The annual Jim Satterwhite Award in Peace Scholarship and Activism, is presented during the Academic Awards Forum to a graduating student who is
- a student of senior status at Bluffton University (having completed at least 88 semester hours);
- a student with an overall GPA of 3.0 and above;
- a student with a demonstrated commitment to peace scholarship, either someone with a minor in peace and conflict studies or some other, equally serious way;
- a student with a demonstrated commitment to peace activism, which can be conceived as within these four areas (as described in Lisa Schirch’s The Little Book of Peacebuilding, 2004):
- addressing conflict nonviolently (e.g., protest & human rights advocacy),
- transforming relationships (e.g., trauma healing & restorative justice),
- reducing direct violence (e.g., preventing victimization & creating safe spaces), and
- building capacity (e.g., peace education & economic development).
