Tag: Center for Community Engagement

  • Breaking Away

    Breaking Away

    Reporting by Abbie Bard The words “spring break” conjure up images of sunny beaches and parties galore. But for a group of UT Austin students, this much anticipated week away from school means something else entirely: giving back. Throughout the week, two groups of students are volunteering with nonprofits and local service organizations in Louisiana…

  • Looking Back at The Project 2024

    Looking Back at The Project 2024

    On a sunny Saturday morning, hundreds of students volunteered at the 25th anniversary of The Project, UT’s largest student-run day of service. Throughout Project Day, held on March 2, they toiled on various neighborhood beautification projects in the Dove Springs neighborhood – from grooming goats and donkeys to painting buildings to sprucing up gardens and…