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The Carolina Center for Public Service honored seven individuals or student organizations at its annual service awards ceremony April 16 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus. Center leaders also announced that an anonymous donation will endow this and future years’ Outward Bound Scholarships through the Thomas James Scholarship Fund, which honors the former dean of the School of Education.  

Dr. Eugene S. Sandler of Chapel Hill, professor emeritus at the School of Dentistry, received the eighth annual Ned Brooks Award for Public Service. Named for Brooks, a faculty member and administrator at Carolina since 1972, this award recognizes a faculty or staff member who has built a sustained record of community service through individual efforts and promoted the involvement and guidance of others.

Recipients of Robert E. Bryan Public Service Awards are:

• Karen Erickson of Hillsborough, Yoder Distinguished Professor in Allied Health Sciences and director of the Center for Literacy and Disability Studies;
• Megan Jones of Charlotte, a senior in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication;
• Jordan Treakle of Asheville, a senior majoring in international studies in the College of Arts and Sciences; and
• Maggie West of Raleigh, a senior majoring in public policy in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Recipients of the Provost Engaged Scholarship Awards are:

• Carolina Community Media Project of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication and
• School of Law Pro Bono Program.

The Carolina Center for Public Service engages and supports the faculty, students, and staff of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in meeting the needs of North Carolina and beyond. The Center strengthens the University's public service commitment by promoting scholarship and service that are responsive to the concerns of the state and contribute to the common good.

To learn more about each winner, read this story in the University Gazette online: http://gazette.unc.edu/online-only.html

Photo: http://152.2.194.2/netpub/server.np?find&site=Luminosity&catalog=catalog&template=view.np&field=itemid&op=matches&value=8689 ;Dr. Eugene S. Sandler of Chapel Hill received the eighth annual Ned Brooks Award for Public Service.

Carolina Center for Public Service contact: Lynn Blanchard, (919) 843-7568, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it