December 10, 2007
 

The Bud and Jan Richter Center for Community Engagement and Service-Learning at Fresno State was formally dedicated Nov. 28, honoring the Richter’s $3.5 million gift to establish the center.

The Richters were joined by family and friends and heard student, faculty and community testimonials on the importance and impact of service learning. One goal of the Jan and Bud Richter Center for Community Engagement and Service-Learning at Fresno State is to help the university to achieve 1 million hours of annual service from the campus community staff by the end of its Centennial in 2011.

During the past academic year, more than 6,300 Fresno State students participated in organized community service-learning. They logged 485,300 hours providing an economic benefit to the community estimated at more than $10.4 million.