Service Learning Awards

The Service Learning and Civic Engagement Recognition Program was created to recognize individuals and groups, whose excellence in service has gone above and beyond the standards set by the SL/CE Committee.

The SL/CE Committee met in the fall of 2011 to discuss the basic foundation of the recognition awards. During the course of that meeting, committee members brainstormed ideas of how many awards would be given, the award titles, and criteria of which the awards would be based. In the spring of 2012, the committee met again and finalized the above mentioned ideas.

List of Winners Through the Years

Faculty and Staff

Distinguished Service Award

2012 – Dr. Kylene Rehder
2013 – Kirk Rogers
2014 – Dr. Irene Messoloras
2015 – Dr. Martie Young
2016 – Karsten Longhurst
2017 – Kirk Rogers
2018 – Dr. Ramona Bartlow
2019 – Dr. Steven Maier
2020 – Dr. Tracy Beedy
2021 – Kirk Rogers
2022 – Dr. Robert Vest
2023 – Dr. Karsten Longhurst
2024 – Dr. Roger Brown/Business, Society and Government Class and the Woodward Food Bank
2025 – Dr. Mindi Clark and the General Horticulture Class

Most Inventive SL/CE Project/Event

2012 – Jennifer Oswald
2014 – Martie Young
2017 – Angelia Case
2018 – No Recipient
2019 – Angelia Case
2020 – Dr. Robert Vest
2021 – Dr. Mariann Braten-Hall
2022 – Jana Brown
2023 – Dr. Martie Young
2024 -Dr. Mindi Clark, General Horticulture

Greatest Community Impact

2012 – Dr. Steven Mackie
2014 – Curtis Cook
2015 – Dr. Martie Young
2016 – Tatum Radcliff
2017 – Dr. Kylene Rehder
2018 – Kimberly Weast
2019 – Dr. Tracy Beedy
2020 – Brooke Fuller, Jordan Franz, Anthony Barros, Kaylyn Hansen, & Halah Simon
2021 – Dr. Martie Young
2022 – Kimberly Weast & Mickey Jordan
2023 – Summer Foster
2024 – Steve Sneary – Oklahoma State Fair Livestock Judging
2025 – Dr. Roger Brown

Greatest Student Involvement

2012 – Susan Holliday
2014 – Susan Holliday
2015 – Dr. Leslie Collins
2016 – Dr. Kylene Rehder
2017 – Dr. Ramona Bartlow
2018 – Allora Miller
2019 – Dr. Leslie Collins & Dr. Ramona Bartlow
2020 – Seth Cudd
2021 – Steven Palmer
2022 – Karsten Longhurst
2023 – Dr. KeEra Byrd, Heidi Ritchie
2024 – Dr. Nicholas Ledbetter “Science Fair Judging/Regional Science Fair”
2025 – Xan Perkins

Students

The deSERVING Ranger Award

2015 – Raquel Conway
2016 – Shelby Lamberth
2017 – Codi Harding
2018 – Katelyn Van Vickle
2019 – Tiffany Willson
2020 – Ethan Sacket
2021 – Jessica Wildman
2022 – Chambrea Cook
2023 – Bishop Buck
2024 – Ashley Garner
2025 – Krystan Pierce
2026 – Alana Shotpouch

Newman Civic Fellow Award

2015 – Josi Hasenauer
2016 – Jordan Evans
2017 – Jack Nickelson
2018 – Riley Pearce
2019 – Jaqueline Ruhl
2020 – Landry Gaddy
2021 – Braeden Cook
2022 – Austin Rankin
2023 – Sagelyn Budy

Student Extracurricular Activities

The perSERVEring Ranger Award

2012 – NWOSU Art Society
2014 – Biology Club
2015 – Volleyball Team
2016 – No Recipient
2017 – No Recipient
2018 – No Recipient
2019 – Softball Team
2020 – Tiffany Misak & Enid Leadership Council
2021 – Dr. Steven Mackie & CORE
2022 – Lady Ranger Basketball
2023 – NWOSU women’s track and field
2024 – Dr. KeEra Byrd and Dr. Sierra Elsey, Student Nurses Association
2025 – Ethan Sacket and the Northwestern Scholar Ambassadors

The Applaud Award

2015 – Dr. Leslie Collins and Student Nursing Association
2016 – Angelia Case and Northwestern Art Society
2017 – Dr. Marc Decker and Pep Band
2018 – Jennifer Pribble and SWAT
2019 – Lady Ranger Basketball Team
2020 – Jill Lancaster & Men and Women Cross Country Team & Women Track and Field
2021 – Northwestern Foundation & Alumni Association
2022 – Ranger Baseball
2023 – NWOSU Women’s Basketball, Reading with the Lady Rangers
2024 – Carli Baxter and the Ranger Business Club
2025 – NWOSU Social Work “Primp for Prom”

Most Expressive Project/Event Award

2013 – Psychology Club, Enid Campus
2014 – Megan Stratton & International Students
2015 – Dr. Steven Maier & Science Fair Judging
2016 – Karsten Longhurst & NWOSU Choirs
2017 – Rebecca Cook & International Students
2018 – Paige Fischer & Northwestern Scholar Ambassadors
2019 – Kylene Rehder & Social Workers Association of Tomorrow (SWAT)
2020 – Matt Walter & Ranger Football
2021 – Olivia Yandel & Ranger Connection
2022 – Collegiate 4-H Club
2023 – Social Workers Association of Tomorrow Primp for Prom
2024 – Enid Leadership Council/Easter Egg Hunt
2025 – Dr. Bailey Lancaster and the NWOSU Psych Club “Sexual Assault Awareness Month”