Nominations sought for award

Applications for the third annual Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Partnership Award for Campus-Community Collaboration are being sought by the College of Arts and Sciences at Georgia State University.

The award recognizes campus and community groups in Georgia that work together to produce measurable improvements in people's lives and enhance learning in the process. Beginning this year, the award will increase to $20,000 in support of the winning program, with $10,000 going to
each partner. The deadline to apply is June 10, 2002.

The Carter Partnership Award was organized in 2000 and named for Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter as a tribute to their lifelong efforts to build and strengthen safe, healthy and caring communities throughout the world. Since that time, more than 60 campus-community programs from across the state have applied for the award. Applicants have included literacy programs, projects that offer help to immigrant families, efforts to reduce child abuse and teen pregnancy, programs for those with disabilities, neighborhood revitalization initiatives, and health care programs.

ZAP Asthma Consortium, a partnership with Emory University and Clark-Atlanta University that focuses on improving the health and quality of life for inner-city children with asthma, won the 2001 Carter Partnership Award.

To be eligible for the 2002 Carter Partnership Award, programs must involve collaboration between a Georgia college or university and a community group. Award guidelines specify that programs must have been in operation for at least two years and should focus on improving the lives of families and communities and on learning, research and service for higher education participants. Other award criteria include recognizing and building upon community strengths, the ability to document results, and a history of shared decision-making between community and higher education partners.

A selection committee composed of representatives from higher education, business and government organizations will choose the finalists and winner of the award. The finalists will be announced in August. The winner of the Carter Partnership Award will be announced in Fall 2002 at an award ceremony on the campus of Georgia State University.

The Carter Partnership Award was established through a pilot grant from the Annie E. Casey Foundation and with support from presenting sponsor BellSouth. The Casey Foundation has also provided funds to promote the award in other states. Since the replication effort began earlier this
year, plans have been made to adopt the Carter Partnership Award in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, and discussions are underway in several other states.

Applications for the 2002 Carter Partnership Award can be downloaded online at www.gsu.edu/carteraward.

For more information about the Carter Partnership Award for Campus-Community Collaboration, visit www.gsu.edu/carteraward, e-mail rtrammell@gsu.edu or call 404-463-9538.