Campus Life
Student Service Initiative
What is the
Student Service Initiative?
The Student Service Initiative is
an opportunity for students receiving Institutional
Financial Aid from Lincoln Memorial University to
broaden their horizons and become involved in service
learning projects. Through the program, students
have an opportunity to become affiliated with many
different aspects of college and community life in a
flexible environment.
Participants in the SSI program are all students who receive any type of financial aid from LMU (for example, sport scholarships, Lincoln Grants, and academic awards). Students receiving state or federal grants or loans or other aid from non-LMU sources are exempt from the Student Services Initiative
How Does the Program
Work?
As part of the requirement to receive institutional
aid, students are required to participate in a
10-hour service learning component per semester,
either in a project directly related to the academic
field of study or in a community service area
unrelated to the academic discipline. The
Student Service Initiative will include only those
projects and initiatives that do not include
internships and payable service.
What are the Program's Advantages?
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Satisfaction of giving something back while enrolled at LMU
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Hands-on experience in a field unrelated or directly related to the students course of study
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Increased marketability and enhancement of future job opportunities
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Prelude to a lifelong learning experience
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Increased opportunity to meet people and engage in activities outside the customary, day-to-day world
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Opportunity to participate and help people on a volunteer basis
Corporation for National & Community Service
Do Something
Appalachian Community Fund
Idealist.org
Appalachian Regional Commission
Non-Profits/Charities (Knoxville / East Tennessee / SE Kentucky LMU service area)
| Habitat for Humanity | |
| Chamber of Commerce | |
| American Red Cross | |
| Salvation Army | |
| American Cancer Society | |
| Knoxville Rotary Club | |
| Shrine Club | |
| Boy Scouts of America, Great Smoky Mountains Council | |
| Kiwanis Club | |
| Knoxville Tri-County Lions Club | |
| Girl Scouts of America | |
| YMCA of East Tennessee | |
| National Kidney Foundation of East Tennessee | |
| Knoxville-Knox County Community Action Committee | |
| United Way of Greater Knoxville | |
| Boys & Girls Club | |
| Appalachian Voices Interns / Volunteers wanted | |
| Extensive listing of Knoxville area civic organizations | |
| About Knoxville, extensive listing | |
| Non-Profits / Charities (Kentucky) | |
| Operation Unite, Kentucky | 1.866.678.6483 |
| Eastern Kentucky Child Care Coalition | 606.337.6044 |
| Cumberland River Comprehensive Care Independence House | 606.529.9386 |
| Cumberland River Comprehensive Care | |
| Cabinet for Families and Children | |
| 606.337.6171 | |
| 606.337.7055 | |
| Kentucky Regional Poison Center | 800.222.1222 |
| Kentucky Office for the Blind | 800.321.6668 |
Non-Profits/Charities (Cumberland Gap Larger Region)
| LMU Organizations | |
| Claiborne County Habitat for Humanity | 423.865.3547 |
| Claiborne County Chamber of Commerce | 423.626.4149 |
| Cumberland County Chamber of Commerce | 606.248.5603 |
| American Red Cross | 423.626.9617 |
| Manna House (Tazewell, TN) | 423.626.8765 |
| Salvation Army (Middlesboro, KY) | 606.248.4925 |
| Cooperative Christian Ministries (Pat Stanley) | 606.248.8022 |
| American Cancer Society | 1.800.ACS.2345 |
| ROHO | 606.248.5456 |
| Rotary Club of Middlesboro | |
| Rotary Club of Pineville (Jimmy Gragg) | 606.337.3159 |
| Shrine Club | 606.248.6311 |
| Boy Scouts of America | 606.248.1414 |
| Kiwanis Club of Middlesboro (Richard Smith) | 606.248.3886 |
| Kiwanis Club of Pineville (Mike Long) | 606.337.3411 |
| Lions Club of Middlesboro (Roy Asher) | 606.248.1252 |
| Lions Club of Pineville (Earl Hurst) | 606.337.3951 |
| Pump Springs Baptist Church | 423.869.8323 |
| Under His Wings | 606.337.3001 |
| Blessing House | 606.248.5939 |
| Girl Scouts of America | 606.248.1766 |
| Pineville Ministerial Association | 606.337.3332 |
| Open Bible Community Church (Harrogate) | 423.869.4176 |
| Heritage/Preservation/Education | |
| Bell County Public Library System | 606.248.4812 |
| Bell County Historical Society (Jon Smallwood) | 606.242.0005 |
| Parks/Recreation/Events | |
| Wilderness Road State Park (VA) | 276.445.3065 |
| Cumberland Gap National Historical Park (Janice Miracle) | 606.246.1072 |
| Pine Mountain State Park (John Brock) | 606.337.9512 |
| Cumberland Mountain Fall Festival (Middlesboro, KY) | 606.242.2145 ext. 2033 |
| Mason's Pumpkin Festival (male only) | 423.869.6271 |
| Kentucky Mountain Laurel Festival (Pineville, KY) | 606.337.6103 |
| Government Agencies/Departments | |
| Bell County Animal Shelter (Jennifer Nagle) | 606.337.6331 |
| Bell County Friends of the Shelter (Liz Lamont) | 423.869.6271 |
| Claiborne County Animal Shelter | |
| Bell County Animal Clinic | 606.248.4243 |
| Mainstreet Pineville (Tim Cornett) | 606.499.3835 |
| Healthcare | |
| Tri-State Comprehensive | 423.869.5376 |
| Laurel Manor Healthcare | 423.626.8215 |
| Lincoln Memorial University | |
| Campus Physical Plan Projects (Karen Farmer) | 423.869.6464 |
| LMU Baptist Collegiate Ministries | 423.869.2562 |
| Lincoln Library and Museum (Steven Wilson) | 423.869.6422 |
| Citizen Organizations | |
| Discover Downtown Middlesborough (DDM) | |
| Friends of the Middlesborough Library | 606.248.4812 |
| Pineville/Bell County Community Development | 606.337.7074 |
| Middlesborough Little Theater | |
| Social Services/Mental Health | |
| Middlesboro Group Home | 606.248.6719 |
| Mercy Mission | 606.248.8132 |
| Operation Unite | 1.866.678.6483 |
| Eastern Kentucky Child Care Coalition | 606.337.6044 |
| Cumberland River Comprehensive Care Independence House | 606.529.9386 |
| Cumberland River Comprehensive Care | |
| 606.248.4949 | |
| 606.337.6137 | |
| Crossroads Drug & Alcohol Treatment | 606.526.9598 |
| Cabinet for Families and Children | |
| 606.337.6171 | |
| 606.337.7055 | |
| Lifeline of Bell County | 606.337.9955 |
| Kentucky Regional Poison Center | 800.222.1222 |
| Kentucky Office for the Blind | 800.321.6668 |
| Bell County Day Treatment/Recovery & Safe School | 606.337.0957 |
| Bell County Homeless & Housing Council | 606.337.5519 |
| Bell County Senior Citizens Program, Inc. | |
| 606.337.7478 | |
| 606.248.2990 | |
| Bell County Council on Literacy | 606.248.4000 |
| Bell-Whitley Community Service Agency, Inc. | 606.337.3044 |
For questions and additional information on service opportunities, contact Larry Thacker, LMU Student Services, 423.869.6433 or email at: larry.thacker@lmunet.edu.
