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Main Page Contact Francisco Duque, 912.344.2971 For Immediate Release AASU Names Three Jefferson Award Recipients(May 6, 2008) Armstrong Atlantic State University has announced three local winners of the national Jefferson Awards for Public Service. They are: Chris Nowicki, Student Government Association senator; Patricia Coberly, associate professor and program director of special and adult education; and Chris McCarthy, an instructional technology support specialist in the School of Computing. The three were honored by the university as Jefferson Awards winners for their commitment to volunteerism. Nowicki, a junior, will represent AASU during a national award ceremony hosted by the Jefferson Awards for Public Service on June 17 in Washington D.C. In 1972, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, U.S. Senator Robert Taft, Jr. and Sam Beard founded the American Institute for Public Service, a 501c3 public foundation, to establish a Nobel Prize for public and community service - the Jefferson Awards. The Jefferson Awards, of which Armstrong Atlantic is a Champion participating organization, are presented on two levels: national and local. National award recipients represent a "Who's Who" of outstanding Americans. On the local level, Jefferson Awards recipients are ordinary people who do extraordinary things without expectation of recognition or reward. Chris Nowicki has devoted much of his spare time to improving the welfare of his fellow students and working with community youth in the 4-H program. He has been active on campus with campus safety walks and has worked to improve dining services and the student e-mail service. Additionally, Norwicki has a passion for working with youth to help them gain the skills needed to become active and productive citizens. He volunteers with disaster services at The American Red Cross. Patricia "Trish" Coberly has devoted many years as a volunteer to improve the lives of residents in the Cuyler-Brownsville neighborhood served by St. Mary's Community Center. She has helped by recruiting volunteers from the AASU's colleges of Education and Health Professions and securing grants and donations. Some $100,000 in grants have been submitted on behalf of the center. Computer and financial literacy classes have been established and an eight-week course on job search skills has been introduced. Two faculty nurse practitioners from AASU visit the center twice a week to do simple triage and referrals for patients. Chris McCarthy has volunteered for campus campaigns that increase support for student scholarships and programs. He has served as a charter board member, chairman, and spokesperson for the university's annual faculty and staff fundraising campaign since 2001. His work on the campaign has resulted in an average of $72,000 in gifts to the university each year and an increase in campus participation from 17 to 73 percent. Along the way, McCarthy has led his department to achieve 100 percent participation each year since 2002. McCarthy has also worked on a larger campaign, 3 Days for AASU, which solicits pledges from the business community to support scholarships and university programs. |
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