Students at the U
How to Get Started!
- Pick up grab-n-go service projects
- One-Time Commitment
- 2 Locations (Union 101 & Kahlert Village)
- One-Time Commitment
Community Partnership Programs
- Weekly volunteering with local community organizations
- Semester-Based Commitment
- Over 45 nonprofits to choose from
- Semester-Based Commitment
- Additional volunteer opportunities outside the Bennion Center
- Various Commitments
Saturday Service Projects
- Join hundreds of your peers in support of community
- One-Time Commitment
- 3 per year (Sept, Jan, Apr)
- In-Person
- One-Time Commitment
Service Corner Hours
- Meet new people and help complete themed projects
- One-Time Commitment
- Held almost every week
- In-Person
- One-Time Commitment
- Listen, be heard, and reflect with others on social issues
- One-Time Commitment
- Held every 2 weeks
- Virtual
- One-Time Commitment
- Share perspectives about local community topics
- One-Time Commitment
- In-Person
- One-Time Commitment
- Discover different pathways to community engagement
- One-Time Commitment
- Virtual
- One-Time Commitment
First-Year Experience Cohort
- Find your community with other new and transfer students
- Academic-Year Commitment
- Apply by Friday, September 2nd
- Academic-Year Commitment
Alternative Breaks
- Justice-based work over school breaks and weekends
- Week-Long Plus Commitment
- Tutor local elementary students (work-study position)
- Academic-Year Commitment
- Must be eligible for work-study to apply
- Academic-Year Commitment
- Complete a capstone project, earn an academic honor
- Multi-Year Commitment
- Explore your creative interests and develop new skills
- Semester-Based Commitment
- Live on-campus with 12 community-minded residents
- Academic-Year Commitment
- Applications open on Feb. 10th
- Academic-Year Commitment
Gail Miller Community Engagement Tower at Kahlert Village
- On-campus residence for first-year students only
- Academic-Year Commitment
- Lead by example, gain leadership experience
- Academic-Year Commitment
Community Engaged Learning (CEL) Designated Courses
- Experiential learning outside the classroom. Over 200 (CEL) designated courses offered
at the U.
- Semester-Based Commitment
- BENN 2020: Pathways to Community Engagement
- BENN 3030: Intro to Civic Leadership
- BENN 2929: Community Immersion (Alt Breaks)
- Semester-Based Commitment
- Community, Systems, and Sustainability (Spring Break)
- Half-Semester Commitment
- Applications are closed
- Half-Semester Commitment
- Complexity, Community, and Change (Summer)
- Half-Semester Commitment
- Applications close February 15th
- Half-Semester Commitment
Community Engagement Certificate
- Commit to leadership for social change
- Multi-Year Commitment
- 21 credits and a capstone project
- Multi-Year Commitment
Volunteer Interest Form
Click the link below to view all active Bennion Center opportunities
You can select up to 3 options and we'll contact you!
Upcoming Ways to Engage
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