CSU Stanislaus receives fourth straight national community service recognition
By: Staff Reports
Issue date: 3/3/10 Section: News
For the fourth straight year, California State University, Stanislaus has received the President's Higher Education Community Service Award.
CSU Stanislaus was one of only seven California State University campuses to receive the national honor roll distinction.
"This award showcases the excellent work faculty, staff and students are doing in our community. As evidenced by this recognition, CSU Stanislaus is working diligently during these very difficult economic times to be an agent for positive change," said President Dr. Hamid Shirvani.
The CSU Stanislaus Office of Service Learning works closely with faculty on more than 50 classes per academic year that support over 2,000 students' learning experiences through community involvement. In addition, participants provide some 30,000 volunteer hours of service.
The award is co-sponsored by the Corporation for National and Community Service, the U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the USA Freedom Corps, and the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation. The recognition is presented in cooperation with Campus Compact, a national coalition of nearly 1,000 college and university presidents, and supported by all the major national higher education associations.
"We are very excited to have received recognition, again, for the work of our faculty, staff, and students", said Julie Fox, Director of the Office of Service Learning. "Those engaged in these projects work both with their minds and with their hearts. We are very proud of them."
Some examples of the University's community engagement activities include mentoring at-risk youth, a reading readiness program, high school mathematics access program, science education in K-12 classrooms, public policy, healthy families and environmental sustainability. Programs highlighted in the award recognition included:
Annual Head Start Fun and Fitness Camp: Parents and children enrolled in the Turlock Head Start programs from Crane, Cunningham, Wakefield and Osborn elementary schools attend a fitness camp to learn how to stay healthy through fun sports-related activities and healthy eating habits. The CSU Stanislaus soccer field is transformed into different sport "stations" for activities such as dodgeball, soccer and kickball. Under the direction of the Men's Basketball coach, CSU Stanislaus students teach elementary school students sports-related activities, provide information on healthy eating habits and encourage them to think about higher education in their future.
CSU Stanislaus was one of only seven California State University campuses to receive the national honor roll distinction.
"This award showcases the excellent work faculty, staff and students are doing in our community. As evidenced by this recognition, CSU Stanislaus is working diligently during these very difficult economic times to be an agent for positive change," said President Dr. Hamid Shirvani.
The CSU Stanislaus Office of Service Learning works closely with faculty on more than 50 classes per academic year that support over 2,000 students' learning experiences through community involvement. In addition, participants provide some 30,000 volunteer hours of service.
The award is co-sponsored by the Corporation for National and Community Service, the U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the USA Freedom Corps, and the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation. The recognition is presented in cooperation with Campus Compact, a national coalition of nearly 1,000 college and university presidents, and supported by all the major national higher education associations.
"We are very excited to have received recognition, again, for the work of our faculty, staff, and students", said Julie Fox, Director of the Office of Service Learning. "Those engaged in these projects work both with their minds and with their hearts. We are very proud of them."
Some examples of the University's community engagement activities include mentoring at-risk youth, a reading readiness program, high school mathematics access program, science education in K-12 classrooms, public policy, healthy families and environmental sustainability. Programs highlighted in the award recognition included:
Annual Head Start Fun and Fitness Camp: Parents and children enrolled in the Turlock Head Start programs from Crane, Cunningham, Wakefield and Osborn elementary schools attend a fitness camp to learn how to stay healthy through fun sports-related activities and healthy eating habits. The CSU Stanislaus soccer field is transformed into different sport "stations" for activities such as dodgeball, soccer and kickball. Under the direction of the Men's Basketball coach, CSU Stanislaus students teach elementary school students sports-related activities, provide information on healthy eating habits and encourage them to think about higher education in their future.
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