The Office of Regional Stewardship considers attendance at events like convocations, student recitals, and various cultural events as civic engagement that ultimately serves the KSU community. Students can complete 50 hours of civic engagement/campus-related events as long as they are pre-approved by OSR. The Office of Regional Stewardship will frequently update a calendar of campus community and service events that count toward civic engagement/campus-related events.

Students who are veterans, current members of the Reserve or National Guard or who are called to active duty, can earn up to half of their community service hours towards the service requirement and up to 100 hours toward the CORD Program (described below) requirements.

Student Veterans - Enrolled KSU students who are veterans and have completed military active duty with an honorable discharge can also earn up to 100 hours of service credit towards the community service requirement. To qualify for this credit, the student must present their military form DD-214 showing the discharge status to the Office of Regional Stewardship

National Guard and Military Reserve - Enrolled KSU students who are current members of the Military Reserve or National Guard can also earn up to 100 hours of service credit. The qualification for this credit is based upon completion of basic training, job training, and a minimum of one year cycle (one weekend per month and two-weeks per year assignments), and the student must present their enlistment contract and military form DD-214 to the Office of Regional Stewardship.

Active Duty - Enrolled KSU students who are called to active duty must present a copy of their military orders to the Office of Regional Stewardship and the University Registrar. These students can also earn up to 100 hours of service credit.

Students who are members of Greek-letter organizations may count 20 hours of community service completed with their organizations towards their personal service hours as long as it is approved through the Office of Regional Stewardship.

A maximum of 100 hours can be transferred in from previous institutions, as approved by ORS.

At the conclusion of each community service project, supervisors will complete an evaluation form. Students must receive a satisfactory rating for hours to be accepted. Students will also write a reflective essay about their experience and their service to the community. Essays must demonstrate that students understand social issues as well as their leadership and work in eradication of those issues.

Kentucky State University has authorized The National Student Clearinghouse to provide on-line transcript ordering services. Students can order transcripts using major credit and debit cards. The credit or debit card will only be charged after your order has been completed. Transcripts cannot be released if a financial hold has been placed on your account. This hold must be resolved before a transcript request will be processed.

In order to purchase official transcript(s), please complete the following steps:

To order an official transcript(s), the student must log into The National Student Clearinghouse's secure site;

The site will explain how to place an order, including delivery options and fees. Students may order as many transcripts as you like in a single session. Base cost is $10.00 per transcript with a $3.00 per transaction processing fee.

Transcripts will be processed by the Office of the Registrar 3–5 days after the order is received from the Clearinghouse. Order updates will be emailed to the student. Students may also check the order status and history online.

A transcript mailed through the United States Postal Service may take up to 10 business days to reach its destination.

Kentucky State University, consistent with the regulations of the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), insures students the right to inspect and review their educational records within 45 days from the time of the request. University officials will release educational information upon receipt of a signed and dated written consent of the student, which must specify the records that may be disclosed and identify the party to whom the disclosure may be made.

In addition, the law prohibits the release of personally identifiable information without the student's permission, with the following exceptions: • Kentucky State University school officials who have a legitimate educational interest. Kentucky State University considers a school official to have a legitimate educational interest if the official needs to review an education record in order to fulfill his or her professional responsibility. Kentucky State University considers the school officials those members of the institution who act in the student's educational interest within the limitations of their need to know. These may include faculty, administration, clerical, and professional employees and other persons who manage student education record information including student employees or agents. It may also include contractors, third party contracted vendors, volunteers, and others performing functions.

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