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Community Involvement Center

Mailing Address for Couriers:
Rice University
6100 Main Street, MS-200
Houston, TX  77005

Mailing Address for U.S.P.S.:
PO Box 1892
MS-200
Houston, TX  77251-1892

Campus Physical Location:
Rice Memorial Center
2nd Floor
Center for Civic Engagement Suite

service@rice.edu
Phone: 713-348-4970
Fax: 713-348-5885

Alan Grob Prize

This award is named in honor of Alan Grob, for forty years a great teacher of literature at Rice University and a voice for those who could not speak for themselves. The Alan Grob Prize is awarded annually to Rice undergraduates who, through service to the larger community, have demonstrated devotion to the needs and interests of the economically and culturally disadvantaged. The recipients' activities shall exemplify the values of community service that Professor Grob lived and so eloquently taught.

  • 2009 Recipients - Tony Castilleja (Hanszen), Eric Silberman (Hanszen), Gislaine Williams (Jones), Roque Sanchez (Wiess), Katherine Gomer (Hanszen)
  • 2008 Recipients - Laura Bruynell (Jones), Sophie Kim (Will Rice), Christina Lagos (Wiess), Alicia “Alley” Lyles (Martel), Pamela Mathai (Lovett), and Daniela Rimer (Brown)
  • 2007 Recipients - Leonard Chan (Lovett), Imo Ikeogu (Wiess), Cameron McGriff (Hanszen), Nora Saavedra (Will Rice), Nitya Shenkar (), and Daniela Rimer (Brown)
  • 2006 Recipients - Rathi Asaithambi (Sid Richardson), Jessica Flores (Lovett), Ross Gordon (Martel), and Jennifer Werdenberg (Jones)
  • 2005 Recipient - Alex Gordon (Martel)
  • 2004 Recipient - John Belanger (Lovett)

Deadline for Nominations: To Be Announced in Spring 2008

Nomination Form