Resolution 13-22: SURFING THE SERVICE WAVE
| Number | 13-22 |
| Description | UTA attaches identification codes to service learning classes so that students may search for these classes prior to registration using the MyMav system. |
| Authored by |
Keelie Barrow |
| Sponsored by |
Jessica Hong |
| Date Submitted | Tuesday, October 29, 2013 |
| Date Considered | Wednesday, January 1, 1000 |
| General Body Vote | Thursday, January 1, 1970 |
| Committee | Academic Affairs |
| Result | n/a |
| Remarks | |
| Whereas | A growing trend in higher education is the inclusion of service-learning classes because of the positive impacts on student learning as well as student retention rates. |
| Whereas | Students who engage in service learning improve skills such as critical thinking, interpersonal communication, and conflict resolution that will give them an edge in the future. |
| Whereas | Students participating in service-learning classes are more likely to become active, civic-minded individuals, participating in their local communities. |
| Whereas | Service-learning classes have a positive impacts on graduate school applications and provide personal connections for future job searches. |
| Whereas | The University of Texas at Arlington has been awarded the 2010 Carnegie Community Engaged Campus Award, illustrating the University's commitment to service learning, |
| Be It Further Resolved That | The University of Texas at Arlington attaches identification codes to service learning classes so that students may search for these classes prior to registration using the MyMav system. |