Augsburg was the only Minnesota college or university named a finalist on听the Corporation for National and Community Service’s 2014 Interfaith Community Service Honor Roll as well as on听the Corporation’s General Community Service Honor Roll with Distinction.
Augsburg is one of only four colleges nationwide to be named听a finalist in the interfaith category, an honor that recognizes institutions of higher education that support exemplary community service programs and raise the visibility of effective practices in campus community partnerships.
There are four categories for the honor roll: general community service, interfaith community service, economic opportunity, and education. Only four higher education institutions are named recipients of the general President鈥檚 Award — a distinction Augsburg听held in 2010 — and 16 other schools are named finalists, four in each category.
The Honor Roll recognizes more听than 750 colleges and universities for exemplary, innovative, and effective community service programs. Honorees are 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.
The interfaith community service category recognized Augsburg for its institution-wide shift toward greater interfaith cooperation and interfaith service. Three project examples connected with this effort include the College’s collaboration听with the Interfaith Youth Corps, a group devoted to building the interfaith movement on college campuses; the work of the Augsburg College Interfaith Scholars, of group of Augsburg students who are interested in exploring the religious听diversity of the College’s听student body, the wider Twin Cities community, and the United States听through interreligious dialogue; and an Inclusiveness Reading Circle, a group that supported interfaith intergroup dialogue.
Find additional information on eligibility and the full list of Honor Roll awardees at听nationalservice.gov/HonorRoll.
Kathleen Clark, Augsburg College instructor and director听of the Central Health Commons, spoke with听MPR News about her role at the drop-in health care center.
