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Community Service
The Harden Center for Service at Jackson State University strives to encourage all students towards improving the human condition through civic engagement.
Community Service is actively engaging students in volunteer work designed to improve the community while developing leadership and social skills. Serving in the community helps students learn what challenges communities face and see how their work furthers the community’s goals. It also helps build valuable relationships with the people whom you serve. Through Community Service students will discover their passions, build leadership skills, and cultivate positive change. The energy and interests of this vast network of generous individuals are organized to increase the capacity of all entities at the university through service.
The Harden Center for Service is very committed to broadening a spirit of service throughout the university and the community.
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Stay Connected with The Center for Service:
Need a site approved?
Where can I complete my service requirement?
Other Resources:
Checking My Community Service Transcript
Project Approvals for Student Orgs & Campus Departments:
This form is for student organizations and approved campus departments, only. The purpose of the service project approval form is to obtain approval for any organization or department issuing community service hours for projects or special events. Note, our office does not provide volunteers for your project or special event; this approval process simply verifies your project has met all requirements to be promoted to students for service credit.
Before the project: All service projects must be submitted online at least two weeks prior to anticipated project.
After the project: Sign-in forms must be submitted within three (3) days of the final date of your service project.
To apply click the following link
Project Approval Form
COMMUNITY COMMITTMENT
The Department of Public Safety makes available to the campus community a copy of the Public Safety Newsletter that is published yearly. Valuable information is available regarding parking rules, fines for parking violations, annual crime statistics for the past three years for the campus and information in regards to the department. The newsletters are available at orientation, registration, and may be picked up from the department located on the corner of Lynch Street and Dalton across from the College of Liberal Arts.
All students, faculty, staff, full or part-time, who operate a vehicle on University property, should register their vehicle with the JSU Department of Public Safety.
A valid registration decal should be properly displayed at all times. To purchase a decal, you will need the following:
- Current Proof of Insurance
- Housing Agreement if a Resident Student
- Name /address and users of the vehicle
- Tag number on the vehicle
- Make, model, color and county of vehicle
- Office or Residence Hall Number
- Cell phone number for immediate contact (if available)
You are encouraged to purchase a parking decal and park your vehicle on JSU property. You are also encouraged to remove all valuables from your vehicle and to take the shuttle bus as opposed to walking alone.
Commuter/Residential Parking
Various areas on campus are designated parking spaces for commuter and residential students. All residential students may park in the lot adjacent to the dormitories, or any lot except for areas designated as reserve lots or reserved parking. Residential students must have a residential decal properly affixed to your vehicle.
Commuter Students Lots Are Located:
- Short Street and Lynch Street
- Walter Payton Drive in Front of Facilities Management
- Walter Payton Drive Across from Tennis Court
- West Side of the College of Education Building
- South Lot by John A. Peoples Building
- Eastview Lot
- Pearl Street Lot
- Athletics and Assembly Center
Commuter students with night classes may park in lots on the core of the campus after 5:30 p.m., providing the space is not designated as 24 hour reserved. At no time are students allowed to park in handicapped areas unless they have a handicapped tag or plaque displayed.
Our Vision
Student Affairs works to engage, retain and educate a diverse student population for success at Jackson State University and globally. We enhance learning by fostering critical thinking, ethical responsibility, leadership, civic engagement and the cultivation of healthy lifestyles to create a transformative university experience.
