Twenty two Jesuit colleges and universities have been named to the 2010 United States President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. Over 600 colleges and universities in the United States, Puerto Rico and Guam were also named to the list, which is comprised of 641 institutions in total.

One Jesuit institution, Loyola University Chicago, was named a presidential awardee, three Jesuit institutions (College of the Holy Cross, Gonzaga University and Regis University) were named to the honor roll with distinction, and eighteen Jesuit institutions were named to the honor roll.

According to the Corporation for National and Community Service, Loyola University Chicago was honored for its Madonna Scholars High School Intervention program, which produced a 100 percent college acceptance rate for 80 female at-risk participants; the Target New Transitions program, which provided 4,608 hours of mentoring to middle school students transitioning to high school; and its Math Tutoring program, which helped 253 local fourth- to eighth-grade students improve their academic performance.

Since 2006, the Honor Roll has been administered every year to honor colleges and universities for their community service programs and student involvement. It is administered by the Corporation for National and Community Service, and supported by the U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Campus Compact, and the American Council on Education.

The following Jesuit institutions were named to the 2010 President’s Honor Roll: Boston College, Creighton University, Fairfield University, Fordham University, Georgetown University, John Carroll University, Le Moyne College, Loyola Marymount University, Loyola University Maryland, Marquette University, Rockhurst University, Saint Joseph's University, Saint Louis University, Santa Clara University, Seattle University, University of San Francisco, University of Scranton, Xavier University.

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