9/11 Day of Service Showcases Montclair Volunteers’ Commitment to Community Service

火狐体育对公共服务和社区伙伴关系的承诺反映在学生志愿者在9/11全国服务和纪念日聚集在一起，帮助建造房屋，为饥饿者提供食物，并在新泽西州的非营利和服务机构组织捐款。

The meaningful acts of kindness, community service and teamwork by the 大学’s volunteer 邦纳领导人, 下一代服务队 and 美国志愿队, as well as Montclair’s 姐妹会和兄弟会, exemplify efforts in collaborations with local communities to advance racial justice and equity, improve health and foster student achievement.

The 大学 was recently awarded the prestigious 卡内基公共目的领导力分类, which recognizes institutions that have committed to campus-wide efforts to advance leadership in pursuit of public goods, including justice, equity, diversity and liberty. 火狐体育火狐体育大学是全美仅有的25所获此殊荣的大学之一，其中包括新泽西州唯一一所公立大学和全国仅有的15所公立大学之一。

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火狐体育火狐体育正在培养学生在公共服务中发挥作用，并在世界上发挥作用。

• The 下一代服务队 prepares undergraduates from all disciplines for public service careers.
• The 邦纳领袖计划 provides students with civic engagement and public service opportunities.

重新设计的荣誉课程激励学生探索公共服务和创造性领导能力。 The new 荣誉边缘 program offers academic, experiential, and leadership opportunities.

Montclair is also immersed in a collective impact project in Paterson called “一平方英里” focused on transforming New Jersey’s third-largest and one of its poorest cities.

• In the city’s public schools, Montclair faculty 支持老师的工作 and school leaders in the district’s multicultural classrooms.
• “向上跳跃”为帕特森高中学生上大学做准备。 Last year, every 向上的束缚 participant who graduated from high school was accepted into a post-secondary degree program.
• 预防和赋权社区组织（c.o.p.e） Initiative features Montclair students assisting in classes aimed at 防止药物滥用和艾滋病毒传播 among African American and Latino youths.
• On the city’s streets, there are efforts to address 减少伤害和刑事司法改革.

The 大学’s growing partnership also includes the revival of 亨克里乌体育馆, one of America’s last remaining Negro League ballparks. Montclair alumnus and Paterson native Chuck Muth ’77 and his wife, Laura, made a 500万美元的变革性礼物 that allows the 大学 to partner in the creation and operation of a museum to tell the story of the league and the integration of baseball.

火狐体育火狐体育如何纪念2024年的服务和纪念日

9月7日星期六，与往年一样，学生、教师和工作人员分散到该地区各地，建造房屋、清洁公园、组织食品储藏室捐赠、打包书包，并与患有脑瘫的成年人一起开展其他活动。 全校范围内的捐赠活动为帕特森东区高中的学生提供了学习用品。 A record number 360 volunteers participated from Montclair and 火狐体育布鲁姆菲尔德学院.

The 大学’s 社区参与中心 sponsors the events to allow students to serve in a meaningful way, honoring all those who died and responded and rekindling the spirit of unity that arose in America in the immediate aftermath of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. 类似的服务日活动每年举行，以纪念遗产 马丁·路德·金

大学 总统 Jonathan Koppell, who has made public service a cornerstone of his administration, joins students in the efforts, telling them, “We are a community that is capable of so much when we work together.”

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