{"id":5607,"date":"2010-03-08T16:02:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-08T16:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbpost.com\/articles\/life\/csulb-makes-the-grade-in-civic-engagement\/"},"modified":"2010-03-08T16:02:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-08T16:02:00","slug":"csulb-makes-the-grade-in-civic-engagement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/csulb-makes-the-grade-in-civic-engagement","title":{"rendered":"CSULB Makes The Grade In Civic Engagement"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/span>12:00pm |<\/strong> In the backdrop of protests against fee hikes taking place on college campuses across the state and California\u2019s elimination from contention for the much-anticipated \u201cRace to the Top\u201d funds, the announcement from the CSU Chancellor\u2019s Office released this week looks even better. According to the statement, 14 CSU campuses received \u201cthe highest federal honor that universities can receive for their commitment to service learning and civic engagement.\u201d<\/p>\n

The selected CSU campuses were among 700 colleges that were recognized and named to the 2009 President\u2019s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. One of the CSU campuses was Long Beach State, which was named as an \u201cHonor Roll\u201d member. <\/p>\n

This recognition should not be overlooked or dismissed as a simple feel-good award. The value of a higher learning institution is no longer limited to the minds within the classrooms that are being educated. For the communities that surround them, college campuses are engines of economic growth and centers for civic engagement. For the college campus, the surrounding community offers a real-world laboratory in which professors and students alike can test and apply the theories discussed in the classroom. There is a reason why college towns thrive – not just economically but socially as well. <\/p>\n

For those of us who are privileged to live in Long Beach, we already know how connected and entrenched The Beach is in the community. The Pyramid stands tall not just as a symbol of The Beach\u2019s greatness, but Long Beach\u2019s as well. This recognition is significant because it validates what we already knew and because it gives us some much needed good news from the higher education sector in the Golden State.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cal State Long Beach was one of fourteen CSU campuses to receive a distinguished higher education honor last week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","inline_featured_image":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_":"","_author_alias":"","cap-aim":"","cap-description":"","cap-display_name":"","cap-first_name":"","cap-jabber":"","cap-last_name":"","cap-linked_account":"","cap-newspack_employer":"","cap-newspack_job_title":"","cap-newspack_phone_number":"","cap-newspack_role":"","cap-user_email":"","cap-user_login":"","cap-website":"","cap-yahooim":"","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_email_html":"","newspack_email_type":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_hide_page_title":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_show_share_buttons":"","newspack_sponsor_byline_prefix":"","newspack_sponsor_disclaimer_override":"","newspack_sponsor_flag_override":"","newspack_sponsor_only_direct":"","newspack_sponsor_url":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-5607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hi-lo","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5607"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5607\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5607"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=5607"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=5607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}