Shaw, Dr. Douglas Award for Community Involvement
The Dr. Douglas Shaw Award for Community Involvement was established in 2004 by Dr. Shaw’s family, friends, and colleagues in memory of his outstanding 32 years as a professor of history, public administration, and urban studies. As well as teaching at The University of Akron, Dr. Shaw served as the associate dean of the graduate school. He was always a caring and professional teacher and touched the lives of many students with his wisdom and use of visual irony. Dr. Shaw had a passion for grassroots political activism that created a benefit for the community through neighborhood revitalization and economic development. He believed in instilling in his students “the understanding of the political process that gets things done and creates change.”
The Department of Public Administration and Urban Studies and the Department of Political Science, along with the Shaw family, will award the scholarship annually to a graduate student who demonstrates the use of his or her knowledge to benefit the community through grassroots participation in government. First preference is to be given to a graduate student in the Department of Public Administration and Urban Studies.