In recognition of its 40th year, the Center for Community Engaged Learning, in partnership with the Associate Provost for University Outreach and Engagement and the Vice President for Student Affairs and Services, and with endorsement from the Provost, inaugurated the MSU Curricular Service-Learning and Civic Engagement Awards from 2008-2017. Conferred annually, the awards recognized individuals who have demonstrated innovative and/or sustained effort in the area of academic, curricular, or co-curricular service-learning/civic engagement that is specifically linked with the mission and efforts of their colleges. Recipients were selected from faculty and staff by the deans of each college.

• College of Arts and Letters
• Alison Clare Dobbins, Associate Professor of Integrated Performance Media Design, Theatre
• College of Communication Arts and Sciences
• David Keith Poulson, Senior Associate Director, Knight Center for Environmental Journalism, School of Journalism
• College of Human Medicine
• Rae Lee Schnuth, Assistant Dean for Curricular Projects
• College of Law
• Joshua Matthew Wease, Assistant Clinical Professor of Law
• College of Music
• Rodney T. Whitaker, University Distinguished Professor of Jazz Bass and Director of Jazz Studies
• College of Natural Science
• Pavel Sikorskii, Co-Director, Undergraduate Studies, Mathematics
• College of Social Science
• Joshua Sapotichne, Associate Professor, Political Science
• College of Veterinary Medicine
• Daniel K. Langlois, Assistant Professor, Small Animal Clinical Sciences
• John Philip Buchweitz, Assistant Professor and Toxicology Section Chief, Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, Pathobiology and Diagnostic Investigation
• James Madison College
• Louise Ann Jezierski, Associate Professor
• Lyman Briggs College
• Sara C. Fingal, Assistant Professor, History
• Rebecca H. Lahr, Assistant Professor, Chemistry
• Residential College in the Arts and Humanities
• Kevin Lamont Brooks, Academic Specialist for Diversity and Civic Engagement