Organization honors University for outstanding community service
By Katherine Raichlen | February 12, 2009The Corporation for National and Community Service named the University to the 2008 National Community Service Honor Roll with distinction last month, said Siobhan Dugen, the corporation?s spokesperson.The Honor Roll included 653 schools, with six receiving presidential awards and 83 named to the ?with distinction? list, Dugen said.The mark of ?with distinction? means a school?s community service and service learning efforts were impressive to reviewers, she explained.?They pick the ones that are outstanding, and in this case, that was the University of Virginia,? Dugen said.This is the University?s third year on the Honor Roll and its second year with distinction, said Megan Raymond, the University?s director of academic community engagement.The application to the Honor Roll asks for the number of students participating in community service and in academic community service, and for an estimate of the total number of service hours contributed, said Raymond, who completed the University?s application.
