UVA community engagement course
Check out this article on an innovative community engagement course at UVA (shared by Professor Michele Deitch).
Activist research summer grant opportunity for grad students
Are you a grad student seeking summer funding? Do you know anyone who is? The Social Justice Institute of the DDCE Community Engagement Center is seeking applicants for the Activist Research Grant Initiative. This is a summer research grant awarded to full-time UT graduate students whose research projects serve as direct political engagement. Activist research [...]
Tower Awards Nominations
In an effort to recognize excellence in community service, the Volunteer and Service Learning Center of The University of Texas at Austin will be hosting The Tower Awards. We invite you and your colleagues to nominate any outstanding student, staff and/or faculty member, or university course that has made an impact on society through service [...]
Service learning course is a win-win for students, rescued animals
UT students are joining the campaign to make Austin a “no-kill” city for homeless animals—and honing their writing skills in the process.
Academic service learning by the numbers
Check out these statistics from the Office of Academic Service Learning’s professor survey: Total number of ASL courses (Fall 2010 & Spring 2011): 55 Total number of students who served in Fall 2010 ASL courses: 490 Total number of service hours performed by those students: 11,125 Average number of service hours per student (Fall 2010): [...]
Mart Community Project unites scholars, students, community members in exploring digital literacy
In this photo from the 2010 Digital Summer Camp in Mart, UT senior Matt Portillo and a young fan hang out by the Art Co-Op, Mart Community Project headquarters (Photo by Chris Friedrich) Something big is happening in the little town of Mart, Texas (pop. 2,273). Since summer 2010, the Mart Community Project, an interdisciplinary [...]
“Leading with the heart”: Business professor’s service learning course inspires students
Dr. Kristie Loescher began teaching at The University of Texas at Austin in 2002, but she discovered the value of service learning years earlier. Loescher, now a senior lecturer in the McCombs School of Business, had just started her first job in healthcare administration. She was eager to tackle a major assignment: completing an analysis [...]
ASL Office Holds Faculty Learning Community
On November 10th, the Office of Academic Service Learning held its biannual Faculty Learning Community, an informal networking event for colleagues involved or interested in exploring ASL pedagogy. The event, held in the Teresa Long Lozano Institute of Latin American Studies, brought together professors, non-profit leaders (thanks for stopping by, Texas Campus Compact!) staff and [...]
Community Nutrition Class to Hold Food Drive, Raise Food Insecurity Awareness
Students in Professor Jane Tillman’s Community Nutrition class will hold a food drive from November 12 – 19. For details on the drive and how you can contribute, check out this flier from the School of Human Ecology and an informational video produced by students. The canned goods drive, which benefits the Capital Area Food [...]
Students in service-oriented majors are more likely to participate in ASL, national survey finds
According to the 2010 National Survey of Student Engagement, released today, students in service-oriented fields of study participate in service learning at higher rates. The survey examines rates of student participation in “high-impact activities,” including service learning, research, study abroad, internships, and culminating senior experiences, according to major. Perhaps not surprisingly, the majors most likely [...]
