Peace College's community service efforts have earned it a spot on the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll.

"I'm delighted that our efforts to involve our students in service work that contributes to their educations and makes a difference in people's lives has been recognized with this honor," said Candice Johnston, Peace College's dean of students.

The President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll recognizes colleges and universities that support innovative and effective community service and service-learning programs. Honorees for the various award levels were selected based on a series of factors, including scope and innovation of service projects, percentage of student participation in service activities, incentives for service, and the extent to which the school offers service-learning courses.

The Honor Roll is a program of the Corporation for National and Community Service, and is sponsored by the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation and the U.S. Departments of Education and Housing and Urban Development, in partnership with Campus Compact and the American Council on Education.

The 2008 Honor Roll was announced during the American Council on Education Annual Conference in Washington, D.C., last weekend. Nationwide, 635 schools were listed on the honor roll for their community service activities during the 2007-2008 academic year.

Peace was one of 34 North Carolina colleges and universities to earn the honor. It was the only women's college in the state to do so. Duke University in Durham was honored as one of this year's three winners of the Presidential Award, the highest federal recognition a college or university can receive for its commitment to volunteering, service-learning, and civic engagement.