OSU receives National Honor Roll recognition

Friday, March 16, 2012

Oklahoma State University has been named to the 2012 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll by the Corporation for National and Community Service. The Honor Roll recognizes higher education institutions that reflect the values of exemplary community service and achieve meaningful outcomes in their communities.

The President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll started in 2006 and now annually highlights the role colleges and universities play in solving community problems and placing more students on a lifelong path of civic engagement. The program seeks to recognize institutions that achieve meaningful, measureable outcomes in the communities they serve.

“Oklahoma State University is committed to service learning and community service is central to our land-grant mission of outreach,” said OSU President Burns Hargis.  “We are extremely proud of our students’ passion and success in this vital area.”

The 2012 Honor Roll recipients were announced at the American Council on Education’s 94th Annual Meeting Ahead of the Curve on March 12 in Los Angeles. OSU’s selection to the Honor Roll is recognition from the highest levels of the federal government of the university’s commitment to service and civic engagement on campus and to the nation.

Joyce Montgomery is the Service Learning Volunteer Coordinator for OSU. Montgomery is in charge of submitting OSU for this prestigious award each year. She hopes to see OSU in the next criteria, as a distinguished university, on the Service Honor Roll by next year.

“This is the third time our university is receiving this award,” Montgomery said. “This award shows the commitment of OSU students. It exemplifies their efforts of sustaining and building a stronger community.”

The complete list of universities and colleges on this year’s Honor Roll list can be found at http://www.nationalservice.gov/about/initiatives/honorroll.asp.