Mayor Betsy Price visits TCU to recognize students

Professor Randall Lewis has been integrating service-learning projects into his classes for two years with the goal of helping students learn more about civic duty.

Due to the success the students have had with their projects every year, Mayor Price came Tuesday night to congratulate students for their hard work.

For the service-learning projects, students choose an organization to work with and fully manage a project over the course of the semester.

"What we really love about this is how much impact it has on these organizations, who then serve other people and other organizations, so it's a domino effect," Lewis said.

The projects range from fundraising to holding awareness lectures for students.

"When you give back, you are not just giving up your time, you are gaining pieces of your heart," Price said.

"You are really expanding your knowledge and love for other people and you are the ones who are going to really benefit from that. Always leave a place better than you found it."

During these projects the students have the opportunity to the see the importance of the business models they are learning in class as they come to life.

"Not only is it a good way to give back to the community, we are also learning about management at the same time," said Alyssa Crouse, junior fashion merchandising major.

This semester the groups are working with Fort Worth Catholic Charities, the Community Food Bank, Dunbar High School, Impossible Possibilities, the Creative Arts Center, Generation Hope and the Como Community Center.

Monday Nov. 24, Congressman Marc Veasey is coming for the first time to speak to Professor Lewis' class about the importance of the work they are doing.