USA Today Recognizes Antioch University as One of the Top Twenty Colleges Most Committed to Community Service
Antioch University was named one of the top twenty colleges most committed to community service by USA Today in an article that appeared on Wednesday, June 15, 2011. The article highlighted Antioch University’s service projects both in local communities, around the county and throughout the world. It also mentions Antioch University’s recent 2010 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll with distinction award for its exceptional commitment to personal and collective agency, global citizenship and socially conscious leadership.
The multiple campuses of Antioch University nurture in their students the knowledge, skills and habits of reflection to excel as lifelong learners, democratic leaders and global citizens who live lives of meaning and purpose. The recognition by USA Today shows that Antioch University lives its mission and fosters creativity and leadership of students within their communities.
The article singled out a service project at Antioch University Seattle which grants a creative voice to homeless and low-income females marginalized by society. Antioch University was in the company of such Universities as Stanford, San Francisco State University, Loyola University Chicago andUniversity of Massachusetts at Amherst.
