HTI Receives President's Honor Roll Award For Service

Hawaii Technology Institute Receives President’s Honor Roll Award for Service

School Honored for Distinguished Community Service

Honolulu, Hawaii– The Corporation for National and Community Service named Hawaii Technology Institute (HTI) to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for exemplary service efforts and service to the community. 

“It is certainly an honor for HTI to be on the President’s Honor Roll for Distinguished Community Service for two consecutive years.  Service learning and civic engagement are vital components of HTI’s programs as the institute values the need to produce students whose influence will contribute to making our homes and communities a better place to live,” HTI President/CEO Naomi Digitaki

Launched in 2006, the Community Service Honor Roll is the highest federal recognition a school can achieve for its commitment to service-learning and civic engagement. Honorees for the award were chosen based on a series of selection factors including scope and innovativeness of service projects, percentage of student participation in service activities, incentives for service, and the extent to which the school offers academic service-learning courses.

Since the Hawaii Technology Institute’s inception in 1986, service learning and civic engagement have been integral to producing quality graduates.   A variety of organizations have been beneficiaries of services rendered by HTI to include Shriners Hospital for Children, River of Life Mission, Hawaii Foodbank, Child & Family Service, and Ronald McDonald House Charities of Hawaii. 

HTI has also partnered with a host of businesses and organizations to provide service-learning opportunities to its students.  These collaborations have been mutually rewarding and have reinforced the need and value of providing service to the community and the importance of becoming involved in issues that ultimately impacts us all.

“College students are tackling the toughest problems in America, demonstrating their compassion, commitment, and creativity in by serving as mentors, tutors, health workers, and even engineers,” Eisner said. “They represent a renewed spirit of civic engagement fostered by outstanding leadership on caring campuses.”

The Honor Roll is jointly sponsored by the Corporation, through its Learn and Serve America program, and the Department of Education, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, USA Freedom Corps, and the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation.

In congratulating the winners, U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings said, “Americans rely on our higher education system to prepare students for citizenship and the workforce. We look to institutions like these to provide leadership in partnering with local schools to shape the civic, democratic and economic future of our country.”

Overall, the Community Service Honor Roll awarded six schools with Presidential Awards.  In addition, four schools were recognized as Special Achievement Award winners, 127 as Honor Roll With Distinction members and 391 schools as Honor Roll members.  In total, 528 schools were recognized.  A full list is available at www.nationalservice.gov/honorroll.

“There is no question that the universities and colleges who have made an effort to participate and win the Honor Roll award are themselves being rewarded,” said American Council on Education President David Ward.  “Earning this distinction is not easy.  But now each of these schools will be able to wear this award like a badge of honor.”

The Honor Roll is jointly sponsored by the Corporation, through its Learn and Serve America program, and the Department of Education, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, USA Freedom Corps, and the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation.

 The Corporation for National and Community Service is a federal agency that improves lives, strengthens communities, and fosters civic engagement through service and volunteering. The Corporation administers Senior Corps, AmeriCorps and Learn and Serve America, a program that supports service-learning in schools, institutions of higher education and community-based organizations. For more information, go to http://www.nationalservice.gov.