By: Maddie Day ~Staff Writer~ The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has announced Xavier as a recipient of its 2015 Community Engagement Classification. Only 361 institutions nationwide were granted this distinction, which is less than 7 percent of all U.S. four-year academic institutions — public and private. Additionally, Xavier is one of 157 colleges and universities to have earned the designation for the second time. Xavier’s first Community Engagement Classification came in 2008. “Obtaining reclassification is a significant, national acknowledgement of Xavier’s institutional commitment to community engagement,” Sean Rhiney, director of Xavier’s Eigel Center for Community-Engaged Learning, said. … Continue reading Xavier receives national recognition for community engagement achievements