Faculty Service Learning Award

The Faculty Service Learning Award recognizes faculty members for their extraordinary efforts in service learning programs. This Award is presented to a faculty member who has been supportive of service learning at UNO through faculty-student presentations, teaching circles, mentoring faculty-students, etc. The faculty member must also have a thorough understanding and appreciation of community issues such as professionalism and cultural competency.

Becky Brusky, MS

Department of Matematical and Statistical Sciences
College of Arts and Sciences

UNO is proud to recognize Becky Brusky, MS, lecturer in the Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, as the recipient of the 2025 Outstanding Faculty Service Learning Award. This award celebrates her dedication to service learning and her continued commitment to community-based educational partnerships.

Brusky’s work illustrates the powerful integration of academic excellence and community impact. Her courses don’t simply include service learning, they are built around it. Through this model, she enables students to apply statistical theory to real-world problems while addressing community needs through deep, collaborative partnerships.

Over the years, Brusky has engaged in a wide range of impactful service learning projects. Her students have worked with nonprofit organizations such as the Nebraska Diaper Bank, producing data analyses that directly inform community decision-making. Brusky’s excellence extends beyond the classroom, too. She has made remarkable contributions to the field through her research, presentations, and publications focused on service learning pedagogy. Her record of external grants further supports the impact of her work.

What sets Brusky apart is not only her dedication to community engagement but also her commitment to student success. Students describe her as passionate, encouraging, and transformational. “She had a remarkable way of connecting math to real-world applications while uplifting and supporting her students every step of the way,” wrote one student in a letter of support.

Through her teaching, scholarship, and collaboration, Brusky has elevated the role of service learning at UNO and empowered students to connect their learning to meaningful community impact. Her work stands as a model of excellence in engaged education.

Nomination Information

Faculty Service Learning Award Nomination Form

Important Dates

• March 1: Nomination Deadline
• April 1: Nominee documentation due

Past Award Recipients

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