ONEONTA, N.Y. --
The
Corporation for National and Community Service honored the SUNY College
at Oneonta by naming the College to its President's Higher Education
Community Service Honor Roll. SUNY-Oneonta was one of 13 colleges and
universities nationwide selected for the honor, which was presented at the
opening ceremony of the
American Humanics Management Institute on January 3 in Washington, D.C.
The honor roll program is co-sponsored by the Corporation, the
Department of Education, the Department of Housing and Urban
Development, and the President's Council on Service and Civic
Participation. The President's Honor Roll responds to President Bush's
call to service by building on and supporting the civic engagement
mission of the nation's colleges and universities.
David Eisner, CEO of the Corporation for National and Community
Service, and Dr. Kala Stroup, President of American Humanics, presented
the honor roll. SUNY-Oneonta was represented by Christine Noonan, a
senior Psychology major from Moriches, who participates in the American
Humanics program through the College's
Center for Social
Responsibility and Community.
SUNY-Oneonta has been a leader among the campus affiliates of
American Humanics--a national alliance of colleges, universities, and
nonprofit organizations that prepares and certifies college students for
professional careers in youth and human service agencies. In 1997, the
College at Oneonta became the first college in New York State to be
awarded membership in American Humanics.
More than 580 American Humanics students and faculty, as well as more
than 300 nonprofit and corporate leaders, took part in the American
Humanics Management Institute. Keynote speakers at the event included
Eisner; Diana Aviv, President and CEO of the Independent Sector; and
Ralph Smith, Executive Vice President of the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
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