FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 31, 2007
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Contact: Tonya Strong-Charles
                 216.397.1958
                     tstrong@jcu.edu

John Carroll University Student receives National Community Service Award

University Heights, OH- Bryan Mauk, a John Carroll University undergraduate student, was recently named one of five recipients of the 2007 Howard R. Swearer Student Humanitarian Award for his exemplary commitment to community service.
Campus Compact, a national coalition of more than 1,000 college and university presidents, gives the award annually to students who have created an innovative approach to addressing a social, educational, environmental, health, economic, or legal issue within a community.

Bryan is being recognized for his work with the St. Benedict Joseph Labre Ministry at John Carroll University.  Bryan is a founder of the project: John Carroll students, faculty, and staff prepare hot meals and collect items such as clothing, blankets, topical medicines, and reading materials for Cleveland’s homeless. Approximately 120 people living on the streets are served by the Labre Ministry each week. Bryan has worked tirelessly to develop the Labre Ministry and to ensure its sustainability through collaborations with the Cleveland Food Bank. Bryan has also secured a wide range of grant funding.  

The other students honored this year with the coveted award hail from Emerson College, Kalamazoo College, Maui Community College, and the University of Notre Dame.

The award is named in honor of the life and work of Howard R. Swearer, the 15th president of Brown University and one of Campus Compact's founders.

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John Carroll University, located in Cleveland, Ohio, is a liberal arts university grounded in the Jesuit, Catholic tradition.  The university has some 3,100 plus undergraduates and just over 700 graduate students.  The U.S. News & World Report’s 2007 annual college guide ranks John Carroll University among the top 10 master’s-degree granting universities in the Midwest and first in average graduation rate. Originally founded as St. Ignatius College in 1886, the university was renamed in 1923 to honor America’s first Catholic bishop, John Carroll of Maryland.  John Carroll is one of 28 Jesuit colleges and universities located in the United States.

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