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SPRINGFIELD — The Corporation for National and Community Service named Missouri State University to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll with Distinction for exemplary service efforts and service to disadvantaged youth. This is the second time the university has received the award.

 

“This award is evidence of Missouri State’s priority to connect students with public life,” said Elizabeth Carmichael Burton, associate director of citizenship and service-learning. “Missouri State is intentional about engaging in mutually beneficial partnerships within this community. When our scholarship extends beyond our campus, students and faculty practice what they learn and teach and discover real-world engagement. ”

 

During the 2006-07 academic year, 6,743 Missouri State students engaged in academic service-learning or other forms of community service, with hours of service totaling 111,837.

 

Some of the programs and notable achievements include: volunteer income tax assistance, Earth Team volunteers, Coalition for Healthy Communities, community research, Into the Streets, Hispanic Educational Access Initiative, tutoring at-risk boys, Mentoring for Success and Writing for Scholarships.

 

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 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.

 

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 and 391 schools as Honor Roll members. A full list is available at www.nationalservice.gov/honorroll