Community Service at UT Tyler

• Service must be unpaid. This includes being paid by the organization itself for labor or completing service while being paid for a student-worker position or other employment. 
• Service cannot be directly related to responsibilities of being in the organization  (Ex: recruitment, tabling, pledge education, hosting a formal, holding a raffle). These are requirements of being in the organization itself and do not count as community service.
  • Internal philanthropy events will not be counted as service hours; service hours must be above and beyond the organization's requirements. 
  • Service cannot be internal to the organization (EX: cleaning a member's house, attending a formal, setting up internal events, attending meetings, tabling).
     
• A contact must be listed in order for us to confirm the hours. If the hours cannot be confirmed, they will be denied. A contact internal to the organization will not be accepted as a confirmation. 
• Students should submit the Engage service hours request within 72 hours.
• Donating items, money, or profit shares will not count as service hours.
• A canned food drive or collecting, storing, and packing food/care items donations can be counted based on a detailed service hour log. This will be up to the discretion of the Assistant Director. 
• Service must support a nonprofit organization, cause, or institution. 
• Internships for course credit do not count as service.

Learn more about finding opportunities and tracking service hours.

Approved service hours - with appropriate verification contact listed	Not approved service hours
- Worked 2 hours at the East Texas Food Bank  - Volunteered for 2 hours in the East Texas Crisis Center closet  - Participated in the East Texas Big Event - cleaned the Children's Park.	- Cleaned a friend's garage  - Hosted a silent auction for a fundraiser  - Had a chapter meeting

 

Interested in current service opportunities? Check out PatriotsEngage!