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MACC Gala Thank You

Posted on: April 15, 2011

Thank You!  

On behalf of the MACC Executive Board and Staff, we would like to thank everyone who supported and attended the MACC Gala  and Awards Dinner. The day was a huge success and it was truly inspiring to see MACC member campuses, their faculty, staff, students and community partners all gathered together to celebrate exemplary civic engagement around the state.   

45 people attended the Institutes

Over 40 member programs were represented at the Civic Engagement Showcase

Over 150 people networked at the Civic Engagement Showcase

300 people attended the Awards Dinner

To read the stories of all the award nominees and finalists you can read the MACC Final Program for the evening.

Award Winners:

Founder’s Award-

Dr. John DiBiaggio, Former President, Tufts University 

Elected Official-

Congressman John Tierney

You can see a video of Congressman Tierney’s acceptance speech here:

Mayor Joseph O’Brien of Worcester

Student Service-

Martika Jenkins- Babson College

Laura Thorup- Cape Cod Community College

Community Partnership-

Lasell College/The Second Step

Massachusetts Institute of Technology/MIT@Lawrence

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