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Alice Varnado Harden Center for Service and Community Engaged Learning
How do I sign up for Community Service?
Signing up for community service is not necessary. Simply, choose a community partner from the pre-approved list (see pre-approved list below), contact the agency, and begin the service experience. It is the student’s responsibility to complete the community service form and return it to our office by the semester deadline.
What if I want to complete community service at a site not listed on the Agency List?
For sites not listed on our approved agency list, stop by the Alice Varnado Harden Center for Service and Community Engaged Learning located in Suite 110, Jacob L. Reddix Hall, or download a copy of the Site Agreement Packet. These forms must be completed by the Community Partner, and approved by our office, before the service experience begins. The site/agency supervisor must provide our office with the following information.
- Completed JSU Site Agreement Form
- Completed JSU Request for Services Form
- Copy of 947 Form; must be a non-profit (IRS Award Letter)
Once our office receives the returned forms, a staff member from the Alice Varnado Harden Center for Service & Community Engaged Learning will notify the community agency and the student of approval or rejection. If the site meets all requirements for approval, the Alice Varnado Harden Center for Service & Community Engaged Learning will add the community partner to the following semester approved Agency List. Please note that all forms must be mailed to our office or hand delivered, as we need original signatures. The site approval process normally takes between 3-5 business days. NO INCOMPLETE PACKETS WILL BE ACCEPTED!
How do I check my Community Service and/or Service-Learning hours?
Step 1: Log into your P.A.W.S account; Step 2: “Click” Student Records; Step 3: “Click” Academic Transcript; and Step 4: “Click” Transcript Levels, scroll down to Community Service, press “Submit”
Why should I participate in the National Student Exchange Program?
- Live and learn in a different geographical area
- Take courses not available on your campus
- Investigate graduate schools
- Look for future Employment
- Experience life from a different point of view
When are the Community Service/ Service-Learning Deadlines?
Spring ’20 service deadline is Friday, April 3, 2020
(May ’20 graduates deadline is Friday, March 27, 2020)
Resources:
Spring 2020 Approved Partner List
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.
