Harold Love Outstanding Community Service Award

Community service recognition programs for higher education students and faculty/staff at the campus level were created in Tennessee through legislation enacted by the General Assembly in 1991. In 1997, the awards were named for the late Representative Harold Love, who was instrumental in passing the enabling legislation. The Tennessee Higher Education Commission was charged with developing rules and regulations to implement these programs for public and private two- and four-year postsecondary institutions across the state. A selection committee of institutional and board representatives is convened each year to review each nomination submitted by the campuses and to select the five student and five faculty/staff recipients.

The individuals selected to receive recognition represent the many dimensions of community service/volunteer work, public service, charitable service, and leadership roles in community organizations. The award recipients serve as ambassadors for community service among Tennessee’s diverse higher education communities. Each recipient will receive a $1,000 cash prize.​

YEAR	STUDENT	MAJOR
2024	Maxwell, Brian	Video and Film Production
2024	Certain, Elliot	Social Work
2023	Little, Dimend	International Relations
2022	Torres, Cynthia	Psychology
2021	Rempis, Miura	History and Political Science
2020	Morin, Gabriella	Biology and Foreign Language
2019	Laffely, Gareth	Marketing
2018	Owen, Robert	Biology
2016	Madigan, Chloe	English
2015	Paul, Erin	Interdiscplinary Studies
2014	Martin, Tandra	International Relations