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Earlham Receives Highest For Immediate Release: 
The Corporation for National and Community Service has named Earlham College to the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. RICHMOND, Ind. — Earlham College has been named by the Corporation for National and Community Service to the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, Earlham President Douglas C. Bennett announced today. The Honor Roll recognizes exemplary service efforts and service to disadvantaged youth by colleges and universities nationwide. "Service is a core value at Earlham," said Bennett. "We educate with a concern for improving human society, and service is one of the best ways students can contribute now and prepare for future roles in which they will continue to contribute their talents and knowledge. Earlham is delighted to have been chosen again for this honor." 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. At Earlham, service learning is designed to encourage civic responsibility among Earlham students through community service. Students are urged to address local issues concerning education, youth, housing, the elderly, mental health, poverty and the differently abled. The program works with community organizations to develop, recruit and assess student service positions in the community. The College's Service Learning and Career Development Center (SLCDC) is also home to the student-run Earlham Volunteer Exchange (EVE), which functions as a clearinghouse for community service opportunities available to students. Earlham College is also one of 24 colleges to host a Bonner Scholars Program. Through this program, 15 first-year students are awarded a four-year scholarship based upon financial need and an interest in participating in community service. The Bonner Scholar Program is designed to provide students with the opportunity to serve and provide academic support and enrichment activities to students. 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 recognized 528 schools nationwide. "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 Community Service Honor Roll is jointly sponsored by the Corporation for National and Community Service, the Department of Education, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, USA Freedom Corps, and the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation. — EC — Contact:
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Earlham
College · 801 National Road West · Richmond,
Indiana 47374-4095 |