and Heritage Festival in Lexington, Voter registration drives in Frankfort, Constitution Day events, Pay it Forward Acts of Giving, Mentoring in the local schools, Homecoming activities, Stadium clean-up, Recycling Projects, Halloween on the Hilltop, Green Job Fair, Greenhill Cemetery, Santa's Helpers with the Franklin County Extension Office, Host a High School Student for a Day, Habitat for Humanity, Simon House, Franklin County Women's Shelter, Senior Citizen Center, ACCESS Men's Shelter and Soup Kitchen, CESKAA (Center of Excellence for the Study of Kentucky African Americans) and the KSU Wesley Foundation Students' Clothes Closet.

Most students used the volunteer activities above to fulfill a 10-hour community service requirement for the University Orientation (UNV101) course. Students from other service learning courses and programs, such as the Academics with Attitude (AWA), living/learning groups on campus, participated. In total, students completed over 5,980 hours of community service.

Speech 103-Interpersonal Communication was identified as a service-learning course, which required students to volunteer at six non-profit agencies for a minimum of two hours per week. Students were expected to use $100 of donation money to develop a “World of Change” project.

On November 21, 2014, The Office of Regional Stewardship and Public Engagement held a service recognition reception, honoring, students, faculty, staff and community members who served the Frankfort community. Over 130 honorees were received awards and certificates for their service work.

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