Lyn Huxford Center for Community Service (CCS)
Scholarship Opportunities
Scholars: First-year students please apply here!
Fellows: Second and third year McKendree students please apply here!
For more information, please visit the awards tab.
Award Opportunities
ACES: This award is given to students who have:
400 documented service hours over their time at McKendree (including service done in the summers after freshman year)
Involvement in activities and organizations and McKendree.
Please apply here!
For more information, please visit the awards tab.
Join Our Group
The Lyn Huxford Center for Community Service (CCS) welcomes everyone! Students, faculty,
and staff, please feel free to drop by the Center at any time through the year or
attend any CCS meetings in which you have interest. Meetings are coordinated by CCS
staff, but all students are welcome. Students can come to meetings, connect with a
service site, take a lead in coordinating events, recruit people for service, and
bring new ideas to the table.
We are here for you. We can also help you plan a service activity with a group or
an individual site if you are interested.
Mission Statement
The Lyn Huxford Center for Community Service aims to provide experiential learning and enriching service to engage McKendree University and its students with both their local and global communities. We strive to develop socially responsible global citizens. This is done through academic coursework, service experiences, educational programming and opportunities for personal growth.
Our Components
Community Service and Outreach
CCS works with partner agencies to serve the community. We coordinate individualized service placements, weekly service opportunities, and group service projects. Through our partnerships, we are able to build a spirit of service on campus that is carried with students into their lives and careers after graduating.
Service Learning
CCS assist faculty in finding appropriate Service Learning placements as well as
meeting individually with faculty members to consult on their courses. We also provide
service learning contracts, evaluations, evaluation tools, hours logs and other forms
for students and faculty and assist students at the beginning of the semester to solidify
weekly service opportunities to fulfill their course’s Service Learning requirements
if needed.
Social Justice
CCS coordinates events and programs to build social awareness among the campus community.
Among other events, we coordinate Hunger and Homelessness week for our community to
raise awareness of the local and global causes and effects of hunger and homelessness.
Retreats are provided to analyze issues and systems affecting social injustice. Reflections
to build individual understanding of justice are also offered on a monthly basis.
