SERVICE-LEARNING

The service-learning program again had an increase in the number of faculty and students who participated, as well as a rise in the number of service-learning courses offered. A total of 139 students were recognized for completing the BearsServe Challenge. UCA’s new service-tracking platform recorded that 584 students provided 13,658 hours of service and a total value of $279,852.42 in volunteer service.

HIGHLIGHTS ◊ The Carnegie Foundation awarded UCA with the

Carnegie Community Engagement Classification, an elective designation that indicates an institutional commitment to community engagement. UCA became one of 361 campuses nationwide to hold this prestigious classification. ◊ Public administration major Greta Hacker was named a 2020-21 Newman Civic Fellow. This national award recognized Hacker for her dedication to community and economic development. ◊ A total of 41 students earned a community service graduation cord through earning at least 100 hours of community service during their time at UCA. ◊ UCA was recognized with a Silver Seal at the ALL

IN Campus Democracy Challenge awards ceremony for student voter participation in the 2018 midterm election. BearsServe LEADERS

UCA launched BearsServe Leaders, its AmeriCorps program, which consisted of 16 students participating as quarter-time AmeriCorps members. Students served more than 4,700 hours with community partner host sites. BearsServe Leaders also organized and participated in a day of service on both 9/11 and Martin Luther King Jr. Day, as well as cleaned flood damage at Cadron Settlement Park and sanitized the Conway Ministry Center winter warming station. AmeriCorps awarded $52,908 to UCA students in living allowances, and the Corporation for National and Community Service awarded BearsServe Leaders an additional education award of about $1,300 per student.

ACADEMIC SERVICE-LEARNING PARTICIPATION

71 faculty 2,636 students

33 programs 160 courses

64 community partner organizations 15,200 estimated hours served, for a value of $311,448