Welcome to the Center for Service Learning! Here you will find numerous resources to assist as you engage in service learning at The University of Texas at Arlington. Since its beginning in the fall of 2001, CSL has empowered many faculty and students to experience the power of collaboration with community partners through their coursework.
What is Service Learning?
Service learning integrates community service into academic coursework, whereby students engage in classroom activities and reflection related to the performance of local service projects within the course.
More than a volunteer opportunity, service learning benefits both the student and the community partner through reciprocity of needs, which furthers the students' educational goals while promoting civic responsibility.
From focused collaboration with classmates and the community partner, to practical, real-world application, along with reflection and assessment, the learning process becomes a much richer and more well-rounded experience.
Click HERE to access a quick presentation about the Center and its connection with faculty and student success!
CSL: The Link Between Campus & Community
Events, Programs, Opportunities at a Glance
What's in it for me?
Service Learning FAQs
Faculty Fellows Program
The Faculty Fellows program is a semester-long program for any full-time UTA faculty interested in integrating service learning into their courses. In a series of monthly seminars, conducted both on campus and at area nonprofit agencies, faculty examine the academic and institutional origins of service learning, pedagogical best practices, and possibilities of combining service learning and research.
Collegiality is one of the highlights of the Faculty Fellows experience. Faculty meet, discuss, and share in small group settings to nurture their growth in service to their community and knowledge of the process, within a mentoring environment. Through this interaction, Faculty Fellows form sustainable partnerships and supportive networks, and have opportunities to engage in collaborative, community-based research and scholarship.
For more information and to apply
How Do You Do Service Learning in a Math Statistics Course?
Read how Shanna Banda's statistics students conducted service learning projects
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Community Partner Breakfast
Friday, January 29, 2021
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Hosted by the UT Arlington Center for Service Learning (servicelearning@uta.edu)
Event will be held virtually on Microsoft Teams. The program link will be emailed after submitting your RSVP.
Community Partners, please indicate your agency's participation level on the RSVP to let us know how you'd like to attend the January event.
The annual Partner Breakfast brings together UT Arlington faculty, staff, and administrators with regional nonprofit community agencies, providing a unique opportunity for collaboration in service learning projects within UT Arlington academic courses. It also provides campus departments the chance to discuss service opportunities for their departments and organizations wherein civic engagement is a major component.
After a short program, there will be interaction between agencies and faculty/staff through a mix of live streamed breakout rooms (synchronous), along with preloaded presentations and info (asynchronous) from nonprofit agencies and faculty.
Program - 9:00am
- Welcome & Overview from CSL
- Departmental Speakers
- Panel of faculty and community partners share inspiring service learning experiences
Virtual Networking - @10:00-11:00am
- conducted in numerous Microsoft Teams subchannels within the event, hosted by community agencies
Volunteer Opportunity Exchange
The Volunteer Opportunity Exchange (VOE) will be taking a break this year, but plans are underway to bring it back to campus next year - October 15, 2021. In the meantime, visit our listing of community engagement opportunities for service learning experiences.
See photos from the 2019 Partner Breakfast
Service Learning Flyer
Click here to download the CSL 8 1/2" x 11" flyer
Honor Roll
UT Arlington has had a consistent showing on the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll since 2006.