2012 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll
Welcome to the registration and application site for the 2012 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, a national recognition program that promotes the civic mission of our nation’s colleges and universities.
President Obama has made service a central cause of his administration, and through his United We Serve initiative he is calling on all Americans to make service part of their daily lives. The President places a high priority on supporting and developing the role of higher education institutions, and their students, staff and faculty, in addressing the nation’s most pressing social needs.
Applications for the 2012 President’s Honor Roll will be accepted in either or both categories for service performed during the 2010-2011 academic year:
- General Community Service, which recognizes the quality, quantity, and institutional commitment to community service initiatives at a college or university.
- Special Focus Area, which recognizes exemplary initiatives aligned with the President Obama’s education and innovation priorities. The three special focus area categories are:
- Promise Neighborhoods Model
- Early Childhood Education
- Summer Learning
For both categories, it is important to highlight the qualitative impact that your service programs have had on the community in addition to the quantitative data, such as the number of volunteers and the number of hours served.
Award Levels
Of the institutions that are admitted to the Honor Roll, some receive “With Distinction” honors and six are selected to receive the Presidential Award, the highest federal recognition an institution can receive for its commitment to service-learning and civic engagement.
- The General Community Service Presidential Awards will be presented to three institutions that reflect the best practices of community service and service-learning, such as long-term campus-community partnerships and measurable community outcomes as a result of their service.
- The Special Focus Area Presidential Awards will be presented to three institutions that best demonstrate success in the key areas of the President Obama’s service and education plan: work in the Promise Neighborhoods model; exemplifying and advancing the innovation in early childhood education partnerships; and service that supports summer learning.
- With Distinction: The Honor Roll’s “With Distinction” recognition will be given to those applicants that display strong levels of institutional commitment, provide a compelling case for partnerships that produce measurable impact in the community, and have a Federal Work-Study community service percentage of 15% or above.
- Honor Roll: Institutions will be admitted to the Honor Roll that demonstrate relevant and meaningful service and achieve measurable impacts in the community. Institutions participating in the Federal Work Study program must meet the statutory 7% minimum FWS community service requirement to be admitted to the Honor Roll.
Application Information
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Deadline:
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The Corporation expects the application deadline to be December 9, 2011 at 05:00 PM Eastern Standard Time. Nominations received after the 5:00 PM Eastern Time deadline will not be considered.
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New Applicants:
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If you have never applied for the President’s Honor Roll you must first create an account, by clicking on the “Create User Account” link on the left. To begin the registration process, you must choose a user ID, create a password, and provide basic contact information for your institution. After your account is created, you will be directed to the online application.
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Returning Applicants:
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If your institution has applied to the President’s Honor Roll in the past three years, you may have to reactivate your account. Please click on “Account Log In” link on the left to sign on to the system. If you have forgotten your username or password, you can retrieve this information by clicking on the “Problems accessing your user account?” link.
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