Clemson named to President’s Community Service Honor Roll

Published: May 9, 2012

CLEMSON — For the fifth year in a row, Clemson University has been named to the 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.

The Corporation for National and Community Service, which administers the annual Honor Roll award, recognized 642 colleges and universities for their impact on issues from literacy and neighborhood revitalization to supporting at-risk youth.

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.

Last year, more than 10,000 Clemson students engaged in some form of service-learning activity or community service, spending a total of nearly 78,000 hours volunteering.

Clemson was recognized for programs such as Dirt to Food, a Creative Inquiry program that works on outreach projects to connect community members with opportunities to have fresh, locally grown food; the Alternative Break Program, a student organization that organizes service trips over fall, winter and spring breaks; and the Joseph F. Sullivan Center, a nurse-managed health care center that seeks to meet community health needs, especially in underserved populations.

See http://www.nationalservice.gov/honorroll for the full list of Honor Roll members.

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