Dakota Wesleyan University was named to the 2014 President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll with Distinction, in the General Community Service category.
The award is a reflection of DWU's service to its community and the world.
"Dakota Wesleyan's values are 'Learning, Leadership, Faith and Service,' and we try to not just teach this in the classroom but mirror this motto in our lives," DWU President Amy Novak said. "Part of how we do this is by encouraging volunteerism among our staff and faculty and incorporating it into class projects. The students gain from these service projects just as much as the community. Some of the charitable projects they have designed for classes are truly inspiring - everything from fundraisers to teaching aerobics at the senior center."
The university takes part in multiple service-oriented projects, mission trips, service-learning trips, and volunteer projects each year, organized by the college, students or staff. The largest service project DWU provides for Mitchell is the annual Service Day, when hundreds of students, staff and faculty volunteer in the community doing projects, trash pick-up and cleaning. On a global level, the university also organizes a campus ministry mission trip every spring to a developing country, and the McGovern Center led a service-learning trip to Uganda and Rwanda last summer.
Nearly all major areas of study have a service component for graduation, and each student organization and athletic team commits to at least one service project each semester as a way to give back.
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DWU is one of 766 higher education institutions named to the 2014 President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll in the nation, according to a press release.
