McDaniel College has been named to the 2013 President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll by the Corporation for National and Community Service and the U.S. Department of Education. This is the first time that McDaniel has been named to the Honor Roll.
McDaniel students engaged in nearly 112,000 community service hours during the yearlong period covered by the Honor Roll, and a commitment to support service-learning and community outreach experiences is a core part of McDaniel College's mission statement: "Through flexible academic programs, collaborative and experiential learning, and global engagement, McDaniel prepares students for successful lives of leadership, service, and social responsibility."
A key component of McDaniel's application was the college's partnership with the Boys and Girls Club of Westminster, which was formed in 2010 to strengthen the relationship between the campus and club, with increased volunteer opportunities, access to college facilities and events, and club-based programming.
Also included in the application was McDaniel's Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program (VITA) currently in its 22nd year at the college, and the unique and innovative partnership between McDaniel and Target Community & Educational Services, Inc., in developing a master's degree in human services management, which has become the core of Target's Community Living Program.
Launched in 2006, the Community Service Honor Roll recognizes higher education institutions that reflect the values of exemplary community service and achieve meaningful outcomes in their communities. Inspired by the thousands of college students who traveled across the country to support relief efforts along the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina, the initiative celebrates the transformative power and volunteer spirit that exists within the higher education community.
The Honor Roll is a program of the Corporation for National and Community Service, in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Education, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Campus Compact, and the American Council on Education.
A full list of honorees is available at www.nationalservice.gov/honorroll.
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McDaniel College, recognized nationally among 40 "Colleges That Change Lives” and U.S. News top-tier liberal arts colleges, is a four-year private college of the liberal arts and sciences offering more than 70 undergraduate programs of study, including dual and student-designed majors, plus 25 highly regarded graduate programs. Its hallmark faculty-student collaborations in research,teaching and mentoring plus hundreds of leadership and service opportunities enrich a lively learning experience that is rooted in a personalized interdisciplinary and global curriculum. Innovative January courses take students to points all over the world while McDaniel’s degree-granting European campus offers a unique opportunity for international study at the only American university in Budapest, Hungary. A diverse and close-knit community of 1,600 undergraduates and 1,560 part-time graduate students, McDaniel also boasts a spectacular 160-acre hilltop campus in Westminster, Md., an hour or less from Baltimore, D.C., the Chesapeake Bay, an Amtrak station and BWI international airport.
