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Kleine Center for Community Service
Kathleen Ridlon, Coordinator
362 South Academy Street
Galesburg, IL 61401-4999
309-341-7085
E-mail: volunteer@knox.edu
Knox has a long and treasured history of community involvement. When the College was founded in 1837, students split their time between working in the fields and working in the classrooms.
Through an emphasis on hands-on experiential learning and a goal of making every student a responsible steward of the environment and a responsible citizen, we are always looking to the broader world beyond our campus.
Giving back
The Mark and Jeannette Kleine Center for Community Service opened in 2006 through a grant from the Ellen Browning Scripps Foundation. During its first year, students donated more than 7,000 hours of volunteer service, while faculty and staff have worked in partnership with more than 60 local organizations. The Center:
Leading up to a worldwide event -- Gun Control Theatre Action Week, May 27 through June 2 -- a play by Knox College theatre professor Neil Blackadder was selected for a new collection, "24 Gun Control Plays."
Rana Tahir, a double major in creative writing and political science, wrote dozens of poems and created 29 paintings after interviewing Kuwaiti residents about the 1990 Iraqi occupation.
Knox College awarded more than $1,750 in prizes in the 2013 Al Young Art Show. Organizing 200 art works in an array of media is a challenge, according student Katie O'Connor, who helped arrange the entries.
It has been my privilege to be a physician caring for individuals and their families facing very challenging, often life-threatening, medical conditions. I am Valerie
Cwik '77, Medical Director of the Muscular Dystrophy Association, and...
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