PR2009 Feb U1

SHELTON STATE CHEERLEADERS VISIT VETERANS FOR VALENTINE’S DAY

Members of the Shelton State Cheerleading Team will be on the campus of the Tuscaloosa Veterans Medical Center on Friday beginning at 1:30 p.m., visiting veterans for Valentine’s Day. The visit is another example of the College’s ongoing commitment to community service, for which it recently gained national recognition.

On Monday, Shelton State was one of six schools from Alabama named to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for exemplary service efforts and service to America’s communities.  

Launched in 2006, the Community Service Honor Roll is the highest federal recognition a school can achieve for its commitment to service-learning and civic engagement. Honorees for the award were chosen based on a series of selection 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 academic service-learning courses.

More than 120 Shelton State students and another nine members of the school’s faculty and staff contributed nearly 2,100 hours of service to the community in the two recognized projects.

Cheerleader Sponsor Susan Mohun will accompany the team to the VA. She can be reached at 242-1347.