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METRO SPOTLIGHT Findlay, Ohio UNIVERSITY OF FINDLAY ON THE PRESIDENTIAL HONOR ROLL FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE National and The Corporation forforselected The Community Service University of Findlay a place on the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for exemplary service efforts to America’s communities. “The entire UF community should feel proud to have its service recognized with this distinction,” said Crystal Weitz, coordinator of Campus Compact. Launched in 2006, the Community Service Honor Roll is the highest federal recognition a school can achieve for its commitment to service-learning and civic engagement. Honorees for the award were chosen based on a series of selection factors including scope and innovation of service projects, percentage of student participation in service activities, incentives for service, and the extent to which the school offers academic service-learning courses. During the 2007-2008 academic year, UF students engaged in 11,910 hours of service. At UF, faculty members work both independently and with Campus Compact to develop academic service-learning opportunities for students. Sweet Service Saturdays, Bring a Senior Friend to Thanksgiving Dinner, the UK-Kake Ambassadors service initiative, a Therapeutic Relationships academic service-learning course and an international student orientation service project are a handful of the many opportunities for civic engagement that are coordinated through Campus Compact. The Campus Compact Center 38 MARCH 2009 for Service and Learning is coordinated by students, faculty, staff and community partner representatives who seek to nurture service activities of many types with a belief that learning through service will benefit the individual as well as the community in lasting ways. The University of Findlay is a member of the Ohio Campus Compact and the National Campus Compact, an organization of more than 930 colleges and universities which promotes volunteer service that develops students’ citizenship skills and values, encourages collaborative partnerships between campuses and communities, and assists faculty who seek to integrate public and community engagement into their teaching and research. “In this time of economic distress, we need volunteers more than ever. College students represent an enormous pool of idealism and energy to help tackle some of our toughest challenges,” said Stephen Goldsmith, vice chairman of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for National and Community Service, which oversees the Honor Roll. “We salute The University of Findlay for making community service a campus priority, and thank the millions of college students who are helping to renew America through service to others.” Overall, the corporation honored six schools with Presidential Awards. In addition, 83 were named as Honor Roll with Distinction members and 546 schools as Honor Roll members. In total, 635 schools were recognized. A full list is available at www.nationalservice.gov/honorroll. The Honor Roll is a program of the corporation, in collaboration with the Department of Education, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation. The President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll is presented during the annual conference of the American Council on Education. “I offer heartfelt congratulations to those institutions named to the 2008 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. College and university students across the country are making a difference in the lives of others every day—as are the institutions that encourage their students to serve others,” said American Council on Education President Molly Corbett Broad. In 2006, 2.8 million college students gave more than 297 million hours of volunteer service, according to the Corporation’s Volunteering in America 2007 study. Expanding campus incentives for service is part of a larger initiative to spur higher levels of volunteering by America’s college students. The Corporation is working with a coalition of federal agencies, higher education and student associations, and nonprofit organizations to achieve this goal. The Corporation for National and Community Service is a federal agency that strengthens communities and fosters civic engagement through service and volunteering. http://www.nationalservice.gov/honorroll

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Business Facilities - March 2009 Contents First Word Snapshots Corporate Moves: Tennessee Deciphering High-Tech Hubs Industry Focus: Biotech/Pharmaceuticals The Lone Star State Continues to Burn Brightly Pennsylvania is Holding Its Own Corporate Moves: Florida Metro Spotlight: Findlay, OH Advertiser Index Ask the Expert

Business Facilities - March 2009

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