service

On Saturday, March 13, we will be undertaking production system upgrades between the hours of 3.00 a.m. and 3.00 p.m. The scheduled hardware and software upgrades will improve the overall availability of the application environment in the future. In particular, we are installing a hardware load balancer which will automatically allocate workstation based user requests to an active front end application server. This upgrade will result in better handling of user activity/connectivity should one of the application servers fail at any time.

Four thousand middle school students will participate in service-learning projects this summer, funded by the 2010 Summer of Service grants from Learn and Serve America, a national service program administered by the Corporation for National and Community Service. The agency awarded grants totaling $2 million to 17 nonprofits, universities and schools to engage at-risk youth in grades 6 through 9 in innovative service projects that address environmental and disaster preparedness issues.

Anyone who loves service loves the Peace Corps, because it's one of the most storied and effective service programs America has ever devised. President Obama knows that it is one of the most effective tools America has to build bonds of trust and understanding with other nations, and during his campaign promised to double the size of the Peace Corps by 2011, which just happens to be the Peace Corps' 50th anniversary.