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MLK Service Day Highlights Legacy and Volunteering

By Mary Royal January 20, 2015

  More than 100 students spent their Saturday volunteering this weekend. The service event they participated in, hosted by the Bennion Center, kicked off the U’s week-long celebration of Martin...

(Daily Utah Chronicle File Photo)

Bennion Center Takes Community Engaged Learning to a New Level of Speed

December 11, 2014

  The Bennion Center is combining speed dating and community service into one event today. The event will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. in the Bennion Center. The Community Engaged Learning...

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Bennion Center Offers More this Holiday Season

November 25, 2014

  The Bennion Center has more options for students to serve this holiday season. Officials from the volunteer organization on campus coordinated with the Food Bank and the Salvation Army this year...

(Photo by Kiffer Creveling)

Bennion Center Hosts “Issues and Action” Luncheon

November 17, 2014

  Cynthia Fleming never thought she would be where she is today. Fleming, the executive producer of Salt Lake Acting Company, tried a couple of professions before ending up with the theater group. “I...

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Students Athletes Honored for Community Service

November 10, 2014

    Buzzing energy filled Rice-Eccles Stadium on Saturday as students cheered on the football team; however, the hype was not just for the Utes — it was also for community service. The game...

Students Serve as “Catalysts” in Costa Rica

November 3, 2014

The vast 26,000-acre Monteverde Cloud Forest in Costa Rica attracts thousands of tourists each year, including a group of students from the U who choose to spend their Spring Break there working on service...

(Photo by Chris Samuels)

Students Seek to Serve in Legacy of Lowell Day

September 21, 2014

  For the past eleven years, the U has been breaking down the wall between students and service in Salt Lake City. Saturday, to kick off Homecoming Week, the Bennion Center put on the Legacy of Lowell...

(Photo Courtesy of Lacey Holmes/The Bennion Center)

Alternative Fall Breaks Coming Soon

September 15, 2014

  While many U students spend their fall and spring breaks going on vacation or catching up on sleep, students involved in the Alternative Breaks program through the Bennion Center spend their time...

U Food Pantry to Provide Free Food for Students

September 8, 2014

  Once Shay Wilson, a pre-pharmacy student, moved into her dorm and paid her housing fee and tuition, the last thing she was going to spend money on was groceries. Wilson, like many students at the...

U Campus Gardens Teach Students About Community

September 8, 2014

  Students working at the U’s Edible Campus Gardens are out to prove they have a green thumb. The Edible Campus Gardens at the U, hosted by the Sustainability Resource Center, are designed to teach...