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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

Spirit of Service Awards

To promote and recognize student contributions to service, both at Rice and in the broader Houston community, the Rice Service Council honors individuals at the annual Volunteer Recognition Event with the Spirit of Service Awards.

The Rice Service Council’s Spirit of Service Awards strive to recognize individuals who continually try to meet the needs of their clients, community partners, and co-volunteers without complaint or formality.  Rice undergraduate or graduate students who act selflessly to bring aid to those around may be recommended by a peer, a volunteer coordinator, or agency representative familiar with their work.  Those students who seem motivated by giving, not receiving, and habitually ask themselves and others what they can do to help should be considered for an award.

The recipients of the Spirit of Service Awards will be formally recognized at the third annual Volunteer Recognition Event on Saturday, April 14, 2012 at 5:30pm in (location TBD).

  • 2011 Recipients -  Gabe Cuadra (Will Rice), Jaclyn Dean (Lovett), Benjamin Lu (Hanszen), Faroukh Mehkri (Martel), Arindam Sarkar (Lovett), and Raymond Verm (Hanszen)
  • 2010 Recipients -  Maria Condasce (Jones), Matthew Diasio (Sid Richardson), Nicole Kwan (Baker), Kelsey Lau (Brown), Albert Wei (Will Rice), and Liz Young (Baker)
  • 2009 Recipients -  Jeremy Caves (Wiess), Connie Foo (Brown), John Allen Gregory (Sid Richardson), Kemly Philip (Hanszen), and Laura Zhang (Hanszen)

Deadline for Nominations: 5:00pm on Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Nomination Form