Maroon Volunteer Center

Maroon Volunteer Center
Students registered 17,694 service hours through the Maroon Volunteer Center during the 2023 - 2024 academic year.

MVC Signature Events Volunteer Opportunities Volunteer Information Log Your Service Hours

The Maroon Volunteer Center connects students with meaningful service opportunities on campus and in the local community. Signature events include Service Dawgs Day, MLK Days of Service, Mississippi State’s BIG Event, and Alternative Break Trips, fostering a culture of active citizenship and engagement. 

Service is a broad term that encompasses helping others, often with a sense of duty or responsibility. It can include structured programs, civic engagement, and professional roles that benefit a community.

Volunteering is a specific service performed willingly and without monetary compensation. It typically involves individuals giving their time to support a cause, organization, or community effort.

In short, all volunteering is service, but not all service is volunteering.

MVC Signature Events

Service Dawgs: Making a Difference at MSU!

Join us during Dawg Days for themed community service projects!

Maroon Edition Habitat for Humanity

For more than a decade, Habitat for Humanity has partnered with hundreds of MSU students, faculty and staff to build a Habitat home.

Alternative Break Trips

Alternative Breaks engages students in service and hands-on activities in communities throughout the southeast region each spring.

MLK Days of Service

The Martin Luther King Jr. Days of Service is a defining moment each year when MSU students, faculty, staff, and surrounding community members step up to make our communities more equitable and take action to work towards Dr. King’s dream, 'The Beloved Community.'

MSU's Big Event

The MSU Big Event is a one-day volunteer service event for MSU and Starkville to roll up their sleeves and give back.

Maroon Volunteer Cord

The Maroon Volunteer Cord is MVC's way to honor students for their commitment to making the community a better place for others.

Volunteer Opportunities

Discover ways you can serve MSU and the surrounding communities.

Volunteer Today Learn about volunteer opportunities

Volunteer Information

Philanthropy/Donation: The act of donating money or goods to promote the welfare of others, specifically to persons, causes, or organizations (e.g., purchasing a raffle ticket or a ticket to a fundraising event, donating cash to an organization, donating goods to a food pantry, etc.).

Service-Leadership: Serving a community in a leadership role (as an individual or group), such as a site leader, project manager, and organization board member. 

Service Training: Facilitating or participating in a volunteer orientation/training that provides more information about a service project, a community partner, or how to engage with a community.

Volunteering: Providing direct services in communities intended to benefit others. It is synonymous with providing food, clothing, shelter, or other actions to relieve immediate needs or enhance assets in a community—often more short-term.

Organization Hours: Any required hours for a student organization or department that are non-service related.

How to Sync Your Accounts

  1. Go to msstate.givepulse.com.
  2. Click “Log in” (top-right corner).
  3. Click “Log in via MyState” (top of the list).
  4. Login with MyState Duo.
  5. Click the drop-down arrow next to your name and select “Account.”
  6. Within the left column, scroll down to “Link to Engage.”
  7. Click “Sync My Accounts.”
  8. Proceed with permission to sync.

How to Find Volunteer Opportunities

  1. Log in to cowbellconnect.msstate.edu.
  2. Click "Sign In"  (top-right corner).
  3. Login with MyState Duo.
  4. Click the “Service” tab from the drop down menu (top left of the screen).
  5. Explore your options and click the volunteer opportunity that’s right for you.
  6. Click “Register” and select desired volunteer shift(s).

  1. Go to Cowbell Connect.
  2. Click "Explore Cowbell Connect."
  3. Sign in with MyState Duo.
  4. Click the circle icon to view a drop-down list (top-right corner).
  5. Select "Experiences."
  6. Click the blue button that says, "Add Experience" and select "Service."
  7. Complete the form and click submit.
     

A co-curricular transcript captures and organizes your extracurricular activities and learning experiences beyond the classroom. Whether it's your participation in student organizations, involvement in service and volunteer initiatives, engagement in leadership programs and training, or your achievements in honors programs, this transcript visually presents your skills, talents, and passions. It's an effective way to showcase how you've applied and developed these attributes alongside your academic accomplishments.

How to Access Your Co-Curricular Transcript

  1. Log in to MyState or Cowbell Connect.
  2. Select your profile image (or initials if no image) in the top right corner.
  3. Make desired edits using the "Change Layout" option.
  4. Click "Print View/PDF."
  5. Click "Print."
     

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