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Make community service a part of higher education

TX (11/11/2009)

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/outlook/6715980.html

…President Obama spoke directly to the students in the audience (at Texas A&M University) and on other campuses around the nation, reminding them that community service is among the oldest American traditions, an activity that “binds us to each other — and to our communities and our country.”

… Organizations such as Texas Campus Compact and the National Youth Leadership Council provide expertise in designing and sustaining service programs.

Read the entire article in the Houston Chronicle


Service and service-learning have really helped shape my values and beliefs. I won't settle for a job; I want a career that makes a difference."

-Nickie Lora, student, Saint Anselm College

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