The Longhorn Center for Civic Engagement is excited to host a week of events celebrating service-learning and civic engagement. Please mark your calendars and let your friends and colleagues know! United to Serve is a system-wide initiative of The University of Texas to unite all of the campuses in service. Every spring since 2004, students, administrators, faculty, and [...]

A journalist by profession, Diana Dawson knew that covering social issues meant she had to be out in the field to hear the stories of people living the problems. Now, as an instructor for the School of Journalism at UT-Austin she incorporates this into her inter-disciplinary Senior Fellow’s seminar called “Communicating the Human Side of [...]

The Volunteer and Service Learning Center recently recognized the November 2012 outstanding student volunteer and outstanding student organization for their dedication to contributing to the Austin community! Casey Locey, social work junior, was selected by Latinitas as the outstanding student volunteer for November. Casey has volunteered with Latinitas for about a year and immediately found herself a [...]

Tuesday, November 13, 2012 11am to 1pm South Mall The University of Texas-Austin The Academic Service-Learning program is proud to sponsor an art installation developed by Dr. Kara Hallmark’s Visual Art Studies service-learning students in partnership with the One Million Bones project and Students Rebuild. All faculty, students, and community partners, especially those with an [...]

Whether Dr. Kristie Loescher is teaching a course in business communications, leadership issues, or strategic human resources she always incorporates a component of academic service-learning  as a way to make the material to “come alive” for her students. A professor in the McCombs School of Business and a 2012 Tower Award recipient, Dr. Loescher understands [...]