Community Service, With Distinction

Once again Millersville University has received a national honor for its commitment to community service.  For the fourth year in a row, Millersville was named to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, with distinction in the category of general community service. Millersville University is the only school in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE), to receive the noteworthy recognition for 2014.

“We’re pleased to receive this very high honor for our exemplary community service programs,” said Dr. John Anderson, president of Millersville. “Our commitment to the community, to service learning and to civic engagement are part of the foundation of our University.”

The award states, “The President of the United States of America hereby recognizes and congratulates Millersville University for the extraordinary and exemplary community service contributions of its students, faculty and staff in meeting critical community and national needs.”

The recipients were recently announced by the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS).  CNCS has administered the award since 2006. Millersville has been named to the honor roll every year since the award’s inception and the last four years also attained the special level of “distinction.” The award serves to highlight the importance universities play in aiding communities and promoting student civic leadership by recognizing schools that create notable and direct impacts in their surrounding communities.

“The entire campus deserves this great honor, as we have all pulled together to make civic engagement an integral component of the Millersville experience,” said Dr. Victor DeSantis, associate provost of civic and community engagement. “I am proud that our students are making a significant difference.”

You can read more about the award at: http://www.nationalservice.gov/special-initiatives/presidents-higher-education-community-service-honor-roll/2014-presidents-higher.