April 10, 2012
The Newman Civic Fellows Award honors inspiring college student leaders who have demonstrated an investment in finding solutions for challenges facing communities throughout the country. This year eight Independent Sector students received the honor.
March 12, 2012
The highest federal recognition a college can earn for civic engagement is to appear on the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. Twenty-three of New York’s private, not-for profit campuses were selected this year for this honor, which highlights not only the role they play in solving community problems, but the meaningful, measurable outcomes they achieve.
November 21, 2011
St. Bonaventure University mathematics professor Dr. Christopher Hill called his model-building project with eight local high school students and their math teachers a “geometric barn-raising,” which is a good thing because few would have known it by its formal name, a “mega-icosahedron-raising.”
October 25, 2011
The Methodist Home for Nursing and Rehabilitation awarded Manhattan College with the good neighbor award at its 160th Anniversary Gala held at the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx on Oct. 20. The College was recognized for enriching the lives of the Methodist Home’s residents by helping to develop a variety of programs throughout the years that coincide with academic courses.
August 4, 2011
The D’Youville College Hippotherapy program has received a $2,500 grant from the Buffalo Bills Youth Foundation to help fund activities of the equine-assisted therapy program for children with disabilities.
June 28, 2011
The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) honored institutions of higher education for their support of volunteering, service-learning, and civic engagement by recognizing the nation’s top advocates for community service in the 2010 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll.
April 26, 2011
April 5, 2011
On March 25, cIcu staff participated in a community service clean up day for several parks within the City of Cohoes
March 19, 2011
Union Graduate College Article on Sean Conerly speaking at the March 7 Campus Community Partners
March 17, 2011
Eugenia Soldatos, a student from St. John’s University, is one of 15 finalists for Students in Service Awards
March 7, 2011
New York Independent College and University Presidents Launch Campus Community Partners Initiative
Brainpower, Partnerships, and Resources for New York State Communities: www.solutionsforny.org