FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
EXTRACURRICULAR ISSUES

   Q. My child has been very involved with community service and leadership throughout high
     school. Does Centre offer any programs where students can continue this service?

     A. Centre has a number of ways that students can volunteer in Danville and the surrounding areas. CARE      (Centre Action Reaches Everyone) and LIFT (Learning Is Fun Together) are two of Centre's largest
     service organizations. Centre also has active chapters of Alpha Phi Omega, a co-ed service fraternity, and      Habitat for Humanity. For more information on volunteer opportunities, visit the Student Life website at      http://web.centre.edu/studentlife.

     CARE is Centre's umbrella volunteer service organization and serves as a liasion between Centre's campus      and the Danville/Boyle County area. Members of CARE are responsible for coordinating a number of      substantial projects including the fall and spring blood drives, Read Across America Day, the Angel Tree      project, Hunger and Homelessness Week, and Repair Affair.

     Members of CARE are also responsible for recruiting and coordinating the volunteer efforts of individual      students at the numerous agencies in the Danville/Boyle County area. Centre students serve the community      by volunteering their time at the Humane Society, the Danville Adult Education and Literacy Center, the      Recycling Center, Ephraim McDowell Hospital, local nursing homes, the Salvation Army, Big Brothers Big      Sisters, the Housing Authority, the Rape Crisis Center, and several afterschool programs.

     LIFT volunteers provide tutoring and classroom enrichment activities for local elementary students.

   Q. Are there activities available to fill out-of-classroom time?

     A. There are many. Join a service organization, pre-professional society (such as pre-med or pre-law),      visual and performing arts group, religious group, publication staff, or political club. Run for office in the      Student Government Association. Or join a varsity athletic team or intramural team. Centre offers activities for      every interest.

     Centre offers four fraternities for men and four sororities for women. The four fraternities are Phi Delta Theta,      Phi Kappa Tau, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, and Sigma Chi. The four sororities are Alpha Delta Pi, Delta Delta      Delta, Kappa Alpha Theta, and Kappa Kappa Gamma. Greeks at Centre can be found helping with campus      events, volunteering in Danville and the surrounding communities, and hosting great parties that are open to      all students.

     Centre offers many academic clubs and societies. For instance, the American Chemical Society, Art Society,      Deutschklub, Economic Society, Film Society, French Society, Hispanic Society, Japanese Club, Law      Society, Politics Society, Pre-Med Society, Pre-Veterinary Society, and Psychology Society are all      organizations present on campus.

     Centre also offers academic honor societies, one of which, Phi Beta Kappa, is the only chapter at a
     private school in Kentucky. In addition to Phi Beta Kappa, Centre has a chapter of Omicron Delta Kappa,
     a leadership fraternity, and academic fraternities delineated by major. These academic fraternities are: Beta      Beta Beta (biology), Omicron Delta Epsilon (economics), Phi Alpha Theta (history), Phi Sigma Iota (foreign      language), Pi Sigma Alpha (government), Psi Chi (psychology), Sigma Delta Pi (Spanish), and Sigma Pi      Sigma (physics).

   Q. Does Centre have a campus minister or any religious groups for students?

     A. Rick Axtell is Centre's college chaplain as well as an associate professor of religion at the College. He      holds a B.A. degree from Mississippi College, and he earned an M.Div. degree and a Ph.D. from the      Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He has also completed advanced studies at the University of      Notre Dame.

     The Office of Religious Life works to promote vital religious life and greater religious understanding on      campus. This office provides encouragement and coordination of the work of campus religious groups. It      strives to strengthen students' links to their own religious traditions by facilitating local congregations'      ministries to students as well as enhance the College's mission to educate its students as morally and socially      responsible citizens.

     The Office of Religious Life provides pastoral care and religious counseling for the campus community
     and advises students considering religious vocations and divinity school programs. In addition to retreats,      speakers, worship services, dinners, and discussion groups, the Office of Religious Life sponsors events      such as the Advent Service of Lessons and Carols, Lenten observances, Passover Seder, and      Baccalaureate.

     Religious groups on campus include Baptist Campus Ministry, Centre Catholic Community, Centre Christian      Fellowship, CentreFaith (interfaith dialogue group), CentrePeace (peace and justice group), Fellowship of      Christian Athletes, Habitat for Humanity, Muslim Student Association, Orthodox Christian Fellowship,      Westminster Presbyterian Fellowship, and Young Life.

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