President’s Higher Ed Community Service Honor Roll Announced

Posted by on March 19, 2012

The Corporation for National and Community Service and the U.S. Department of Education today honored the nation’s leading colleges and universities, students, and faculty members, and staff for their commitment to bettering their communities through community service and service learning.

Five higher education institutions received the Presidential Award of the 2012 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, the highest federal recognition a college or university can receive for its commitment to community service. The five awardees are Carson-Newman College, Miami University, North Carolina State University, Seattle University, and the University of Pennsylvania. The universities will be honored later today at the annual American Council on Education meeting in Los Angeles.

Full announcement: http://www.nationalservice.gov/about/newsroom/releases_detail.asp?tbl_pr_id=2079

Congratulations to Penn for receiving one of five Presidential Awards, and to Bryn Mawr College, Widener University and University of Delaware for making the Honor Roll with Distinction. Several other PHENND member institutions also made the larger list.

Full list of Honor Roll schools: http://www.nationalservice.gov/about/initiatives/honorroll.asp