2024 Provost/Netter Center Faculty-Community Partnership Award Ceremony

Provost John L. Jackson, Jr. and Netter Center Director Ira Harkavy are pleased to announce Dr. Lisa Servon, the Kevin and Erica Penn Presidential Professor at the Stuart Weitzman School of Design, and Kensington Corridor Trust (KCT) have been named the recipients of the 2024 Provost/Netter Center Faculty-Community Partnership Award.

The 2024 Provost/Netter Center Faculty-Community Partnership Award Ceremony will be held on Monday, December 16th from 11:30am-12:30pm in Houston Hall (3417 Spruce St) in the Class of ‘49 Auditorium. Since 2021, Dr. Servon’s Academically Based Community Service (ABCS) course, Practicum in Housing, Community and Economic Development, has worked with KCT, a community-based organization that fosters the equitable economic revitalization of the Kensington Avenue commercial corridor and its surrounding neighborhood. Through this capstone course, Master’s of City Planning students work with community members on projects identified by KCT, which has resulted in sustained, tangible, and mutually beneficial impacts. The award further recognizes Dr. Servon’s commitment to and leadership in community-engaged research and building trusted, sustained relationships with community-based organizations.

The Provost/Netter Center Faculty-Community Partnership Award is an annual award that recognizes sustained and productive faculty-community partnership projects. The award includes $10,000 ($5,000 to the faculty partner and $5,000 to the community partner) to further develop the projects.

Join us in celebrating Dr. Servon and Kensington Corridor Trust, and supporting community-engaged scholarship and ABCS at Penn, at the awards ceremony on December 16. Lunch will be served.

Please RSVP on this short response form by December 11th (virtual participation also available).