Vol. 42, No. 23 April 12, 2013 A Weekly Update of Activities at Rust College Campus NewsBriefs Where Tomorrow’s Leaders are Students Today Rust College Earns Place on National Honor Roll for Community Service One of 690 institutions of higher education to receive this honor Rust College was named to the 2013 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. This designation is the highest honor a college or university can receive for its commitment to volunteering, service-learning, and civic en- gagement. “Rust College has a long history of service-learning and believes strongly in preparing our graduates to be active leaders and participants in an ever changing world,” said Dr. David L. Beckley, President. “We’re honored to receive this pres- tigious award – and owe much of it to the students themselves. They’re the energy driving our commitment and they’re the ones who make it all happen.” Rust College is a service-learning institution in which students not only focus on academia, but community service as well. In addition, the Rust College Community Development Corporation is helping to improve and revitalize areas in the Holly Springs community. “Congratulations to Rust College, its faculty and students for its commitment to service, both in and out of the class- room,” said Wendy Spencer, CEO of CNCS. “Through its work, institutions of higher education are helping improve their local communities and create a new generation of leaders by challenging students to go beyond the traditional col- lege experience and solve local challenges.” Inspired by the thousands of college students who traveled across the country to support relief efforts along the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina, CNCS has administered the award since 2006 and manages the program in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, as well as the American Council on Education and Campus Compact.
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Vol. 42, No. 23 April 12, 2013
A Weekly Update of Activities at Rust College
Campus NewsBriefs
Where Tomorrow’s Leaders are Students Today
Rust College Earns Place on National Honor Roll for Community Service One of 690 institutions of higher education to receive this honor
Rust College was named to the 2013 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. This designation is
the highest honor a college or university can receive for its commitment to volunteering, service-learning, and civic en-
gagement.
“Rust College has a long history of service-learning and believes strongly in preparing our graduates to be active leaders
and participants in an ever changing world,” said Dr. David L. Beckley, President. “We’re honored to receive this pres-
tigious award – and owe much of it to the students themselves. They’re the energy driving our commitment and they’re
the ones who make it all happen.”
Rust College is a service-learning institution in which students not only focus on academia, but community service as
well. In addition, the Rust College Community Development Corporation is helping to improve and revitalize areas in
the Holly Springs community.
“Congratulations to Rust College, its faculty and students for its commitment to service, both in and out of the class-
room,” said Wendy Spencer, CEO of CNCS. “Through its work, institutions of higher education are helping improve
their local communities and create a new generation of leaders by challenging students to go beyond the traditional col-
lege experience and solve local challenges.”
Inspired by the thousands of college students who traveled across the country to support relief efforts along the Gulf
Coast after Hurricane Katrina, CNCS has administered the award since 2006 and manages the program in collaboration
with the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, as well as the
American Council on Education and Campus Compact.
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Alpha Kappa Mu Induction Ceremony Held; Who’s Who Recognized Rust College inducted twenty new members into the Alpha Kappa Mu
National Honor Society on Tues-
day, April 9th during its annual
Honors Assembly. Current AKM
president Cleotha Taylor presided
over the event; greetings were
given by AKM member Shakaree
Hale and the invocation by AKM
member Telicia Gayden.
This year’s challenge was brought
forth by Dr. Gemma Beckley, Rust
College First Lady and
Director of Social Work. “These
students have recognized the im-
portance of performing above av-
erage, and with a higher level of
critical knowledge,” she said.
“You, your fellow honorees and
other students of this campus are just beginning. You have laid a strong foundation, and one has been laid for you.”
An undergraduate student shall be eligible to be elected as a collegiate member of Alpha Kappa Mu if the individual is regis-
tered as a full-time student, and is in good standing with the institution at which the chapter is located. Candidates must be at
least a junior in a degree-seeking program, and have completed 50 percent of the requirement for graduation. Candidates
must have a minimum grade point average of 3.3 and ranked in the upper 10% of the class. Candidates must exemplify good
character and exhibits the potential for leadership and service.
Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Paul C. Lampley, with the assistance of division chairpersons, also recognized those
students who were nominated to the list of Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges.