National Service Award for Tulane

Tulane University is the sole New Orleans-area university, and one of only 115 schools nationwide, to be named to the 2009 President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll with Distinction. The honor is the highest federal recognition a college or university can receive for its commitment to volunteering, service-learning and civic engagement.

Community service projects in New Orleans public schools are involving Tulane students in tutoring and other activities. (Photo by Sally Asher)

The Corporation for National and Community Service administers the annual award on behalf of President Barack Obama.

Tulane is one of only a handful of universities that have made the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll every year since the program started in 2006. That year Tulane received the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for Hurricane Relief Service.

"Congratulations to Tulane and its students for their dedication to service and commitment to improving their local communities," said Patrick Corvington, CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service. "Our nation's students are a critical part of the equation and vital to our efforts to tackle the most persistent challenges we face. They have achieved impactful results and demonstrated the value of putting knowledge into practice to help renew America through service."