Our Way of Saying Thank You: Students with 100 or more network-verified hours through our ServeUTK platform, prior to graduation, will receive a Service Medallion to wear during their commencement exercises, to commemorate their selfless service to our community. Medallions are only awarded during the term in which a student is graduating.
Service Levels:
- Gold Medallion: 225 Hours or More
- Silver Medallion: 175-224 Hours
- Bronze Medallion: 100-174 Hours
Service Medallion Eligibility:
To be eligible to receive a service medallion, all impact hours must be:
- Verified by the nonprofit you served alongside and
- Network-verified by JCLS staff
Hours must be verified by the following dates:
- December 2025 Graduates: November 1, 2025
- May 2026 Graduates: April 1, 2026
The JCLS encourages students to enter their hours as soon as they complete service so your verifier has plenty of time to approve hours before these deadlines.
Please be sure your impacts are shared with the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, or the hours will not be visible to the staff and your request will be delayed.
To review whether your hours have been shared with the JCLS, please follow these steps:
Review your Impact Sharing Settings
- Log into ServeUTK at: utk.givepulse.com.
- Select My Activity in the top navigation bar, then select Impacts.
- Click Export Impacts and look at the column titled “Shared With”.
- If you do not see The University of Tennessee, Knoxville listed for an impact, follow the steps below to update your impact.
Share an Impact
- Log into ServeUTK at: utk.givepulse.com.
- Select My Activity in the top navigation bar, then select Impacts.
- Next, click on the blue link next to the Impact to view full Impact details.
- From the Impact screen, click Options in the top right, then click Edit.
- Scroll down to the bottom of the page to Sharing and Privacy Settings.
- Search for the campus group(s) and select those you wish to add.
- Verify that your impacts are being shared with the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, in addition to any groups or classes.
- When you have finished, click Update Impact.
Service Medallion Notification & Pickup:
All students graduating in December 2025 who have over 100 network-verified hours will receive an email from the Jones Center on November 17 with instructions about picking up their medallion.
If you have any questions about pending hours or believe you should qualify for a service medallion and did not receive an email by the date above, please email leadserve@utk.edu.