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We’re grateful to The EXL Center for Community Engaged Learning for the important work they do to advance community engagement and creative placemaking throughout our region!

Congrats to our very own Nicole Mullet and Patrick Bravo on being recognized as EX[L] Award Winners for Creative Placemaking. Through their collaboration and leadership, they continue to demonstrate how arts, culture, and community-centered work can create meaningful impact and bring people together.

Well deserved! 🎉

Community Engagement Champions are those who uphold the values expressed in EX[L]’s mission and support community engagement at UA. They can be community partners, staff, faculty, or students. Each year, it is so hard for us to just pick a few.

Check out the EX[L] Awards program from May 1st to learn more about our 2025-2026 Champions: https://canva.link/ohernls9981c5ix

The Fresh Cut & Style Poetry & Essay Contest offers youth ages 5-17 the opportunity to earn a fresh haircut or style by writing an original poem, an essay, or both on the given topics.

Topic 1: The Importance of Being Kind
Topic 2: If I Could Tell The World One Thing, It Would Be...

You can write a poem about Topic 1 and an essay about Topic 2, or an essay about Topic 1 and a poem about Topic 2; or you can decide to write a poem or an essay about just one topic.

For more information, visit: https://summitlive365.com/classified/a-fresh-cut-style-poetry-essay-contest/