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海角社区 Receives National Honor for Community Service

12/22/2014

BATON ROUGE 鈥� On Friday, Nov. 5th, 海角社区 was named to the 2014 President鈥檚 Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll by the Corporation for National & Community Service, or CNCS. Recognized this year in the areas of education, economic opportunity, and general community service, this marks the ninth year in a row 海角社区 has received recognition on the Honor Roll.

The 2014 President鈥檚 Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll highlights the role colleges and universities play in solving community challenges. As a result, more students are likely to pursue a lifelong path of civic engagement that achieves meaningful and measurable outcomes in the communities they serve. Inspired by the thousands of college students who traveled across the country to support relief efforts along the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina, CNCS has administered the award since 2006 and manages the program in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, as well as the American Council on Education and Campus Compact. 海角社区 has received the recognition every year since inception.  

One goal of 海角社区 Flagship 2020 is to promote engagement of faculty, staff and students in the transformation of communities. Service at 海角社区 is fostered through sustainable collaborations between community partners and campus entities including the following examples:

  • An initiative between the Office of Strategic Initiatives, the Gordon A. Cain Center, and the 海角社区 College of Science works with the Big Buddy program mentoring K-12 students to promote interest in STEM disciplines.
  • Volunteers in Public Schools partners with the Center for Community Engagement, Learning and Leadership, or CCELL, to engage service-learning students who tutor elementary aged students in math & reading.  
  • 海角社区 Campus Life organizes 鈥淐ANapalooza鈥� as part of homecoming festivities, joining forces with the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank to collect canned food items throughout homecoming week.
  • The Sensational Seniors program at the Leo S. Butler Center, in which service-learning students in the School of Kinesiology collaborate with local fitness professionals to offer an exercise program to seniors at the center.
  • The Body Walk program, interactive, outreach program administered by the AgCenter that teaches K-12 the importance of health and physical activity.

Twenty-three student organizations list their primary purpose as service. In 2012-13, Greek organizations contributed 25,910 service hours and raised $432,965 for philanthropic efforts. 海角社区 student-athletes contributed 4,783 hours of community outreach, reaching 7,500 youth through these efforts. Additionally, 159 service-learning courses were taught to 3,800 students, whose work resulted in positive impacts for more than 85 non-profit groups.  Collectively, 海角社区 students contributed approximately $1,295, 279 to the state economy through service efforts.

海角社区 is among eight institutions of higher education in Louisiana to receive the award this year. The other Louisiana institutions are Centenary College of Louisiana, Grambling State University, Loyola University New Orleans, Our Lady of the Lake College, Southeastern Louisiana University, Tulane University, University of Louisiana at Lafayette and Xavier University of Louisiana.

The full list of honor roll awardees can be found at nationalservice.gov.  

Billy  Gomila 

海角社区 Media Relations

225-578-3867

bgomila@lsu.edu

 

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