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The Corporation for National and Community Service named Harding University to the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for the exemplary service contributions of its students, faculty and staff in meeting critical community and national needs. This is the third consecutive year Harding has received the honor. "Part of our mission at Harding University is a commitment to a servant-leadership lifestyle," says President David Burks. "That commitment encourages students to seek out opportunities to serve others and lays the foundation for a lifetime of service." During the 2008-2009 academic year more than 6,500 students contributed 77,203 hours of service to numerous projects. Launched in 2006, the Community Service Honor Roll is the highest federal recognition a school can achieve for its commitment to volunteering, service-learning and civic engagement. Honorees 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. A total of 635 colleges and universities across the nation were recognized. Harding is one of only eight schools honored in Arkansas. A full list is available at www.nationalservice.gov/honorroll. The Honor Roll is jointly sponsored by the Corporation, through its Learn and Serve America program, and the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation, USA Freedom Corps, the Department of Education, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The Corporation for National and Community Service is a federal agency that improves lives, strengthens communities, and fosters civic engagement through service and volunteering. The Corporation administers Senior Corps, AmeriCorps, and Learn and Serve America, a program that supports service-learning in schools, institutions of higher education, and community-based organizations. For more information, visit www.nationalservice.gov. Be sure and pick up a copy of Searcy Living filled with lots more stories and photos! Go Back to SL2 |
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