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Raritan Valley Community College is being recognized nationally for its civic engagement efforts as a recipient of the 2024 Highly Established Action Plan Seal. The College is being honored for its work—through The Pray Family Center for Service Learning and Civic Engagement at RVCC—for the development of a campus Civic Action Plan for the 2024 election cycle.  

RVCC is one of 93 campuses that has earned this recognition for the current election cycle by the national organization, ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge. The seal recognizes higher education institutions with strong action plans to increase nonpartisan democratic engagement by promoting civic learning, political engagement, and college student voter participation.

RVCC is the only college in New Jersey and one of only six community colleges nationally receiving the prestigious award.

“We’re honored that Raritan Valley Community College has been awarded the 2024 Highly Established Action Plan Seal by ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge. Our campus action plan has been recognized among the best in the country for building and fostering nonpartisan civic engagement,” said Lori Moog, the College’s Director of Service Learning and Community Outreach.

RVCC’s Action Plan focused on strategies that engage students, faculty, administrators, community nonprofit partners, and local election officials in intentional ways to increase nonpartisan democratic engagement and college student voting. Through curricular and co-curricular activities inside and outside the classroom, the plan encourages and supports students to be voters by offering voter registration campaigns, training and serving as poll workers, presenting at workshops, sharing election information, and social media messaging.

ALL IN and the American Democracy Project, Campus Vote Project, NASPA Lead Initiative, and the Students Learn Students Vote Coalition created the Strengthening American Democracy Guide to help guide campuses on their journey to graduate democratically engaged students by building effective action plans.

ALL IN provides a confidential score and feedback that help campuses celebrate and strengthen their action plans. The Highly Established Action Plan Seal recognizes campuses that score at least 31.5 out of 36 possible points on the Strengthening American Democracy rubric.

The ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge empowers colleges and universities to achieve excellence in nonpartisan student democratic engagement. Campuses that join the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge complete a set of action items, with the support of ALL IN staff, to institutionalize nonpartisan civic learning, political engagement, and voter participation on their campus.

ALL IN currently engages over 9.8 million students from more than 960 institutions in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Campuses can join ALL IN by clicking here.

Ranked by WalletHub.com and Intelligent.com as the #1 community college in New Jersey, Raritan Valley Community College has been serving as an academic and cultural center for Somerset and Hunterdon County residents for over 50 years. The College has been nationally recognized for its service to the community, environmental stewardship, and commitment to diversity. It is home to  a Planetarium, Science Education Institute, and 3M Observatory; a Theatre offering professional performances for all ages; and an Honors College for high achieving students.

The College offers approximately 90 associate degrees and certificates, as well as career training and professional development courses. RVCC is located at 118 Lamington Road in Branchburg, NJ. For further information, visit www.raritanval.edu.

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March 29, 2024

Media contact: Donna Stolzer, 908-526-1200, ext. 8383

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