On Campus AU HOSTS VISTAS The Corporation for National and Community Service and Pennsylvania Campus Compact named Alvernia to host two PACC*VISTA members for projects focused on college access and success, and nutritious food access and education. The PACC*VISTA program is geared to strengthen campus-community efforts to eradicate poverty, develop partnerships between campus and community organizations, and foster emerging leaders in the fields of community development and civic engagement.
Winters Receive Weitzman Award Two of the area’s most respected community members, Chester and RoseMarie Winters, were presented with the Rabbi Alan Weitzman Award in April. Lifelong residents of Berks County with a history of service to the community, the Winters have been extremely active in the region, serving more than 20 nonprofit organizations, including Alvernia, Saint Joseph’s Medical Center Foundation and the Children’s Home
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of Reading, among others. The award recognizes civic-mindedness, draws attention to the importance of civic engagement and encourages others to give of themselves through community service. It is given in honor of Rabbi Weitzman’s remarkable lifelong commitment to addressing the needs
Carnegie Foundation Recognizes Alvernia
the longtime Director of the Alvernia Seniors College.
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The Carnegie Foundation selected Alvernia as one of only 23 institutions in Pennsylvania and 361 across the nation to receive its newest Community Engagement Classification. Other schools receiving the national recognition included Duke, Emory, Villanova and Notre Dame universities. “We are proud to have our community and civic engagement programs once again recognized by the Carnegie Foundation as among the very best examples within higher education. Through the Holleran Center for Community Engagement and O’Pake Institute for Ethics, Leadership and Public Service, Alvernia continues to integrate community service and civic engagement throughout our university. These efforts ensure our students are well trained to make a positive difference in the world after they graduate,” said Alvernia University President Thomas F. Flynn. The Carnegie 10-year classification acknowledges a commitment to community engagement in higher education and reaffirms an institutional commitment to deepen the practice of service and to further strengthen bonds between campus and community. Carnegie labeled several of Alvernia’s endeavors as “excellent,” including alignment among campus mission, culture, leadership, resources and practices that support dynamic and noteworthy community engagement. The foundation also said that the university showed “exemplary institutionalized practices of community engagement.”
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of others, as well as his service as