The Center for Social Impact is currently located in SL 214.
We are also available via video chat, phone, or email.
General questions can be directed to 801-863-8786 or socialimpact@uvu.edu.
Contact information for individual team members can be found on our "who we are" page.
Masks are currently recommended on UVU campus. To learn more about UVU's mask guidelines, please visit this page.
At the Center or Social Impact we provide curricular, co-curricular, and extra-curricular student experiences in six diverse pathways of social impact. Whether a student, faculty, staff, or community member, you can participate in various programs and events, volunteer or recruit volunteers, and enhance your academic experience through our coursework, research, and scholar distinction. Learn more about our approach. Learn more about each individual pathway by clicking the icons below.
We’re looking for two passionate social impact professionals to join our team at the UVU Center for Social Impact! Both positions are full-time salaried staff jobs with a generous benefits package. Full position descriptions can be found at each link provided below.
The Outreach Program Director manages a portfolio of responsibilities that build and strengthen relationships between the CSI and students, faculty, staff, and impact partners in four main areas: official partnerships, student leadership, Alternative Breaks, and outreach resources. To learn more, visit https://www.uvu.jobs/postings/28530
The Pathways Program Director manages a portfolio of responsibilities that puts the Pathways of Social Impact into action through programs and events run by Social Impact Fellows (student leaders) and Impact Associates (student employees) and our social impact curriculum. To learn more, visit https://www.uvu.jobs/postings/28526
Looking to find an opportunity with a trusted impact partner? Search our curated database!
We offer several ways for students to get involved in community organizations including service-learning classes, service fairs, campus advertising, and our online database. Learn more about becoming a community partner.
Through the Utah Lake National Science Foundation project, students are conducting service-learning, primarily in the form of community-based research, aimed at informing policy makers in efforts to rejuvenate the lake at the heart of this community.
The Environmental Initiatives Hub promotes engaged learning opportunities around environmental issues in a collaborative, interdisciplinary setting to develop environmental citizenship, literacy, and sustainable solutions for Utah Valley.
The goal of the HDI is to provide well-being indicators for the analysis of the Utah economy at the county level that go beyond the GDP's performance. Check out the latest report and data visualizations here.
The Pathways Career Profiles Research Project is an effort to extend our empirical foundation of the Pathways of Social Impact. Researchers from institutions across the country are focusing on the knowledge, skills, and dispositions for each Pathway and will then develop a career profile and toolkit for the Pathways.
Dozens gathered together at Utah Valley University Thursday night to remember Izzy Tichenor.
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Nestled underneath the pedestrian bridge by Utah Valley University’s Student Life & Wellness Center on Thursday night was a woven blanket. On the blanket rested a McDonald’s Happy Meal box, stuffed animals, candles — electronic and real — and a photo of Izzy Tichenor.
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