Local colleges recognized for community service efforts

PROVIDENCE – For the seventh year in a row, Providence College has been named to the Corporation for National and Community Service President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll.
A total of 776 higher education institutions made the list, which, in addition to Providence College, included the University of Rhode Island, Johnson & Wales University and Roger Williams University.
The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth was among four institutions named an honor roll finalist in general community service.
According to information from the organization, the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, inspired by the thousands of college students who traveled across the country to support relief efforts along the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina, highlights the role colleges and universities play in solving community challenges.
CNCS, the federal agency for volunteering and service, has administered the award since 2006 in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, as well as the American Council on Education, Campus Compact and the Interfaith Youth Core.
Johnson & Wales has been on the honor roll every year since its inception, according to the university, and this is the third time it has received the “with distinction” designation. For the 2012-2013 academic year, JWU Providence Campus students completed over 155,000 hours of community service, the university said.

Several Providence College offices and departments were highlighted in the 2014 Honor Roll, including The Feinstein Institute for Public and Community Service, Campus Ministry and the College’s Standing Committee on Service. Other factors examined for the honor included projects that had measurable impacts on the community at PC, such as FaithWorks, the Providence College Smith Hill Annex and EXPLORE!

FaithWorks is a service-immersion program in Providence for incoming freshmen that enables new students to perform service work for vulnerable populations in Providence and reflect on the significance of this work for their lives.
The Providence College/Smith Hill Annex is part of the Smith Hill Community Development Corporation’s Capitol Square development on Douglas Avenue. Two examples of programs that capture the collaboration at the Annex include youthRAP programming, and “The City and …” courses.
EXPLORE! works with ninth and 10th grade students from five local high schools in preparation for life after high school.
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