Jill Davis, MSU English Department, is an innovative teacher with unbounded energy who has inspired a passion for both writing and public service among her students. Davis' classes are recognized as a spark for positive change in the MSU and Bozeman communities. Among those projects are the Students for Danforth Park that resulted in raising $35,000 for the restoration of one of MSU's oldest gardens, which will be rededicated next fall. A T-shirts for Haiti
clothing drive she coordinated resulted in thousands of items of clothing sent to the country decimated by earthquake. Her students' work at the Community Cafe and interviews of Bozeman's homeless resulted in "The Homeless Connect Yearbook Interviews Project." Her students also raised awareness on sexual assault through "Faces Interview Project: Survivors stories of Strength and Courage" and in her Tuesdays with Morrie Interview project partnering students with local seniors for 8 week of interviews.

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