Video Competition

Call for Participation: 2025 Community Engagement Video Competition

The Community Engagement (COMMENG) Division invites academia and not-for-profit organizations to showcase their impactful community engagement contribution by participating in the 2025 ASEE COMMENG Video Competition. Finalists will be nationally recognized for their outstanding community engagement contribution for making a difference locally and around the world.

Submissions are due on Mar 28th 2025. The winners will be announced at the 2025 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition. More details on video requirements, the judging rubric, and past winners can be found below. For additional questions please email, Dr. Lekshmi Sasidharan (lekshmis@uark.edu)

Entries must be submitted by 11:59 PM on March 28, 2025, which consists of completing a short online form, including pasting a link to your published YouTube video.

Entries will be judged by a panel of experts using the 2025 ASEE COMMENG Video Competition Rubric, which is also copied at the bottom of this webpage, and winners will be recognized at the Community Engagement Division business meeting at the 2025 ASEE national conference.

To better understand the competition, you can view the winning videos from the 2023 Community Engagement Video Competition Winners –

  • 2024 Academia Award: Saginaw Valley State University – Video Link
  • 2023 Academia Award: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology – Video Link
  • 2023 Organization Award: The Gaskins Foundation – Video Link

ASEE COMMENG video competition Minimum Requirements

Video Content

  • The length of the video must be between 3 and 5 minutes, including any opening title information and closing credits.
  • All videos must be original and appropriate for a general audience.
  • Videos must comply with copyright rules and regulations. Sources of information and materials used (i.e. music) must be properly acknowledged and credited in the video.

Video Format

  • Videos are to be uploaded publicly to YouTube. The link and permission for ASEE COMMENG to use this video shall be provided in the competition submission form.
  • Resolution minimum of 720p

Team and Institution

  • At least one team member entering the 2025 ASEE COMMENG video competition must be an ASEE member (at any standing – student member, project advisor or senior member). An ASEE member must be the one to complete the competition submission form.
  • Team members, any affiliated educational institution, and partnering organizations should be acknowledged in the video.

Other Information

  • Identify the intended audience and main message for this video in the competition submission form.
  • Certification by the applicant in the competition submission form that: All partners (or their representative) mentioned in this video have viewed the final form of this video, endorsed its message, and approved of it being released for use in this 2025 ASEE COMMENG video competition.
  • Certification by the applicant in the competition submission form that: All persons in this video have signed model release forms appropriate to this effort.

QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER – If you are a first timer making this video, use the following questions as guideline to share your story.

  • Briefly describe your participation in the community engagement project
  • Describe the life-changing moment you experienced working on the project.
  • Discuss any challenges faced while working on the project and how you navigated through the roadblocks?
  • How did community engagement help you personally and professionally?
  • What did you learn from/about the community? How did it help you better understand the community?
  • Share a few words on how future students can participate to make a difference in their community locally or around the world?