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I think just recently NC State was recognized with a pretty significant award.

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We were recognized by the President of the United States. There's an honor roll

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that the Corporation for National Community Service has

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and every year institutions apply to be on this honor roll for their commitment to community service,

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and this year there were about fourteen hundred institutions that applied

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and the category that we were recognized in, the general community service, there were about seven hundred and fifty-one,

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to be exact,

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institutions that applied and NC State was selected as one of two.

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They don't rank those two institutions so in theory we were the top two submissions out of those seven hundred and fifty-one.

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The award talks about community service but it's really broader than that.

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It's the service learning that exists in the classroom,

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it's the extracurricular activities that students are doing to mentor children

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or to work with military families in their time of need,

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it's the philanthropy projects that we talk about, the Krispy Kreme Challenge

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and the blood drives and the meal packaging events,

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and all the different ways that our extension faculty engage with the local communities throughout North Carolina.

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So it's a recognition of all the ways that NC State is relevant to our communities,

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so to be recognized as one of the top two in the country, we're very proud of that.

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Again, that will just be another way that we say to students: This is part of the NC State experience,

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that when you come here you will be engaged in communities,

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that you will be provided challenging opportunities to make a difference and we expect that you'll rise to that challenge,

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and that's the long legacy of student leadership, and leadership for the institution on this campus.