Spring 2010 - Simmons College

newsSimmons & The White HouseAnne Fudge ’73, ’98HD Winston Tabb ’72LS Thomas HullIn recent months, several members of theSimmons community have been recognizedfor their professional accomplishmentswith important awards from, orpositions in, the U.S. government.Former Trustee Ann Fudge ’73, ’98HDwas one of six members named to a newa bipartisan commission charged withrecommending ways to reduce the U.S.national debt. The commission includes12 sitting members of Congress.GSLIS alumnus Winston Tabb ’72LSwas nominated to serve on the NationalMuseum and Library Services Board. Theboard is the advisory body for the Instituteof Museum and Library Services — theprimary source of federal support forthe nation’s 123,000 libraries and 17,500museums.Thomas Hull, the Warburg Professor ofPolitical Science and International Relations,received a Presidential MeritoriousService Award for his accomplishmentsas U.S. ambassador to Sierra Leone from2004 to 2007. This is Hull’s second PresidentialMeritorious Service Award, whichis given to past and present State Departmentofficials for leadership and advancementof U.S. foreign policy. nSimmons Receives President’s National Community Service HonorFor the fourth year in a row, Simmonswas named to the President’s HigherEducation Community Service Honor Rollfor its students’ volunteer contributionsto the community in 2009. Simmons isone of only four schools in Massachusettsto be recognized on the most recent 2009“Honor Roll With Distinction,” a designationgiven to schools that have exhibitedsignificant community service; Simmonsalso is the only college in the state to havereceived the “Honor Roll With Distinction”designation three times since theHonor Roll began in 2006.The President’s Community ServiceHonor Roll is the highest federal recognitionthat an institution can achieve forits commitment to service learning andcivic engagement. Administered by theCorporation for National and CommunityService, the Honor Roll recognizes highereducation institutions that “support exemplary,innovative, and effective communityservice programs.”During the 2008–2009 academic year,the Scott/Ross Center for Community Serviceengaged more than 2,600 studentsin community service activities. Throughthe Scott/Ross Center students took partin a variety of tutoring and mentoringpartnerships with community schoolsand organizations. For example, last yearmanagement students created a financialliteracy program for inner city high schoolstudents, presenting them with informationabout short and long-term savings,identity theft, and cell phone plans.“This honor recognizes some of themost important work that we do here atSimmons with our neighborhood andcommunity partners,” said PresidentHelen Drinan.Trustee and alumna Emily Scott Pottruck’78 funded the Scott/Ross Center forCommunity Service in 2000, in recognitionof the college’s long-time commitmentto community service. The Centerserves the Greater Boston community bydeveloping reciprocal partnerships withcommunity organizations while enrichingand expanding students’ educational andco-curricular experiences. n4 simmons alumnet.simmons.edu