Mar 04, 2016
Hearts of Texas Charitable Campaign Wins SECC Award
From left: Janette Gibreal, chair of the Capital Area Local Employee Committee; Dr. Aileen Bumphus, DDCE assistant…
Feb 28, 2016
DDCE Staff Profile: Morey Shryock, Service Dog and Unofficial Mascot of the SSD
These photos were taken at Morey’s agility competition on Feb. 27, 2016. He won first place in…
Feb 24, 2016
Going for the Gold: College of Education Junior Jen Lee Reflects on the 2014 Winter Paralympic Games
Jen Lee stops for a snapshot at Adapted Sports Night, a campus event hosted by Services for…
Feb 23, 2016
Peers for Pride Present Being Queer on Campus–a GSC Workshop
Wednesday, 03/02/2016 3:30pm – 4:45pm @ CLA 1.302E Friday, 03/04/2016 9:30am – 10:30am @ SAC 1.106…
Feb 22, 2016
UT Austin Alumnus and Paralympic Hopeful Ready to Claim the Gold
Jeff Butler smiles for the camera at Adapted Sports Night, a campus event hosted by Services for…
Feb 22, 2016
#BlackHistoryMonth | Reflections On the 40 Acres
In 2016, The University of Texas at Austin (UT) will celebrate two important milestones, the 30th anniversary of the…
Feb 19, 2016
Save the Date: Precursors to Discuss UT’s Story of Integration on Feb. 24
The symposium is named after Heman Marion Sweatt, the first African American admitted into the UT School…
Jan 27, 2016
Student Government Rep. Aims to Champion Services for Students with Disabilities
As the new Student Government representative for Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD), Donald Egan aims…
Jan 13, 2016
Give the Gift of Time: Longhorn Center for Community Engagement Launches 50K Service Hours Campaign
Interested in volunteering at a local nonprofit, but not sure where to start? The Longhorn Center for Community Engagement (LCCE) can help. A list of volunteer opportunities can be found on utvolunteers.org, UT’s service database powered by Austin startup GivePulse. This volunteer management database streamlines the volunteering process, offering a range of resources that benefit both nonprofits and volunteers—from tracking service hours to coordinating group efforts to calculating the economic impact of a service event. Through utvolunteers.org, the LCCE is tracking its impact on dozens of local nonprofits. The goal is to reach 50,000 hours of service during the 2015-16 academic year—and double that amount by next year. We caught up with two students who are helping the LCCE surpass this university-wide goal. Both are leaders of the UT Service Scholars, a partnership of the LCCE and the LBJ School of Public Affairs that requires students to complete 300 hours of community service prior to graduation. Name: Abby Hull Major: Biology Senior, College of Natural Sciences Activities and Programs: UT Service Scholars President, Special Olympics event volunteer, Soles4Souls chapter member and volunteer Where do you volunteer? I’ve done most of my volunteering with the Special Olympics, and recently I started volunteering at Dell Children’s Hospital. I benefitted from playing a lot of sports growing up, so I really want help people get involved in sports and activities at a young age. How does utvolunteers.org make volunteering more convenient? I really like that it eliminates a lot of paperwork. I no longer have to remember to bring a sheet to someone to verify my hours at a service event. I can do that all online. It’s so easy to log in and record my impacts, get contact info from people and create events that people can sign up for. If you’re interested in volunteering for an event, all you have to do is go to the website and it covers all the details.
Oct 02, 2015
A New President for a New Era
If there were any doubt as to whether or not President Fenves would be as strong on diversity as his predecessor, it was immediately laid to rest when he spent a good part of his first day meeting with community leaders in East Austin.