Posted at 1:16 a.m., Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Maui CC student wins national humanitarian award
Advertiser Staff
Maui Community College student Jessica "Mira" Allen is one of just five college students in the nation to win the 2007 Howard R. Swearer Student Humanitarian Award from Campus Compact, a national coalition of more than 1,000 college and university presidents that represents some six million students who are committed to fulfilling the civic purposes of higher education.Only one community college recipient of the award is selected each year, an MCC news release said.
Campus Compact presents the Swearer Award annually to five students nominated by their college presidents for creating an innovative approach to addressing a social, educational, environmental, health, economic, or legal issue within a community. Each award includes a $1,500 prize — $250 to support a service program or organization the student has worked with and $1,250 for the student's professional development.
Allen, who is studying journalism, is news editor of the student newspaper, Ho'oulu, and vice president of scholarship for Maui CC's Phi Theta Kappa chapter, an international honor society for two-year colleges.
Her service learning projects include participation in a language exchange program where she teaches English to someone in exchange for learning Spanish once a week. As vice president of scholarship for Phi Theta Kappa, she also aids other students in finding scholarships to obtain their education by organizing campus workshops.
