Thank you to everyone who attended our 2025 End-of-Year celebration on June 2nd! We loved the opportunity to be in community with you all and honor the accomplishments of our incredible community. Please see below for some pictures and a list of our award winners. 

2025 Awards and Awardees

Thank you to all who submitted nominations for our End-of-Year awards and congratulations to our winners and nominees!

Dr. Donna M. Murasko Distinguished Faculty Award for Innovation in Civic Engagement

This award is presented annually to a faculty member who has incorporated the value of civic engagement into their teaching, research, clinical practice, or other academic pursuit or activity in new and innovative ways. 

2025 Awardee: Rogelio Miñana, Professor of Spanish and Global Studies and Vice Provost for Global Engagement

Dr. Mark L. Greenberg Distinguished Faculty Award for Community Based Learning

This distinguished faculty award is named in honor of the founder of the Lindy Center for Civic Engagement and former Provost, Dr. Mark L. Greenberg. It is awarded to a faculty member who is deeply committed to improving the public good on the local, national or global level through community-based learning. 

2025 Awardee: Glen Muschio, Associate Professor in Westphal College of Media Arts and Design

Distinguished Leadership in Civic Engagement for a Graduating Student

This award recognizes a Drexel senior that has shown the greatest level of leadership in programming of the Lindy Center and across the campus to promote the public mission of the university. These students serve as role models for undergraduates and are deeply committed to civic engagement.

2025 Awardees: Fahima Liza, Delaney Nordstrom, Alyssa Kemp, Victoria Rodríguez Villarreal, Jia Li Puma Stehlik

Outstanding Lindy Center Student Leader

This award is given yearly to a student that has shown deep commitment to civic engagement and significant contribution to Lindy Center programming. This “rising star” is recognized as an emerging leader both on campus and in the community.

2025 Awardee: Anna Cham

Outstanding AmeriCorps Co-op Member

This award is given yearly to an AmeriCorps co-op member who served during the past year (either fall/winter or spring/summer co-op cycles) who has shown deep commitment to civic engagement and made a significant contribution to their co-op partner and/or Lindy Center programs. 

2025 Awardees: Chelsea Ortega, Nationalities Service Center and Bryce Wood, ExCite Center

Student Organization Promoting Public Service and Social Responsibility

This award is presented each year to a student organization that exhibits leadership in promoting the ideals of public service and social responsibility. We award organizations that make distinct marks in engaging volunteers and meeting community needs.

2025 Awardee: Drexel Engineers without Borders

Distinguished Staff Award for Campus and Community Engagement

This honor is given to a staff member that exhibits the tenets of good campus or community partnership in their efforts regardless of their university role. This staff person should be someone who is not only personally engaged in their own communities but also encourages those around them to get involved and applies a civic-oriented mindset to their university work. 

2025 Awardee: Akilah Chatman, Community Science Specialist at The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University

Outstanding Education Partner 

The Lindy Center believes that education is a large part of responsible civic engagement - people who are going to make collective change in their communities need to be informed about the issues at hand and the tools of social change. This award recognizes individuals, community organizations, and/or campus partners who have done outstanding work to ensure education is included in civic engagement efforts. This includes Lindy Center partners who have been outstanding co-educators for our courses and other programs. 

2025 Awardee: Undergraduate Law Program

Outstanding Service Partner