Millersville University has earned its place on the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. The outstanding service of Millersville’s students and various organizations on campus is what earned the University’s spot on the prestigious list. Only a select amount of institutions are chosen each year to receive this award and it is the most distinguished award a college or university can receive for community service recognition.
The award is based on several factors, such as percentage of student involvement, incentives for service, scope and innovation of service projects and the extent to which the school offers service-learning classes.
This year, a total of 635 schools were recognized across the nation. President George W. Bush started the program in 2006 and since then Millersville has been recognized on the Honor Roll list each year.
Many different student organizations on campus participate in community service and also compete for the Millersville University Charity King and Queen during homecoming where students have raised thousands of dollars each year for various local and national charities. Helping out in the community has become an important aspect to numerous clubs on campus.
The dedication of students has had a positive impact not only on the charities they help but to themselves as well. A recent study done by the Corporation for National and Community Service Volunteering in America revealed that in 2006, 2.8 million college students gave more than 297 million hours of volunteer service.
These studies have reinforced the significance and impact that students have in volunteering. The Corporation for National and Community Service Volunteering has been working in alliance with federal agencies, higher education, student associations and non-profit organizations to promote volunteer work around the nation on college campuses. This includes giving more campus incentives.
Stephen Goldsmith, vice chair of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for National and Community Service, which oversees the Honor Roll says, “We salute Millersville University for making community service a campus priority and thank the millions of college students who are helping to renew America through service to others.”
The President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll was presented in Washington, D.C. earlier this month at the annual conference of the American Council on Education.
Many students have been coming together in an effort to make volunteer work a bigger part of their campus community. “I offer heartfelt congratulations to those institutions named to the 2008 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll.”
“College and university students across the country are making a difference in the lives of others every day, as are the institutions that encourage their students to serve others,” said American Council on Education President Molly Corbett Broad.
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