Canisius Named To Presidential Honor Roll For Service
Canisius College has been named to the 2009 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, the highest federal recognition a college or university can receive for its commitment to volunteerism, service-learning and civic engagement. This is the second consecutive year that Canisius has achieved this honor.
The Corporation for National and Community Service, which administers the annual Honor Roll award, recognized more than 700 colleges and universities for their impact on issues from poverty and homelessness to environmental justice. The Honor Roll includes six colleges and universities that are recognized as Presidential Awardees, with an additional 115 named to the Distinction List and 621 schools named as Honor Roll members.
“We are very pleased to be among the schools named to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll,” said Rev. Vincent M. Cooke, S.J., president of Canisius College. “As a Jesuit institution, we espouse the ideal of academic excellence along with a sense of responsibility to use one’s gifts for the service of others and the benefit of society.”
Honorees are chosen based on a series of selection factors including the scope and innovation of service projects, percentage of student participation in service activities, incentives for service, and the extent to which the school offers academic service-learning courses. Click here for a full list of Honor Roll recipients.
Canisius was named to the Honor Roll for service projects including Community Days, organized by the Office of Campus Ministry, and for the work of the college’s Office for Community-Based Learning.
Community Days are held three times per academic year. Students, faculty and staff volunteer their services in activities including neighborhood clean-ups and repairs, elder care, refugee services, food collections, food service and children’s activities.
The college’s Office for Community-Based Learning coordinates the efforts of more than 50 professors in over 70 sections each semester to integrate service-learning into their academic requirements. Students then reflect on their experiences in the classroom.
The Corporation for National and Community Service oversees the Honor Roll in collaboration with the Department of Education, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Campus Compact and the American Council on Education.
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Submitted by: Public Relations
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