'Stone Soup' Engagement Awards announced Awards for exemplary community and university engagement were announced by the Center for Community Engagement at a special “Stone Soup” awards luncheon program Nov. 5. This is the third year the Center has recognized community partners, faculty, students, and departments. This year’s Stone Soup theme, drawing on the folk tale of hungry travelers who start a soup with a stone and persuade villagers to contribute what they have to make to feed the community, emphasized the benefits of collaboration to achieve benefits to the community. Grand Forks Mayor Michael Brown and UND First Lady Marcia Kelley demonstrated the theme by serving the special soup recipe. These are the 2008 award winners: * Community Partner Award (co-recipients) The Grand Forks Housing Authority and Northlands Rescue Mission * Public Scholar Award Virgil Benoit, professor, languages department * Faculty Service-Learning Award Robin David, associate director, honors program * Carter Academic Service Entrepreneur Awards (These awards to undergraduate students carry a $1,000 grant from the Jimmy and Rosalyn Carter Foundation and Kellogg Foundation to be used on a service-learning project.) Sierra Kraft, senior in philosophy with a minor in nonprofit leadership Craig Meiers, senior in social work Tasha Spawn, senior in anthropology * Undergraduate Civic Engagement Award Brianne Huber, junior with majors in honors, psychology, and English * Graduate Civic Engagement Award Diana Nastasia, doctoral candidate in communication and public discourse * Engaged Department Award Honors program * Paul V. Boswell Community Scholar Award (presented by UND Multicultural Student Services) Hal Gershman Gordon Henry -- Lana Rakow, Director, Center for Community Engagement, lanarakow@mail.und.edu, 777-2287