Minnesota State University, Mankato has been named to the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. The full list was released on Oct. 17 by the Corporation for National and Community Service.
Institutions were recognized for outstanding work in curricular and co-curricular service-learning efforts, exemplary volunteer opportunities, institutionalized commitment to the growth of service and volunteerism and efforts specific to Hurricane Katrina relief efforts.
Minnesota State Mankato was selected on basis of its Jumpstart program, early childhood education/literacy programs, Hurricane Katrina relief efforts and the Campus Kitchen Project.
The Honor Roll is co-sponsored by the Corporation, the Department of Education, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, USA Freedom Corps, and the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation. The recognition is presented in cooperation with Campus Compact, a national coalition of nearly 1,000 college and university presidents, and supported by all the major national higher education associations.
The awards were presented a day after the Corporation for National and Community Service released a comprehensive report, "College Students Helping America," which shows college student civic engagement rising significantly in recent years. The study, which used data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor Statistics, showed that student volunteering increased approximately 20 percent from 2002 to 2005, and that 3.3 million college students serve their communities and nation. The study showed that college students between ages 16 to 24 are more likely to volunteer than cohorts in that age group who are not enrolled.
The Presidentıs Honor Roll provides more new evidence that the nation is beginning to move toward that level of student civic engagement. More than 1.1 million students from Honor Roll schools participated in local community service activities, and more than 219,000 students provided hurricane relief.
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