Service-learning at Utah Valley University is an engaged teaching and learning strategy in which students participate in structured service activities that:
Take your education to the next level by learning while serving in your community.
Not finding a service-learning (SL) class that fits your schedule? Use the forms below to designate one of your courses as Service-Learning.
Volunteer Service Hours Log
Student/Faculty/Agency Plan
Student Service-Learning Plan
To officially designate a course as service-learning, please contact Dr. Jonathan Westover at [email protected]. Dr. Westover will discuss appropriate course development and redesign related to the elements in the Service- Learning Quality Assessment Tool (SLQAT).
University policy must be followed regarding risk management. The Service-Learning Committee put together an excellent best practices document to help you. Principles of Risk Management For Service-Learning Faculty.
Activity Participation Agreement or Activity Participation Agreement for Minors forms are required for any activity off campus that is sponsored by the university, including service-learning. The faculty member giving the serving-learning assignment must obtain a signed agreement for each student before the student begins any service-learning opportunity; please be sure that the serving-learning opportunity is accurately described in the agreement. The faculty member is also responsible for storing these signed agreements for two years after the end of the semester.
*Please contact James Duncan, Director of Enterprise Risk Management & Claims Counsel, for questions regarding these forms.
These forms are not required, but may be helpful in establishing an agreement between the faculty, student, and community partner for a successful service-learning experience.
The Service-Learning Faculty Fellowship trains and supports faculty in designing or modifying courses to integrate service-learning into the course curriculum.
For faculty members who have previously completed the Service-Learning Fellowship and would like to review the materials covered, we have created a refresher course for you to access at any time.
OBJECTIVES
Participants who successfully complete the Service- Learning Faculty Fellowship will
TRAINING
As part of the fellowship, faculty will receive the following:
Topics Covered
COMMITMENT
Upon completion, fellows are awarded a stipend of $500. Each faculty member awarded a fellowship will agree to do the following:
The faculty mentoring program provides support for Service-Learning Fellows attempting to implement service-learning in their course(s). Additionally, members of the UVU Service-Learning Committee (representing each college on campus) will also help to mentor service-learning faculty within their disciplines. The Service-Learning Faculty Mentoring Program will primarily be for those faculty who have just completed the Service-Learning Fellowship and are working to implement service-learning into a new course.
*If you are interested in participating in the mentoring program or volunteering as a faculty mentor, please contact Dr. Jonathan Westover at [email protected] or call ext. 8215.
The Center for Social Impact is committed to supporting faculty in their service-learning scholarship by offering a number of fellowships and grants. These include Community-Based Participatory Research Service-Learning Fellows, High-Impact Matching Grants, and Service-Learning Fellowships.
Designated Departments
If you are interested in designating your department as a Service-Learning Designated Department, please return the completed application to Dr. Jonathan Westover at [email protected].
College of Humanities and Social Studies
Woodbury School of Business
College of Health and Public Services
School of Education
College of Science
College of Technology and Computing
Community-Based Participatory Research Service-Learning Fellows
This award supports faculty led high-impact service-learning classroom projects that benefit students, the university, and the community partner through a competitive selection process, with the chosen fellow receiving up to $5,000 in funding.
For more information, please contact Dr. Jonathan Westover at [email protected].
High-Impact Grants
Awarded projects involve classroom-centered service-learning with clearly defined
and measurable deliverables for community partners. These high impact community projects
immerse students into real-world, applied experiences with a community partner. Students
benefit by delivering a high-end professional project that will provide significant
return on investment for their community partner organization, thus fostering/strengthening
ongoing external relationships within the community.
High-Impact Community Partnership project funding gives faculty the opportunity to
receive matching funds to support projects with community partners. High Impact Community
Partnership SEED Grants are part of the Grants for Engaged Learning (GEL).
For more information, please contact Dr. Jonathan Westover at [email protected].
Past Service-Learning Fellows and Grant Recipients
Fellowship Recipients
Grant Recipients
CBPR List of names
HIMG names
Service-Learning Mini-Grants
Beginning in Fall 2017, we began a rolling submission cycle of Service-Learning Mini-Grant proposals to support you in your service-learning efforts and class projects. Academic Service-Learning has limited funding available to offer small monetary amounts (up to $500) to assist in implementing community-engaged experiential learning projects in your SL-designated courses.
If you are interested in participating in the Faculty Learning Circle, register using the link below or contact Dr. Leandra Hernandez at [email protected].
The Spring 2023 circle will be exploring Reconceptualizing Faculty Development in Service-Learning/Community Engagement: Exploring Intersections, Frameworks and Models of Practice.
The Service-Learning Circle meets Thursdays @ 2 pm: 1/26, 2/9, 3/2, 3/16, 3/30, 4/13
Utah Valley University’s Innovation Academy and Center for Social Impact are pleased to announce a call for proposals for the new Social Impact Visiting Faculty Fellow program (for a semester or full academic year). The purpose of the Social Impact Visiting Faculty Fellow program is to support academic social impact projects, which should benefit UVU students, our campus community, and our surrounding community.
The visiting faculty chosen to be a Social Impact Visiting Faculty Fellow will receive office space, admin support, and a project budget* from the Center for Social Impact to assist them in implementing a high-impact community-based social impact project (ideally involving students in multiple service-learning courses, and over multiple semesters if the duration of the fellowship is a full academic year).
The Social Impact Visiting Faculty Fellow will also be expected to work closely with the student Impact Fellows in the UVU Center for Social Impact in developing events for UVU students and the surrounding community related to their proposed social impact project. The visiting fellowship is housed in the UVU Center for Social Impact, in collaboration with UVU's Innovation Academy. Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.
*See additional details in Call for Proposals or contact Dr. Jonathan Westover at [email protected].
The Utah Valley University Faculty Service-Learning Committee is a standing service committee that provides support for faculty and administration in the area of academic service-learning. The committee acts as a resource to and represent the faculty, supports the UVU mission and Center efforts, assists faculty in improving their teaching effectiveness, and helps the service-learning pedagogy move forward on this campus.
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