & Conversations / Milwaukee Area Technical College
2018 Esther Letven Award Press Release


2017 Awardees
Alverno Girls’ Academy of Science & Mathematics / Alverno College
St. Vincent DePaul Society Partnership / Edgewood College
2017 Esther Letven Award Press Release


2016 Awardees
Center for Healthcare Education and Simulation / Edgewood College
Near West Side Partners / Marquette University


2015 Awardee
Catholic Financial Life / Cardinal Stritch University


2014 Awardees
Poll Worker Project / Alverno College
Early Childhood Literacy Intervention Program Services and Evaluation (ECLIPSE) / UW-Eau Claire


2013 Awardee
Curative Senior Care Center / Carroll University

Submit a Nomination

All application packets (application form and essay questions) should be submitted via email to wisconsin {at} compact(.)org with the email subject line reading Campus-Community Partnership Award. All application packets and letters of recommendation must be received by 5:00pm on Feb 28, 2020. Applicants will receive an email confirming their packet has been received.