Recognition
- U.S. News and World Report ranked Northwestern fourth among Midwest baccalaureate colleges in its 2009 America's Best Colleges guidebook.
- In 2008, Northwestern became only the second college to be honored as a Groundwater Guardian Green Site in recognition of its environmental stewardship.
- The President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll has recognized Northwestern two years in a row for being a leader in local, national and international service efforts.
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Famous quotes containing the word recognition:
“Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion. General recognition of this fact is shown in the proverbial phrase “It is the busiest man who has time to spare.””
—C. Northcote Parkinson (1909–1993)
“I waited and worked, and watched the inferior exalted for nearly thirty years; and when recognition came at last, it was too late to alter events, or to make a difference in living.”
—Ellen Glasgow (1873–1945)
“The person who designed a robot that could act and think as well as your four-year-old would deserve a Nobel Prize. But there is no public recognition for bringing up several truly human beings.”
—C. John Sommerville (20th century)