The traditional program will not be offered this year. Please check back soon for an announcement about the new award.
Established in 2016, the Ted Bradshaw Student Engaged Scholars Program honors one of the CRC's original visionaries, Ted Bradshaw, who served as a colleague, teacher, mentor, and friend, to a generation of community development scholars and practitioners. Professor Bradshaw envisioned the CRC as a hub for innovative, interdisciplinary, and engaged scholarship that could inform the building of healthy, prosperous, sustainable, and equitable regions in California and beyond. He conducted research to improve the quality of community life, and prioritized building relationships between the university and the surrounding region. In addition to being a respected scholar and teacher, Professor Bradshaw was best remembered for his kindness, generosity, enthusiasm, and positivity. He connected with students on the deepest level and modeled for them what it means to be a serious, committed, and ethical professional.
We honor Ted Bradshaw’s legacy through the Bradshaw Student Engaged Scholars Program. The goal of the Bradshaw Scholars Program is to create opportunities for students to deepen their leadership, applied research, and communication skills through
