[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 31 (Monday, February 23, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Page S2363]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            CONGRATULATING THE UNIVERSITY OF THE CUMBERLANDS

 Mr. BUNNING. Madam President, today I congratulate the 
University of the Cumberlands. The Corporation for National and 
Community Service awarded the University of the Cumberlands with a 
place on the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, 
the highest Federal recognition a school can achieve for dedication to 
community-based service projects. Honored institutions are chosen from 
a series of factors, including the extent to which the school offers 
academic service-learning and the percentage of student participation 
in service activities.
  The University of the Cumberlands encourages student involvement in 
nearby communities by asking that each student complete forty hours of 
community service by graduation. Students with two hundred hours of 
community service are eligible to be named Hutton Scholars at 
Commencement. The university's student run organization, the Mountain 
Outreach program, has built 125 homes for local families in need of 
assistance, in the last 25 years.
  Again, I congratulate the University of the Cumberlands for being 
named to the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. 
I hope that its leadership in community outreach serves as an 
inspiration to others in Kentucky and in the Nation.

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