ONEONTA, N.Y. -- The Corporation for National and Community Service has honored the SUNY College at Oneonta by naming it to the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for the third year in a row. The honor roll recognizes colleges and universities for leadership in helping to build a culture of service and civic engagement on campuses and throughout the nation.
Launched in 2006, the Community Service Honor Roll is the highest federal recognition a college can achieve for its commitment to service-learning and civic engagement. Honorees for the award are chosen based on a series of selection factors including scope and innovation of service projects, percentage of student participation in service activities, incentives for service, and the extent to which the college offers academic service-learning courses.
"In this time of economic distress, we need volunteers more than ever. College students represent an enormous pool of idealism and energy to help tackle some of our toughest challenges," said Stephen Goldsmith, vice chair of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for National and Community Service. "We salute SUNY Oneonta for making community service a campus priority and thank the millions of college students who are helping to renew America through service to others."
Service opportunities at SUNY Oneonta are coordinated by the College's Center for Social Responsibility and Community. Founded in 1994, the center works to develop a strong sense of social responsibility in students through a range of service, volunteer, and philanthropic experiences in local, state, national, and international communities.
The President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll is a program of the Corporation for National and Community Service in collaboration with the Department of Education, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation. The honor roll is presented during the annual conference of the American Council on Education.
More information about the SUNY Oneonta Center for Social Responsibility
and Community and the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor
Roll is available from the center's director, Linda Drake, at (607)
436-2633.
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For more information about the College, please call the Community Relations Office at (607) 436-2748 or send e-mail to Carol Blazina, Vice President for Community Relations.SUNY College at Oneonta - Ravine Parkway - Oneonta, NY 13820 - 607.436.3500
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