College Awards

The College is proud to take an active role in the community in order to bring about change, understanding, and awareness. Many of us realize that instilling ideas of cultural diversity and social responsibility into students will benefit the community and society as a whole.

2008

League for Innovation in the Community College 2008 Innovation of the Year Award
Center for Law and Society
Kathleen Smith, David Freeman and Thomas Doyle

2005

National Center for Community Engagement 2005 Service Learning and Civic Engagement Award
This national honor celebrates outstanding campus-based service learning and civic engagement programs. The award is for our Nursing department and the 19130 Zip Code Project.

2004
Charles Kennedy Equity Award
This prestigious, national honor is awarded to institutions of higher education who have demonstrated leadership in setting policies and in assuring results for the enhancement and expansion of opportunities for minorities and women.

2002

Bellwether Award, Workforce Development Category
The Bellwether recognizes outstanding and innovative practices that are successfully leading community colleges into the 21st century.

Biomedical Training Program with the Wistar Institute
Rick Hock, program leader

Enterprise Award for the Educational Program of the Year
This prestigious award, presented by the Eastern Technology Council, recognizes the achievements of the region's most outstanding technology companies and CEOs, including those who have developed educational programs.

Biomedical Training Program with the Wistar Institute

2001

Drum Major for Educational Justice Award from the Martin Luther King Jr. Association for Nonviolence
This honor is given in appreciation of the pivotal role that the College has played in the lives of over 500,000 Philadelphians in the past three decades. The association gives the award to organizations that reflect Dr. King's life and mission.

Humanitarian Award from the Philadelphia Chapter of the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association (ALS)
This award was received in recognition of the College's support and dedication of a faculty member diagnosed with the disease.