Scholars are expected to participate in community service projects for approximately 20 hours per month during the academic year and in at least one of their undergraduate summers. In addition, during their senior year, Ingram Scholars serve as mentors to fellow Ingram Scholars and other students interested in service.

Vanderbilt PET (Pet Encounter Therapy): an organization that enriches and comforts the lives of people who suffer from illness through therapeutic visits with behaved dogs.

Sierra Club's Inner City Outings: an environmental education initiative for Nashville's youth.

V.E.R.S.E.S. (indiVidual Exploration & cReative Self ExpresSion): a creative arts program for Nashville youth held at the Pruitt Library, in the J.C. Napier housing project.

Vanderbilt Prison Project: involves many different programs at local correctional institutes, such as AIM (Aiding Inmate Mothers), a program in which volunteers tape-record inmate mothers reading books to send to their children.

Women of Excellence: a group for local adolescent women focusing on self-esteem.

SNAP (Student and Native American Partnerships): an organization that provides Internet technology and training for Native American schools around the country.

VandyCares: an organization that helps increase HIV/AIDS awareness on campus and provides opportunities for Vanderbilt students to volunteer at various HIV related organizations around Nashville.

Kids and Computers: a program held on-campus in which children from local schools spend time learning about computers with Vanderbilt volunteers.

Yes U Can: a tutoring and mentoring program held in local classrooms and after-school centers for Nashville youth.

"Grate" American Sleepout: an on-campus sleep-out designed to establish a day of homeless awareness on the Vanderbilt campus.

P.L.A.Y. (Performing and Learning Actively with Youth): a program that brings music and arts to local schools.

VSVS (Vanderbilt Student Volunteers for Science): an organization that teaches local children about science in various schools.

STATS (Students Teaching AIDS to Students): an AIDS information and prevention group.

SAY-I (Senior and Youth Interaction): an organization providing aid and care for seniors.