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Lee University Receives Presidential Award For Community Service

TN (2/25/2010)

http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_169798.asp

Lee University was named as one of six Presidential Awardees in the 2009 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, the highest federal recognition a college or university can receive for its commitment to service-learning and civic engagement….The Corporation administers the Honor Roll in collaboration with the Department of Education and the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Campus Compact and the American Council on Education….

Read the entire article in The Chattanoogan.

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