Red Words

Here's a quick blurb that will run in the paper later this week:

It’s not unusual for an outstanding student to be selected to thier campus’ honor roll, but University of Redlands has earned a recognition was given to only five other American universities.
The Corporation for National and Community Service named the Redlands campus as one of six schools that were identified as members of the 2007 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll.
The Corporation for National and Community Service is a federal entitity in charge of public service efforts such as AmeriCorps and Learn and Serve America. The organization honored the University of Redlands for its work to aid Inland Empire youngsters with their studies.”
“In one such program, the Emmerton Elementary Mentoring project, students of diverse backgrounds came together to develop and lead a mentoring program for an elementary school located in a struggling inner-city neighborhood,” the Corporation for National and Community Service reported.
“Redlands students provided intensive tutoring and worked with elementary students on behavioral, education, interpersonal, and communication skills. Teachers and staff at Emmerton reported an increase in student attendance and fewer suspensions due to the work of Redlands mentors.”
The University of Redlands was officially named to the Honor Roll on Monday. The other schools so honored were Chaminade University of Honolulu, University of Colorado at Boulder, Otterbein College, University of Pennsylvania and Syracuse University.