University named to President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for sixth time

The Corporation for National and Community Service has named University of Richmond to the 2013 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll.

Launched in 2006, the honor roll recognizes colleges and universities that help solve community problems and place students on a lifelong path of civic engagement. This is the sixth year that Richmond has been an honor roll member. 

Selection is based on the scope and innovation of service projects, the percentage of student participation in community service, incentives for service and the extent of service-learning courses in the curriculum.

"Richmond’s selection to the honor roll is a recognition of the university's long history of sustained community engagement,” said Amy Howard, executive director of The Bonner Center for Civic Engagement.

She cited the university's extensive curriculum-based engagement, where community-based learning classes across the five schools integrate meaningful experiential-learning opportunities with course content, and educational programming centered at UR Downtown, where four programs supported by the CCE, the School of Law, and the School of Professional and Continuing Studies bring faculty, students, partner organizations and community members together for mutually beneficial engagement.

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