ECU student honored as 2018 Newman Civic Fellow
Haley Creef has been named a Newman Civic Fellow. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Campus Compact, a Boston-based nonprofit organization working to advance the public purposes of higher education, has announced the 268 students who will make up the organization’s 2018 group of Newman Civic Fellows, including East Carolina University’s own Haley Creef.
“Haley is an outstanding role model for other students – she is passionate about our local community but committed to learning about large-scale issues,” said Dr. Dennis McCunney, director of ECU’s Center for Leadership and Civic Engagement, who recommended Creef for the honor. “She connects her learning in the classroom with her involvement in civic issues. In so many ways, she embodies what it means to be an ECU student.”
Creef, a sophomore studying finance and economics, has served as a voter engagement student leader with the CLCE, a mentor for Jarvis Leadership Residence Hall, a special education teaching assistant at a local elementary school, and as treasurer for ECU’s Student Government Association.
“Since she arrived on campus, Haley has committed herself to putting many of ECU’s most treasured values – public service, leadership and community engagement – into action,” said Chancellor Cecil Staton in his nomination letter. “Through all of her activities and more, Haley displays her passion for enhancing our campus community as well as our local community.”
Creef is studying finance and economics at ECU.
The Newman Civic Fellowship, named for Campus Compact co-founder Frank Newman, is a one-year experience emphasizing personal, professional and civic growth. Through the fellowship, Campus Compact provides a variety of learning and networking opportunities, including a national conference of Newman Civic Fellows in partnership with the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate. The fellowship also provides fellows with access to apply for exclusive scholarship and post-graduate opportunities.
“We are thrilled to have the opportunity to celebrate and engage with such an extraordinary group of students,” said Campus Compact president Andrew Seligsohn. “The stories of this year’s Newman Civic Fellows make clear that they are bringing people together in their communities to solve pressing problems. That is what Campus Compact is about, and it’s what our country and our world desperately need.”
The Newman Civic Fellowship is supported by the KPMG Foundation and Newman’s Own Foundation.
-by Jules Norwood, ECU News Services