UC Student and Former UC Administrator to Receive the University s Just Community Award

The University of Cincinnati will present the 16th annual Just Community Awards at the

University Recognition Ceremony at 4 p.m., Sunday, April 14, in the Great Hall of Tangeman University Center.

UC’s nationally recognized Just Community initiative – first launched in 1995 as a proposal to build a sense of community and to recognize and respect diversity – evolved from students, staff, faculty and administrators across the university. The civic education program was created around the principles of pursuing scholarship and leadership, celebrating the uniqueness of each individual, practicing civility, embracing freedom and openness, seeking integrity, promoting justice, striving for excellence and accepting responsibility.

The recipients of the Just Community Awards were nominated by members of the UC community for incorporating the values of the Just Community into their daily practices.

The recipients of the 2013 Just Community Awards include the founder of the initiative:

Mitchel D. Livingston

– Livingston retired last December from his appointment as UC’s Vice President for Student Affairs and Chief Diversity Officer. In addition to founding the Just Community initiative, Livingston led implementation of a university-wide Diversity Plan, Diversity Council and last fall’s implementation of the Bearcat Bond – a new pledge to unite the UC community. Livingston’s career included 18 years of service to UC and 43 years of service to higher education.  He will continue his involvement with UC in 2014, when he joins the faculty of the College of Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services (CECH).

Cody Clark

– A UC senior from Lima, Ohio, and the oldest of seven children, Clark is a first-generation college student who will graduate this spring with a bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering (College of Engineering and Applied Science).

He has landed a job at Zimmer, an orthopaedics company, and says he hopes to one day create fully functional organic limbs for amputees or for people with severely damaged appendages. Clark was praised for his leadership in the University Honors Program for academically talented students and has served as a student coordinator of the program’s LeaderShape Institute; as president of the University Honors Association; as an Honors student ambassador; and as a student representative on the University Honors Council. He has also participated in student government, holding leadership positions in the Engineering and Applied Science Tribunal and Student Senate. His commitment to global engagement took him on an honors seminar to Italy to explore the Italian Renaissance, to Japan on a cultural exchange program and to Scotland to explore a cross section of engineering functions and companies.

The awards will be presented to the recipients by Bleuzette Marshall, interim Chief Diversity Officer.