Delaware’s Ohio Wesleyan University was named as one of six Presidential Awardees in the 2009 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, the highest federal recognition a college and university can receive for its commitment to service-learning and fostering civic engagement.
The Corporation for National and Community Service, which administers the annual Honor Roll award, recognized the university and its students in the category of “General Service” for their impact on issues from poverty and hunger to human rights and environmental justice. Nearly 1,800 OWU students committed more than 45,000 hours in service work, including tutoring economically disadvantaged children, mentoring at-risk youth, repairing hurricane damage, and serving food in area soup kitchens.
“Congratulations to Ohio Wesleyan University and its students for their dedication to service and commitment to improving their local communities,” said Patrick Corvington, the corporation’s CEO. “Our nation’s students are a critical part of the equation and vital to our efforts to tackle the most persistent challenges we face. They have achieved impactful results and demonstrated the value of putting knowledge into practice to help renew America through service.”
“Community service is part of the foundation and fabric of Ohio Wesleyan University,” said OWU President Rock Jones. “Our students spent more than 45,000 hours last year working to help people locally, nationally, and around the world. This recognition by the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll is not the end goal of their collective effort, but a wonderful validation of it.”
Ohio Wesleyan University (photo by Toby E. Boyce, all rights reserved)
OWU students share their excitement about learning with children living in the most economically depressed areas of nearby Columbus as part of a 20-year partnership the university established with Columbus Public Schools.
Over the course of the 2008-2009 school year, OWU students mentored at-risk youth, served in soup kitchens, launched environmental projects and hosted workshops, circulated petitions and marched in support of several causes. The university’s students also earned recognition with the “Community Stewardship Award” and the “Keep Delaware County Beautiful” program for their community service work. Click here to read the complete description of OWU’s service work.
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