2024 Marvin Collins Planning Award for the Outstanding Student Award, APA-NC
Cameron Brown (center) during the award ceremony.
Cameron Brown received the 2023-2024 American Planning Association-North Carolina Chapter’s Marvin Collins Planning Award for the Outstanding Student Award. This award recognizes students who have excelled in a Planning Accreditation Board–accredited NC planning program. Cameron Brown graduated in May 2024 with a Bachelor of Science in Community and Regional Planning and is currently a master’s student in the Public Administration program at UNC-Chapel Hill.
During his undergraduate at ECU, he held many leadership positions in the degree program, the institution, the UNC system, and the national organization. He had been an active member of the Student Planners’ Action Network (SPAN) since he joined ECU and served in the Treasurer position during his senior year. He was involved as an At-Large Representative in the East Carolina University Student Government Association and served as the University of North Carolina Association of Student Government (UNC ASG) Office since 2022. Perhaps the most significant achievement and ongoing efforts would be his role as the national American Planning Association (APA) Student Representatives Council Representative, Region II for 2024-2026.
He completed six internships during his tenure at ECU. Working in the Governor’s Office through the NC Department of Administration’s State of North Carolina Internship Program, collaborating with small businesses through ECU’s RISE29 Internship program (2022) and ECU’s Public Service Fellow Internship (2022) by the Office of Engagement and Research, ECU Office of Research, Economic Development and Engagement’s summer intern, NCWorks Workforce Development Intern (2023), and the U. S. House of Representatives District Intern (2024).
His senior capstone projects were “Greenville Involved: A Playbook for Public Engagement (Fall 23, Client: City of Greenville, NC)” with Isabella Sardina and Johnathan Alberg and “Industrial Site Study (Spring 24, Client: Pitt County, NC).”
Mr. Brown showcased how great an undergraduate student can do through the undergraduate journey. We are proud of Cameron Brown, and congratulations on his well-deserved award. Go, Pirate!