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2007 Distinguished Alumni Award Winner Kyle Caldwell
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Distinguished Alumni Award Winner Kyle Caldwell
The Lansing Community College Alumni Association's Distinguished Alumni
Award for 2007 will be awarded to Kyle Caldwell, President & CEO of
Connect Michigan Alliance (CMA). CMA is a statewide partnership that
promotes a life-long ethic of service in Michigan and strives to
increase service and volunteerism where Michigan residents live, work
and learn. The CMA partners include the Michigan Community Service
Commission, Michigan Nonprofit Association, Michigan Campus Compact and
the Volunteer Centers of Michigan. Caldwell graduated from LCC in 1985
with an associate's degree and went on to receive a bachelor's and
master's degree from Western Michigan University. Caldwell lives in
Augusta, Michigan with his wife, Juliann and two children, Emma and
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As a student at Lansing
Community College, Caldwell was actively involved in service and
volunteerism, which has been a major emphasis of LCC since its
inception, but even more so since LCC became a charter member of the
Michigan Campus Compact over 16 years ago.
Caldwell's focus on local and state community service also includes
serving on the boards of numerous nonprofit organizations such as:
Learning to Give-Michigan; Michigan Civics Education Coalition; MSU
Extension and Experiment Station Advisory Board; National
Service-Learning Partnership Advocacy Committee; Sherman Lake YMCA
Outdoor Center; Voices for National Service; and Western Michigan
University School of Communication Alumni Academy.
The CMA is home of a number of innovative programs including Serve
Michigan, Michigan's Promise and several national service programs
including those supporting Governor Granholm's Mentor Michigan
Initiative.
Prior to his appointment as President/CEO of CMA, Caldwell served both
Governor John Engler and Governor Jennifer Granholm as the Executive
Director of the Michigan Community Service Commission, a state agency
that builds a culture of service by providing vision and resources to
strengthen communities through volunteerism.
Caldwell's leadership and commitment to service have been recognized at
the national level with his election as Chair of the American
Association of State Service Commissions, a national organization
representing fifty-three governor-appointed service commissions and
their more than 1,200 commission members.
Past LCC Distinguished Award winners include: District Court Judge
Charles F. Filice; Ingham County Sheriff, Gene L. Wigglesworth; Tom
Eifert, of T. H. Eifert, Inc.; and Former State Representative, Dianne
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