Category: Graduate Students
Excellence in Scholarly Community Engagement
February 24, 2025 Written by UD Staff
Abass Muhammed, a doctoral student in criminology was awarded the University’s Graduate Student Excellence in Scholarly Community Engagement. This is a prestigious award given to faculty members and graduate students who have displayed excellence in mutually beneficial, scholarly engaged teaching, research, or creative activities and/or service.
Working as a Community Education Ambassador at the Center for Structural Equity (CFSE) in Wilmington, Abass taught reading to street-oriented youth. These efforts were remarkably successful and recognized by the governor’s state-wide literacy initiative as among the most effective in the state.