The Longhorn Center for Community Engagement proudly hosts a free, monthly seminar in partnership with the Renaissance Retirement Center in Austin Texas. Invited speakers are leaders in their respective fields and represent a variety of academic departments throughout The University of Texas at Austin. Each presenter shares their recent research… read more
Community Engagement Lecture Series: Geo science Focus by Jay Banner
The Longhorn Center for Community Engagement proudly hosts a free, monthly seminar in partnership with the Renaissance Retirement Center in Austin Texas. Invited speakers are leaders in their respective fields and represent a variety of academic departments throughout The University of Texas at Austin. Each presenter shares their recent research or academic interests and… read more
Community Engagement Lecture Series: Creative Art Therapies by Vicki Packheiser
The Longhorn Center for Community Engagement proudly hosts a free, monthly seminar in partnership with the Renaissance Retirement Center in Austin Texas. Invited speakers are leaders in their respective fields and represent a variety of academic departments throughout The University of Texas at Austin. Each presenter shares their recent research… read more
Updated Volunteer Event Listing System
We have updated our volunteer event listing system! Over the summer, we transitioned utvolunteers.org to an updated, more user-friendly format. The new system, from Austin-based GivePulse, has all the capabilities we need in recruiting and informing volunteers about local agencies and causes. In addition, the system provides event management tools… read more
What Counts in an Accounting Class with Service-Learning
This summer, Gabriel de la Torre will be taking sign language classes—and his inspiration was a spring semester Accounting class. As part of Professor Brian Lendecky’s Accounting 366P class, de la Torre and 200 other UT students helped to file 18,310 tax returns for low-income residents, resulting in a total… read more