In results released this week, ETSU has been named to the 2007 national President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll.
Of the 12 Tennessee schools attaining this year’s recognition, the only public institutions are ETSU and Northeast State Technical Community College.
“ETSU students, faculty, and staff have created several innovative community partnerships over the years,” says ETSU’s Assistant Vice President for Community Engagement, Learning and Leadership Dr. Deborah Harley.
“Our educational support for the migrant workers’ children is second to none. We live our commitment as a green campus and have led the way in a computer recycling collaboration with the public schools. Since the 1987 establishment of Volunteer ETSU and the 1994 campus beginning of service-learning, the university has helped set the stage for a new culture of service in Tennessee higher education.”
Harley adds, “ETSU is a model of excellence for service programs in the state and nationally.
Among a student population of 13,000, some 3,000 participated in community service projects during the past year.”
The program’s Web site explains that the Honor Roll is sponsored by the Corporation for National and Community Service, the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation, the U.S. departments of Education and Housing and Urban Development, and in concert with Campus Compact.
Its goal is “to increase public awareness of the contributions that students, faculty, and staff are making within their local communities and across the country through volunteer service,” and the program “also identifies and promotes community service model programs and practices in higher education.

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