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Howard R Swearer Student Humanitarian Award

National Campus Compact

Informational Calls for Swearer and Newman awards: California Campus Compact will be hosting 2 informational calls for students, faculty, and service-learning directors interested in learning more about these two student awards, including the nomination process, elements of a strong application, and more. The calls are scheduled on February 27 from 11 am - 12 pm and March 12 from 12 pm - 1 pm. Please RSVP by Tuesday February 26 to ann@cacampuscompact.org to participate in a call and receive the call-in phone number.

Each year since 1987, Campus Compact member presidents are invited to nominate one student for this prestigious award. Five students are selected to receive this distinguished award for their outstanding public service along with $1,500 to help strengthen or sustain the service program of their design or choice. Please visit National Campus Compact's website for more information, history and nominating criteria, and frequently-asked questions.

2008 Call for Nominations

Nominations for the 2008 Howard Swearer Student Humanitarian Award is due at National Campus Compact on March 21, 2008. For more information and to access the online application, please visit http://www.compact.org/awards/swearer.

2005 Finalists and Winners from California

We are proud to announce the following students, nominated by the president of the campuses, for the Howard R Swearer Award:

• Mary Ann De Banate, Scripps College (Finalist)
• Ravneet Kaur, Stanford University (Winner)

This year's award was presented at the Continuums of Service Conference in Portland, Oregon on April 13, 2005.

1987-2004 Nominees, Finalists and Winners from California

Year	Student Name	Institution	Nominated by
2005 Winner	Ravneet Kaur	Stanford University	President John L. Hennessy
2005 Finalist	Mary Ann De Banate	Scripps College	President Nancy Bekavac
2004 Finalist	Amrit Kumar Rao	Stanford University	President John L. Hennessy
2004 Nominees	Hiromi Arai	CSU Channel Island	President Richard R. Rush
	DeShante Cummings	CSU Los Angeles	President James M. Rosser
	Robert A Keal	Azusa Pacific University	President Jon R. Wallace
	Maureen MacLeod	UC Berkeley	President Robert M. Berdahl
2003 Finalist	MaryJane Yohko Skjellerup	UC Santa Cruz	President M.R.C. Greenwood
2003 Nominees	Erin Bishop	Santa Clara University	President Paul Locatelli
	Nataly Buenrostro	Pitzer College	President Laura Skandera Trombley
	Nadia Corona	CSU Los Angeles	President James Rosser
	Samuel B. Crow	CSU Chico	President Manuel Estebam
	Timothy Grigsby	MiraCosta College	President Tim Dong
	Sarah E. Hafner	Loyola Marymount University	President Robert B. Lawton
	Catherine Joaquin	UC Santa Barbara	President Henry T. Yang
	Robert A Keal	Azusa Pacific University	President President Jon R. Wallace
	Susan Keller	CSU Sacramento	President Donald R. Gerth
	Wilson Kenneth Leung	UC San Diego	President Robert Dynes
	Donna J. Lubbers	Saint Mary's College	President Marilou Elred
	Maureen MacLeod	UC Berkeley	President Robert M. Berdahl
	Mica Miro	Mills College	President Janet Holmgren
	Teresa Ramirez	CSU Dominguez Hills	President James E. Lyons
	Susan Sexton	Humboldt State University	President Rollin Richmond
	Matthew B. Singer	UC Berkeley	President Robert M. Berdahl
2002 Winner	Genoveva Aguilar	University of San Diego	President Mary E. Lyons
2002 Finalist	Ashley Howard	CSU Fresno	President John D. Welty
2001 Winner	Zeyad B. Elsayed	CSU Sacramento	President Donald R. Gerth
2001 Nominees	Brian Elliot	Stanford University	President John Hennessy
	Ashley Howard	Saint Mary's College	President Marilou Eldred
	Laurie Garza	San Diego State University	President Stephen L. Weber
	Tara Kramlich	Butte College	President Sandra C. Acebo
	Linda Madison	San Francisco State University	President Robert Corrigan
2000 Winner	Cecilia Shepard	San Francisco State University	President Robert Corrigan
1999 Finalist	Christopher Boudreau	CSU Fresno	President John D. Welty
	Dorothy Sobus	Mount Saint Mary's College	President George Houston, Jr.
	Caitlin Stanton	Mills College	President Janet Holmgren
	Nicholas Tomb	Humboldt State University	President Alistair McCrone
1998 Finalist	Sherman Mitchell II	CSU Northridge	President Blenda J. Wilson
1997 Finalist	Aimee Barnes	San Francisco State University
	Sarah Evenskaas	University of San Diego
	Tara Tahmouresie	University of San Diego
1995 Winner	Michelle Di Pilla	UC Los Angeles
1994 Winner	Desiree DeSurra	UC Los Angeles
1991 Winner	Ann-Therese Ortiz	Santa Clara University
1990 Winner	Virginia Torres	UC Los Angeles
1989 Winner	Jonathan Ohlsen	Humboldt State University
1987 Winner	George Cuevas	Stanford University