Community Organization Award

Honoring Community Organizations and Their Campus Collaborations

PCSW is accepting nominations for the Community Organization Award

Nominations will be accepted until April 4, 2025

The President's Commission on the Status of Women (PCSW) seeks to honor a community organization for their work on the behalf of women.  Each year the PCSW would like to honor a community-based organization that has effectively collaborated with California State University Long Beach and has demonstrated a commitment to the advancement of women and women-identifying individuals.  Any member of the campus community and any community organization which partners with California State University, Long Beach may submit a nomination.

 

The Community Organization Award honors a community-based organization that has effectively collaborated with California State University, Long Beach and has demonstrated a commitment to the advancement of women. Nominations are accepted through April 4, 2025- to nominate someone submit a Community Organization Award nomination application! 

Submission includes basic information about the Nominee, yourself and uploaded materials when/where prompted:

  • Significant Activities and Achievements List (1-2 pages)- This should simply list out activities and achievements directly related to the award, including those highlighted in the letter of nomination.

 

Recipients are recognized at the annual President’s Commission on the Status of Women award event, scheduled for Wednesday, May 7, 2025. 

Please contact PCSW-Awards@csulb.edu with any inquiries about the application process.

Past Recipients

  • American Association of University Women (AAUW)
  • Community Organization Partner:  Shelly Arnold
  • Campus Partner:  Pamela Rayburn

  • Soroptimist International of Long Beach
  • Community Organization Partner:  Lynn Hermstad
  • Campus Partner:  Jackie Wetteland

  •  YMCA of Greater Los Angeles
  • Community Organization Partner:  Alva Moreno
  • Campus Partner:  Pamela Rayburn and Jean Caveness

  •  Girls Incorporated of Orange County
  • Community Organization Partner:  Amanda McMahn
  • Campus Partner:  Courtney Ahrens and Mary Captui