Past Honorees
2023 Community Partner Celebration Honorees
M. Kate Stewart Community Engaged Researcher of the Year Award
- Dr. Nakita Lovelady
- Dr. Jaimi ‘Mimi’ Allen
- Dr. Katy Allison- Winner
- Dr. Keneshia Bryant-Moore – Honorary Winner
Community Engaged Student/Trainee of the Year Award
- Ciara Jenkins
- Alice Gardner- Winner
Community Advisory Board of the Year Award
- Barbershop Talk Steering Committee
- Center for Childhood Obesity Prevention
- Health and the Legal Systems (HEALS) Lab CAB
- Arkansas Community Engagement Alliance (CEAL)– Winner
Community Engaged Research Staff Member of the Year Award
- Elizabeth Hayes
- Camille Hart
- Kejjo Clarence
- Linda Salley
- Elizabeth Taylor- Winner
The Chancellor’s Community Engaged Research Partner of the Year Award
- Arkansas Interfaith Power and Light,
- Coalition for A Tobacco Free Arkansas
- Engaging Arkansas Communities
- Boys, Girls, Adults Community Development Center
- Arkansas Cancer Coalition
- Marshallese Educational Initiative
- Eldon Alik
- Community Pharmacy Educational Support Network
- Our House Shelter Inc.
- Giving Others Ambition Together (G.O.A.T)
- Arkansas Hands & Voices
- Arkansas Community Health Worker Association (ARCHWA)
- Arkansas Community Corrections
- Center for Healing Hearts and Spirits- Winner
2019 Community Partner Celebration Honorees*
- Arkansas Birthing Project
- Arkansas Transgender Equality Coalition
- UAMS 12th Street Health and Wellness Community Advisory Board
- Northwest Arkansas Food Bank
- Apple Seeds, Inc.
- Little Rock School District & ArkansSONO SEPA: Annice Steadman and Linda Young
- Childcare Aware of Arkansas Regional Offices: Beverly Wright, Carolene Thornton, Debbie Mize Tiffani Fletcher, Terri Helms
- Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care: Julie Kettlewell
- Museum of Discovery STEM program
- Neonatology Perinatal Regionalization: Drs. Terry Zuerlein, Kristi Palmer, and Sameer Wagle
- Parkinson’s Foundation
- Boys Girls Adults Community Development Center
- Marshallese Educational Initative
- Our House, Inc.
- Arkansas Department of Health, Family Health Branch
- Allstate Insurance, Southern Region
- Arkansas Department of Education, Division of Learning Services
- Lee County Cooperative Clinic
- Little Rock School District Excel Program: Cynthia Booker and Hillary McCree
- Arkansas Community Health Worker Association
- Urban League of Arkansas
- Planting a Seed Foundation
- Tri County Rural Health Network, Inc.
- The Confess Project
- Bank of America of Arkansas
- Arkansas STEM Coalition
- North Arkansas Partnership for Health Education
- Arkansas Rehabilitation Services
2018 Community Based Organization of the Year Nominees
- Coalition for a Tobacco Free Arkansas
- Harmony Health Clinic
- Holman Heritage Community Center – Winner
- Our House
- ROOTS
2018 Chancellor’s Community Research Partner Award Nominees
- Better Community Development, Inc. – Winner
2018 Community Advisory Board of the Year Nominees
- 12th Street Health and Wellness Clinic Community Advisory Board – Winner
- AR Prevention Research Center CAB
- Faith Task Force
- Wise Quality Improvement Panel
2018 Community Partnership Student Award Nominees
- Katy Allison
- Kevin Hemphill
- Kimberly Hayman
- John Musser – Winner
2018 Institutional Health Partner Award Nominees
- AR Minority Health Commission
- Benton County – Winner
- WIC AR Department of Health
2017 Chancellor’s Community Research Partner Award Nominees
- Arkansas Birthing Project
- Arkansas County Cares
- Phillips and Jefferson Counties Faith Task Force – Winner
2017 Community Partnership Student Award
- Ansley Scott
- Benetick Maddison
- Kyle Kaminicki
- Steven Keller – Winner
2017 Institutional Health Partner Award
- Arkansas Department of Health
- Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care
- Arkansas Minority Health Commission
- Arkansas Travelers Baseball Club
- Baptist Health
- Mercy Hospital Northwest – Community Health Team
- Roller – Chenal Funeral Home
- University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service – Winner
- University of Central Arkansas Master of Science Dietetic Internship
2017 Community Based Organization of the Year Award
- Arkansas Community Health Worker Association
- Boys, Girls, Adults Community Development Center
- Samaritan Community Center – Winner
2017 Community Advisory Board of the Year Award
- FAITH Network Community Advisory Board
- Marshallese Community Health Advisory Board – Winner
- Women and Infant Service Line Patient and Family Advisory Council
2016 Honorees Community Organizations
- Health Impact Assessment Coalition Immerse Arkansas
- Jefferson County Emotional Wellness Taskforce
- Jericho Way
- Transgender Equality Network
2016 Chancellor’s Community Research Partner Award Nominees
- Arkansas Community Organizations
- Arkansas Prevention Research Center Community Advisory Board
- Arkansas Transgender Equality Coalition
- Shiloh Baptist Church
- Tri County Rural Health Network – Winner
2015 Community Organizations Honorees
- Arkansas Community Health Worker Association (ARCHWA)
- Arkansas Voices for the Children Left Behind
- Cisneros Center for New Americans
- Divine Deliverance
- East Arkansas Family Health Center
- El Zocalo Immigrant Resource Center
- First Baptist Dew Drop Church
- Hispanic Women’s Organization of Arkansas
- House of Benjamin
- Human Rights Campaign
- King’s Chapel
- Lee County Cooperative Clinic
- New Light Missionary Baptist Church
- Oak Forest United Methodist Church
- Planting A Seed Foundation
- Pleasant View Ministries Church
- Regenerated Missionary Baptist Church
- Rural Community Alliance
- Seeds of Liberation
- Washington Regional Medical Center Employee Education Department
- Young Adult Opportunity Center
2015 Community Advisory Board Honorees
- Arkansas Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Task Force
- Thomas & Lyon Longevity Clinic Patient and Family Advisory Council
- TransForm Health Arkansas Research Working Group
- UAMS Hospital Patient and Family Advisory Council
2014 Community Advisory Board Honorees
- 12th Street Health and Wellness Center CAB
- Arkansas Center for Health Disparities (ARCHD) Community Engagement Core CAB
- Community Advisory Committee to the Texarkana Regional Center on Aging
- Cord Blood Bank of Arkansas Advisory Board
- Faith Task Force
- Jefferson County Faith Task Force
- PCORI CAB
- Prevention Research Center (PRC) CAB
- Translational Research Institute (TRI) CAB
2014 Community Organization Honorees
- Arkansas Coalition of Marshallese
- Arkansas Disability Coalition/Arkansas Family-2-Family Health Information Center
- Arkansas Epilepsy Association
- Boys, Girls, Adults Community Development Center
- CARE Coalition
- East Arkansas Enterprise Community, Inc.
- Feed Communities
- Gaps in Services to the Marshallese Taskforce
- Greater Macedonia Baptist Church
- Holman Community Development Center
- Mid Delta Community Consortium
- Mississippi County Economic Opportunity Commission, Inc.
- Neighbors that Love
- Promise Neighborhood Advisory Board
- Tri County Rural Health Network
2013 Community Organization Honorees
- Arkansas Community Organizations
- Better Community Development Inc.
- Boys Girls Adults Community Development Center
- Children’s Advocacy Centers of Arkansas
- Harmony Health Clinic
- Home Instruction for Parents of Pre-School Youngsters (HIPPY)
- Mid-Delta Community Consortium
- North Little Rock Pre-School Programs
- Promiseland Church
- Rampy MS Research Foundation
- Recovery Centers of Arkansas
- Shiloh Baptist Church
- Tri County Rural Health Network
- Tri-Region Head Start
2013 Community Advisory Board Honorees
- Arkansas Center for Health Disparities
- Arkansas Grow Healthy Study
- Arkansas Prevention Research Center
- Internal Medicine Clinic North
- PCORI “Addressing Mental Health Needs” Study
- Phillips County Faith Task Force
- Serving Survivors Project
- Translational Research Institute
- West Central Center on Aging
- 12th Street Health & Wellness Center
*2019 – We honored all nominees rather than handing out specific awards