India, Oct. 22 -- Arnetha Ball, the Charles E. Ducommun Endowed Professor of Education, Emerita, has been awarded the 2020 Miriam Aaron Roland Volunteer Service Prize for making community engagement integral to excellence in teaching and research.

Arnetha Ball(Image credit: Courtesy Arnetha Ball)

The Roland Prize was established in 2004 with a gift from Miriam Aaron Roland, '51. Each year, the Haas Center for Public Service honors a faculty member with the award, which is unique at Stanford for its focus on the significant role that public service by faculty can play in higher education - benefiting students, communities and the faculty members themselves.

The Roland Prize presentation, which was postponed due to the pandemic, will follo...