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The honors scholars are establishing a tradition of participation in the National Collegiate Honors Council's National Honors Service Day. Each semester, the NCHC selects a day and asks honors programs across the country to perform service. In Fall 2008, the scholars at Penn State Brandywine created a two-part service project. First, on October 17, the scholars arranged an open mic on campus to discuss world food problems and collected donations for Profugo. Then, on October 25, a group of scholars, with the honors coordinators, participated in Profugo's Sweat for Hope 5K in Ridley Creek State Park. The scholars raised $50 for Profugo, and many of the scholars completed the 5K in record time! Two additional medalists are missing from the photo below (all photos from the 5K can be viewed on Profugo's Flickr page). Congrats to all for helping a local organization making a global difference!

Medal winners:  Gold - Yee Lin Tan and Dr. Goldschmidt; Silver - Alexis Bennett, Qian Ye and Chris Collins; Bronze - Matt Bachman and Ashlee Hutras

The students in the Honors Program connected with honors programs in universities across the country to participate in a national Honors Day of Service. Catharine Wahl and Matthew Thornton, chair and co-chair of the Honors Day of Service for Spring 2008, worked with other honors scholars to organize an event promoting two local organizations that serve the visually impaired. "Vision Awareness Day" featured a speaker from the organization Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic and our own scholar Donald Hennig and his mother (and two seeing eye dogs) for The Seeing Eye.  The campus learned about the mission of both organizations and how they could make a difference for those visually challenged.

Read the final report (PDF file) of the Honors Day of Service for April 15, 2008. This project was also highlighted in the National Collegiate Honors Council Newsletter (PDF file).

The students in the Honors Program connected with honors programs in universities across the country to participate in a national Honors Day of Service. James Woodruff and Peter Spizzirri, chair and co-chair of the Honors Day of Service for Fall 2007, worked with other honors scholars to organize a sneaker drive. The students collected 178 pairs of old sneakers to send to Nike. Nike recycles the sneakers by shredding them and creating playground surfaces for inner-city children.

Read the final report (PDF file) of the Honors Day of Service for October 12, 2007. This project was also highlighted in the National Collegiate Honors Council Newsletter (PDF file).