An AmeriCorps VISTA position through the UAB Office of Service Learning and Undergraduate Research is a year-long service and leadership program open to recent college graduates interested in strengthening UAB’s commitment and service to the Birmingham and Black Belt communities. VISTAs develop and complete projects designed to address educational inequity, public health, environmental sustainability, and economic opportunity initiatives in collaboration with K-12 schools and other community-based organizations.

To learn more about serving as an AmeriCorps VISTA, please visit their website.

Join the Office of Service Learning and Undergraduate Research as a full-time AmeriCorps VISTA!

National VISTA openings are listed on the AmeriCorps VISTA website. Select Alabama-based opportunities are listed below (or search opportunities by state for a full list).

Current VISTAs

Meghan Courtney

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Kayli Meek

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VISTA Opportunities

UAB Outreach and Engagement Fellowship VISTA

The University of Alabama at Birmingham's (UAB) Outreach and Engagement fellows will develop projects designed to increase UAB student and faculty involvement in education, health, and economic opportunity initiatives in collaboration with K-12 schools and other community-based organizations.

Responsibilities:

• Create and manage pathways and incentives for students to develop their community engagement interests, both on- and off-campus, while providing capacity-building opportunities to community partners
• Create and manage additional support structures, including facilitating community partnerships, for faculty members teaching serving-learning courses
• Develop capacity for UAB to increase the number of local students who enroll and succeed in college at UAB, including providing on-campus guidance to those admitted students
• Assist with media outreach efforts, including documenting the quantity and quality of outreach efforts to grow the culture of community engagement across campus
• Assess service-learning course outcomes and evaluate program successes

Successful candidates will exhibit a record of community service and/or civic engagement; demonstrated leadership; the ability to work well with a diverse group of individuals, including college students, children, the elderly, working families, and community-based partners; the ability to multi-task and exhibit flexibility in a fast-paced environment; and a positive and enthusiastic attitude.