Most colleges and universities in the United States were originally founded to serve social purposes. But these commitments, which can be a motivating force when understood on campus, are often lost or forgotten over time. Rivier, a religious college in Nashua, New Hampshire, recently took advantage of the bicentennial of the founding of its religious order to revise its mission statement, re-establishing the school s religious mission to serve the poor and fight for social justice. This administrative change has led to the establishment of a Peace and Social Justice Institute with extensive service-learning and volunteer opportunities.
From Service Matters 1998: Engaging Higher Education In the Renewal of America s Communities and American Democracy
Web resources:
Mission and History: http://www.rivier.edu/info/default.asp?id=80
Peace and Social Justice Institute: http://www.rivier.edu/programs_centers/cfpsj/default.asp?id=300
