UCSB has been named to the 2008 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. This marks the second consecutive year that UCSB has been recognized with this distinction for its commitment to volunteering, service-learning, and civic engagement.

The Honor Roll is a program of the Corporation for National and Community Service and is sponsored by the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation and the U.S. Departments of Education and of Housing and Urban Development.

Established in 2006, the program recognizes colleges and universities nationwide that support innovative and effective community service and service-learning programs. This year, 635 institutions around the country were named to the Honor Roll.

“We salute these universities for making community service a campus priority,” said Nicola Goren, acting CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service. “In this time of economic distress, we need volunteers more than ever. College students represent an enormous pool of idealism and energy to help tackle some of our toughest challenges.”

At UCSB, more than 6,000 students annually serve as volunteers through UCSB’s Community Affairs Board, a student-run volunteer placement organization.

“For thousands of UCSB students, ‘scholarship, leadership, and citizenship’ is not just a slogan, it is a way of life,” said Michael Young, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs. “They see volunteerism as central to fulfilling their responsibilities as good citizens.”