Presbyterian College receives President's Honor Roll Award for Service
The Corporation for National and Community Service named Presbyterian College to the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll With Distinction for exemplary service efforts and service to disadvantaged youth.
"Presbyterian College is honored to be named with distinction to the 2007 President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll," said Genevra Kelly, PC's vice president for college relations.
"The college's motto, 'while we live, we serve,' is a philosophy of education that has resulted in strong community service-oriented leaders and, as a result, stronger communities for several generations. Students, faculty, staff, and alumni carry that determination to serve others to the best of their abilities with them all the days of their lives."
Launched in 2006, the Community Service Honor Roll is the highest federal recognition a school can achieve for its commitment to service-learning and civic engagement. Honorees for the award were chosen based on a series of selection factors including scope and innovativeness 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.
The college's Communities Helping And Mentoring Promising Students (CHAMPS) program, in addition to the construction of a Habitat for Humanity home in 2006 and the ongoing work that goes into Student Volunteer Services were all indicative of PC's commitment to service.
"College students like those at Presbyterian College are tackling the toughest problems in America, demonstrating their compassion, commitment, and creativity by serving as mentors, tutors, health workers, and even engineers," CEO David Eisner said. "They represent a renewed spirit of civic engagement fostered by outstanding leadership on caring campuses."
The Honor Roll is jointly sponsored by the Corporation, through its Learn and Serve America program, and the Department of Education, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, USA Freedom Corps, and the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation.
In congratulating the winners, U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings said, "Americans rely on our higher education system to prepare students for citizenship and the workforce. We look to institutions like these to provide leadership in partnering with local schools to shape the civic, democratic and economic future of our country."
Overall, the Community Service Honor Roll awarded six schools with Presidential Awards. In addition, four schools were recognized as Special Achievement Award winners, 127 as Honor Roll With Distinction members - including PC, Furman University, and Clemson University in South Carolina - and 391 schools as Honor Roll members. In total, 528 schools were recognized. A full list is available at www.nationalservice.gov/honorroll.
"There is no question that the universities and colleges who have made an effort to participate and win the Honor Roll award are themselves being rewarded,” said American Council on Education President David Ward. “Earning this distinction is not easy. But now each of these schools will be able to wear this award like a badge of honor."
The Corporation for National and Community Service is a federal agency that improves lives, strengthens communities, and fosters civic engagement through service and volunteering. The Corporation administers Senior Corps, AmeriCorps and Learn and Serve America, a program that supports service-learning in schools, institutions of higher education and community-based organizations. For more information, go to http://www.nationalservice.gov.
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