UND named to first-ever White House Community Service Honor Roll The University was recently accorded a spot on the first-ever U.S. President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for its consistent excellence in community engagement. Only 492 of the country’s roughly 4,000 colleges and universities were honored with this accolade. "We are very pleased to be recognized for the great work that many faculty, students and staff are doing in providing community service, not only in the greater Grand Forks area, but throughout North Dakota, the region and even the United States," said President Charles Kupchella. "UND has a long, rich tradition of public service. Certainly that includes the Division of Continuing Education, which has provided educational and workforce development opportunities for nearly a century, and our fraternities and sororities, which routinely seek to do good works in the Grand Cities. Many units on campus provide some form of community service through such avenues as clinics, workshops, conferences and outreach services. More recently, the Center for Community Engagement has helped to crystallize the kind of commitment we've made through our Strategic Plan to continue to build service programs and to create experiential learning opportunities," said Kupchella. The President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll responds to President George W. Bush’s call to service by building on and supporting the civic engagement mission of our nation’s colleges and universities. This new recognition program is designed to increase public awareness of the contributions that college students are making within their local communities and across the country through volunteer service. Pursuant to the Universities Rebuilding America Partnership (URAP) announced by the Corporation for National and Community Service and the Department of Housing and Urban Development last fall, the Honor Roll program’s special emphasis this year is on recognizing service activities performed in response to the Gulf Coast hurricanes of 2005. The program also identifies and promotes community service model programs and practices in higher education. Learn and Serve America supports and encourages service-learning throughout the United States, and enables over one million students to make meaningful contributions to their community while building their academic and civic skills. By engaging our nation’s young people in service-learning, Learn and Serve America instills an ethic of lifelong community service. Here's a look at just some of the UND units which provide community service: American Indian Student Services Center Bureau of Business and Economic Research Bureau of Educational Services and Applied Research Bureau of Governmental Affairs Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research Center for Innovation Center for Rural Service Delivery Center for Rural Studies Children and Family Services Training Center Clinical Education Center Conflict Resolution Center Counseling Center Environmental Training Institute Grand Forks Area Teacher Center Health Information Technology Center Institute for the Study of Indian Gaming Law & Policy National Center of Excellence in Women's Health North Dakota Tobacco Cessation Resource Center National Resource Center on Native American Aging Native Media Center North Dakota Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Center Northern Plains Indian Law Center Nursing Center Psychological Services Center Regional Weather Information Center Rural Assistance Center Small Business Development Center Social Science Research Institute Surface Transportation Weather Research Center Tribal Judicial Institute UND Bismarck Center University Children's Center Water Management Center Women’s Center Workforce Development Center