S.C.R. 6 Enrolled

VOLUNTEERS IN HIGHER EDUCATION RESOLUTION
1998 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Sponsor: David H. Steele
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR
RECOGNIZING THE STATE SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION FOR ITS
ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SPIRIT OF VOLUNTEERISM
AND HELP FOR OTHERS BY ITS STUDENTS AND ENCOURAGING FURTHER
DEVELOPMENT OF THE EXPANSION OF SERVICE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR
STUDENTS.
Be it resolved by the Legislature of the state of Utah, the Governor concurring therein:
WHEREAS the Presidents of the universities and colleges within the state system of higher
education have joined with the Presidents of Brigham Young University and Westminster College
to create the Utah Campus Compact;
WHEREAS the Compact was established to advocate and lead the effort to strengthen the
institutions' commitments to the communities in which they are located and to prepare their
graduates to meet the needs of the various communities across the state;
WHEREAS the Compact's goal is to have service learning within the curriculum at every
Utah institution of higher education so that students will be exposed to the concept of service
within and outside the classroom;
WHEREAS the Compact's mission statement embodies a commitment to foster in students
the values and skills of citizenship through active involvement in academically based and
cocurricular civic and community service;
WHEREAS during the 1996-97 school year, 27,559 college and university students gave
409,469 hours of service to communities throughout the state, and from efforts such as Dixie
College's East Elementary School Literacy Project to Utah State University's "Adopt a
Grandparent Program" these students have increasingly contributed their time and talents to
making the state a better place in which to live;
WHEREAS many of the state's colleges and universities have adopted elementary and

secondary schools in order to provide assistance to students in those schools who are experiencing
various academic and social challenges, with such examples as Utah Valley State College's
Lakeridge Elementary School tutoring project that has enabled students at Lakeridge to increase their
grades from F's to A's and B's, Salt Lake Community College's adoption of two elementary schools
as part of its tutoring program, and the University of Utah's Guadalupe School Partnership Program
that has enabled young students to improve their educational and linguistic development through
tutoring; and
WHEREAS the most important educational accomplishment of the Compact has been to
increase interest and encourage the expansion of service learning into the classroom, thereby
allowing students to put their academic knowledge and skills into community service projects, such
as chemistry classes conducting pollution tests in Utah's lakes and streams and reporting the results
to various health agencies in an effort to maintain a safe environment for its citizens:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of the state of Utah, the
Governor concurring therein, recognize and congratulate the Utah System of Higher Education for
its accomplishments in the development of the spirit of volunteerism and help for others by its
students.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislature and the Governor encourage further
development of the expansion of service learning opportunities for students in Utah's colleges and
universities.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be sent to members of the Utah
Campus Compact, the State Board of Regents, Utah's college publications organizations,
representatives of the news media, and the State Board of Education.

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