Campus Compact is pleased to announce that Piedmont Virginia Community College (PVCC) has been awarded Campus Compact’s Eduardo J. Padrón Award for Institutional Transformation. The award recognizes community colleges that have successfully implemented institution-wide efforts to address issues of public concern by aligning teaching, research, practice, and values in service of the common good. Recipients are institutions that have undertaken comprehensive efforts to advance the values articulated in Campus Compact’s 30th Anniversary Action Statement of Presidents and Chancellors.
Piedmont Virginia Community College, a public community college located in Charlottesville, Virginia, was founded on the belief that education transforms lives and strengthens communities. PVCC’s commitment to preparing students for lives of engaged citizenship is evidenced by curricular and co-curricular activities. For the past three years, PVCC has offered civic engagement classes in each major and made them a requirement for graduation. PVCC maintains a deep emphasis on civic learning and action—engaging students in its PVCC Votes! initiative, facilitating campus-wide deliberative dialogues, and garnering numerous recognitions for on-campus voter engagement.
“PVCC values include access, academic rigor, student success, community impact, and intellectual vitality,” said PVCC President Jean M. Runyon in a letter supporting the college’s nomination. “Specifically, our commitment to community impact includes a bold pledge to prepare students for lives of engaged citizenship. We believe our civic engagement work contributes ‘to the economic, civic and cultural vitality of our region, the Commonwealth of Virginia, our nation, and the world.’ As we embark on our next 50 years of excellence and impact, we will continue to promote civic engagement as a core element of our mission as a college.”
The Eduardo J. Padrón Award for Institutional Transformation is presented as part of Campus Compact's Impact Awards, which recognize the outstanding work of individuals and institutions in pursuit of the public purposes of higher education.
Awardees will be recognized during a summer event series hosted by Campus Compact and IARSLCE to celebrate the recipients of each organization’s annual awards.
For more information contact:
Molly Leiper, Director of Communications, Campus Compact, [email protected]