For Brian Dever, learning does not stop at the classroom door--to him, service learning is an integral part of a student's education. During his junior and senior years, Dever, of Centerville, Mass., served as service learning co-coordinator for Carleton's Acting in the Community Together office, where he worked with students and faculty to integrate service projects into Carleton's curriculum.

"We want to bring students out of the Carleton 'bubble' and into the community and the world," he said. Dever's work ranged from providing contacts for professors who wanted to add service learning components, to coordinating service trips for classes. As a result, one professor gave her students the option of presenting research to elementary students instead of writing a paper.

Dever was rewarded for his efforts, when he received Minnesota Campus Compact's Sister Pat Kowalski Leadership Award in recognition of his skills in strengthening service learning and campus collaboration. "This award is a sign that Minnesota Campus Compact realizes that service learning is on its way up at Carleton," Dever said. After graduation, Brian worked with AmeriCorps and now serves as the Adult Director of a youth center in Northfield.