66% of Centre students report engaging in service and community engagement while at Centre.
For students at Centre, service is not just a one-time activity – it’s a way of life – an opportunity for the life-long integration of learning and community engagement.
Access to Education, Opportunity to Serve.” Bonner students make a real impact during their time at Centre on the communities they serve. The Bonner Program is a network of students on campus (and thousands nationwide) dedicated to making a difference through service and ethical leadership.
Find volunteer opportunities and other activities in our network. CentreEngage is a space for volunteers to be in community with local nonprofits and other volunteers that want to make a difference through service and philanthropy. Track your hours, donations, or impacts, and verify your engagement.
Centre College students, staff, and faculty engage with the community in a hands-on, practical manner at CentreWorks. Working alongside the community in projects focused on healthy, vibrant and inclusive living, CentreWorks pulls people together to impress the life is learning mindset. Programs such as The Learning Collaborative aim to share the benefits of a liberal arts and sciences education beyond the walls of Centre College to help ensure community bonds.
The Centre Bonner Program expanded my passion for serving my community and created a community where I could thrive. The people, both within the program and in Danville, as well as the professional and education experience, made my college career fulfilling and has given me a sense of belonging.
Behavioral Neuroscience & Chinese, class of 2026
Louisville, KY
Here are just a few of the many opportunities you might explore:
Delve into Danville
The Delve into Danville orientation program introduces First-Year students to all that downtown Danville has to offer. Students tour small businesses, non-profit organizations, and the local Farmer's Market. The program is designed to increase students' sense of belonging and connect them with the community they will call home for the next four years.
Alpha Phi Omega
Alpha Phi Omega is a co-ed service organization that initiates and leads various philanthropic and service events throughout the year. Examples of APO's work include fundraising for local disaster relief, campus and community trash cleanups, and writing appreciation cards to local senior living center residents.
Greek Organizations
Greek organizations at Centre are active contributors to campus life and the broader community, supporting campus events, volunteering locally, and raising funds for charitable causes through their philanthropy. Learn more about Greek Life.
After-School Program
The After School Program is a student initiated and operated program. ASP provides Danville/Boyle County K-12 students personalized tutoring and mentoring from a Centre College student twice a week. Through this program, these students receive not only a tutor, but also a mentor and a friend.
Poverty and Homelessness Week
A week-long series of events to raise awareness about poverty and homelessness at the state, national, and global level. Students may contact communityengagement@centre.edu to learn how to get involved.
Food Recovery Network
Food Recovery Network is a student-led movement fighting food waste and food insecurity in the United States. Centre's chapter partners with Parkhurst Dining to turn surplus food into soup for Soup's On Us, a nonprofit food program serving people facing hunger in Danville.
MLK Day of Service
The only federal holiday designated as a National Day of Service, volunteer at one of several local nonprofit community partners to honor the legacies of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King or commit to service in the spring with help from the Office of Civic & Community Engagement.
Blood Drives
Centre hosts regular on-campus blood drives to help community members donate to the Kentucky Blood Center.
Explore complex social issues through an interdisciplinary lens while developing the knowledge and skills to engage in advocacy, activism, and collective action toward positive social change.
Students got an up-close look at the state’s judicial process in action when Centre College hosted two days of arguments before the Kentucky Supreme Court. The Commonwealth's highest court will be...
On a chilly December evening in 2023, speaker after speaker stepped to the podium in Danville City Hall to discuss the issue of homelessness in the local community. The standing-room-only crowd...
Greek Life at Centre College offers students an opportunity to make lifelong friends while honing leadership and team-building skills that pay dividends long after graduation. It also fosters a...
