Nidhi Baxi, an undergraduate biology student at Rutgers University-Camden, was presented with the 2019 Cooper Civic Leadership Award at the recent Eighth Annual Chancellor’s Awards for Civic Engagement.
Cooper University Health Care established the Civic Leadership Award in 2018 to honor a Rutgers University-Camden student who exemplifies outstanding service to the Camden community.
“We are proud to honor Nidhi with the Cooper Civic Leadership Award,” said Anthony Welch, Cooper University Health Care’s Vice President of Government and Community Relations, who presented the award at the ceremony held on the Rutgers-Camden campus. “Nidhi embodies the spirit of Cooper’s mission to serve, to heal, to educate. She is a role model for other students.”
As a student at Rutgers-Camden, Ms. Baxi has participated in the Academic Associates program in Cooper’s Department of Emergency Medicine. She has also served as a tutor and mentor, and has helped organize several service events, including Red Cross blood drives.
“Rutgers University-Camden is respected as a model for civically engaged universities in America,” says Nyeema Watson, Associate Chancellor for Civic Engagement at Rutgers-Camden. “While national recognition is gratifying, the impact that Rutgers is making upon the families and neighborhoods in Camden and across South Jersey is how we measure success. This annual award from Cooper will allow a Rutgers-Camden student to continue his or her work in our community, and will inspire other young people to become the next generation of civic leaders in South Jersey.”
Anthony Welch, Cooper University Health Care’s Vice President of Government and Community Relations; award winner Nidhi Baxi; and Chancellor Phoebe Haddon, Rutgers University-Camden.