GROVE CITY, Pa. – Grove City College seeks nominations for the 28th annual Campus-Community Awards to be presented in November. The awards aim to publically recognize individuals who personally strengthen town-gown relationships. The deadline for nominations is October 8.

The nominee for the community award must be a local individual who has demonstrated or cultivated positive relationships between Grove City College and one or more community groups.

The nominee for the campus award must be a College employee or current student who donates substantial hours of volunteer service that benefits one or more organizations in the Grove City area and engenders a positive and engaged outlook between community and the College.

In 1971, Florence E. MacKenzie, wife of Grove City College president Dr. Charles S. MacKenzie, sought to cultivate the relationship between the College and the Grove City Borough community. Her efforts and involvement included serving as president of Grove City Woman’s Club, the Shakespeare Club, the Women’s Bowling League, secretary of the local United Way and president the Grove City Hospital Board of Trustees, where she oversaw the merger of the Bashline/Rossman and Grove City Hospitals, today known as the Grove City Medical Center.

Following her death in December 1981, President MacKenzie created the Campus-Community Awards to honor her vision and effort and appointed a committee to seek nominations of qualified individuals from both areas whose volunteer efforts embodied the spirit of her work. The awards have been presented since 1983.

To nominate a qualified individual deserving of a Campus-Community Award, please contact Charlene M. Shaw ’83, associate director of alumni programs and events, at cmshaw@gcc.edu. Letters will also be accepted; please mail to Charlene M. Shaw ’83, Alumni Office, 100 Campus Drive, Grove City, Pa. 16127.