Community Engagement Award 2024 Recipients
Congratulations to staff and faculty 2024 awardees
Chiara Citterio, Paige Jenkins, Dr. John Prescott and Dr. William Sandel
Chiara Citterio, MSU Counseling Center
![staff 2024 winner](/_Files/CEACitterio200.jpg)
Paige Jenkins, Office of Student Engagement
![staff 2024 winner](/_Files/CEAJenkins200.jpg)
Dr. John Prescott, Professor, Music
Grabbing his bugle, John honors our service veterans by performing Taps at numerous
events and memorial services. And since its inception 15 years ago, his has been
the lead off for MSU’s annual Taps Project which is held on Veteran’s Day. For over
2 decades he has lent his talents to leading Handbell Choirs for several church organizations
and volunteered in a variety of ways with the Boy Scouts. John credits his father,
a World War II pilot and gospel music singer, for instilling in him at a young age
the importance of faith, giving back, and the value of sharing your talents with others.
Dr. William Sandel, Assistant Professor, Criminology & Criminal Justice
Bill’s passion to serve the greater good, has improved the safety and well-being for
many communities. He has been instrumental in developing local, state and national
programming…even a state-of-the-art virtual reality training system…for the training
purposes and prevention of active shootings. In this arena he is also a subject matter
expert and data scientist for the FBI… and the Springfield Police Department’s Gun
Crimes Project. His other volunteer projects have ranged from being a park board member for the City
of Battlefield, a volunteer fire fighter, and a rescuer of stranded marine mammals.