Lebanon Valley College Named to President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll

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Lebanon Valley College was again named among top national higher education institutions to the 2014 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll.

ANNVILLE, PA (12/15/2014)(readMedia)-- Lebanon Valley College was again named among top national higher education institutions to the 2014 President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, the highest honor a college or university can receive for its commitment to volunteering, service-learning, and civic engagement.

"A highlight of the report was the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program coordinated by accounting students within the Business Department," noted Rev. Dr. Paul M. Fullmer, LVC's chaplain and director of community service and volunteerism, who submitted the application. "The students served more than 800 hours to complete over 300 federal, state and local returns. By April 15, they were able to give clients access to returns that they might otherwise not have received, retrieving a total of $317,903 in returns for the disadvantaged."

In keeping with the College's mission to prepare students for a life of service to others, LVC encourages students to become active community volunteers. LVC students volunteered more than 23,000 hours of their time during the 2013-14 academic year, supporting numerous local organizations and neighbors through projects such as Relay For Life, Lebanon Valley Education Partnership, Migrant Education Program, Habitat for Humanity, and Wounded Warriors.

Of nearly 5,000 American Institutions of higher education, Lebanon Valley College was among 760 higher education institutions named to the 2014 President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. According to the most recent Volunteering and Civic Life in America report, in 2012 3.1 million college students dedicated more than 118 million hours of service across the country-a contribution valued at $2.5 billion. More information on eligibility and the full list of Honor Roll awardees can be found at http://www.nationalservice.gov/about/initiatives/honorroll.asp.

The Corporation of National and Community Service (CNCS) has administered this 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. CNCS is a federal agency that engages more than five million Americans in service through Senior Corps, AmeriCorps, the Social Innovation Fund, and Volunteer Generation Fund, and leads President Obama's national call to service initiative, United We Serve. Through the agency's Segal AmeriCorps Education Award Matching Program, CNCS gives education institutions access to tens of thousands of AmeriCorps alumni with millions of dollars in Segal Education Awards for tuitions and fees. For more information, visit http://www.NationalService.gov.