On May 1, 2013 the Longhorn Center for Community Engagement honored the following Tower Awards recipients. The Tower Awards are presented annually to honor excellence in volunteerism at The University of Texas at Austin; a tradition which began in 1998. Today the ceremony recognizes students, faculty, and staff of the… read more
Celebrating Service-Learning and Civic Engagement with the LCCE!
The Longhorn Center for Community 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… read more
Update: Volunteer Fair Reschedule!
Due to a forecast for inclement weather on Wednesday, 2/6, we postponed our Spring 2013 Volunteer Fair. Although the weather turned out to be beautiful most of the day, the forecast predicted a 90% chance of rain through 3pm, and we didn’t want to chance it! The fair will take… read more
ASL Spotlights Professor Diana Dawson
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… read more
Communications Students Serve as On- and Off-Campus Consultants
Sophomore Shelby Stephen and senior Kayleigh Rivera are urging their classmates in residence halls to “Lock it or Lose it.” This fall, they surveyed current on-campus students about their safety habits and realized that most of the students they spoke with were leaving their doors unlocked, encouraging theft. At the… read more