Colorado Campus Compact

Sharif Abdelhamid is the Associate Director of Service Learning in the Rueckert-Hartman College for Health Professions at Regis University. He brings to this position over a decade of experience in education, service learning, and community engagement and organizing. He has worked with a variety of K-12 schools in urban, suburban, international, and diverse communities. After graduating from Washington University in St. Louis, Sharif moved to Puerto Rico and taught at a K-12 private school for two years. From 2003-2008, Sharif was a leader in community development and service learning at a K-12 charter school in the metro-Denver area. He has demonstrated his commitment to the research and practice of service learning by organizing a variety of classroom and organization-wide service learning projects. Currently, Sharif directs service learning projects with Nursing, Physical Therapy, Pharmacy, and Health Sciences Administration students. In addition to his work with students Sharif serves his community by working with many local nonprofits, including: Earth Force, Denver Justice and Peace Committee, Denver’s Road Home, and Denver Kids, Inc.

In May, 2011, Sharif will be earning his M.A. degree in Community Development and Leadership and an Academic Certificate in Program Management from the Master of Nonprofit Management program at Regis University. Through this program he has taken courses in Nonprofit Consulting, Financial Resource Development, Program Development and Accountability, Social Marketing and Social Justice, Community Organizing and Activism.

Marissa is a member of the English faculty at the Larimer Campus of Front Range Community College where she teaches both developmental and transfer level composition courses. She is also working towards developing a service-learning program for FRCC-Larimer.

As Director of Student Employment & Internships at RRCC, Nancy has been on the administrative staff for 21 years! When RRCC became a member of Colorado Campus Compact, Nancy assumed the additional responsibility of being the Red Rocks AmeriCorps Coordinator. Her interests lie in assisting the student population in clarifying career goals, preparing for employment, and finding productive ways to give back to the community. The AmeriCorps program is an excellent venue for helping students connect with community projects while logging volunteer hours toward education awards. It's a WIN-WIN opportunity for students!

Jessica Copeland is trained as a developmental and social psychologist, and has taught at the college level since 2001. Her primary interests include sustainable civic engagement, violence prevention, and understanding the relationship between citizenship, critical thinking, and war. She also has longstanding interests in the relationship between gender, culture, and violence, and in child, family, and community resilience. A mother, avid rock climber and erstwhile surfer, she encourages her civic engagement students to start where they are.

Anne P. DePrince is Director of the Center for Community Engagement and Service Learning (CCESL) and an Associate Professor in the Psychology Department at the University of Denver. DePrince completed her doctoral training at the University of Oregon and clinical internship at the University of Washington School of Medicine. She is a licensed clinical psychologist in Colorado. She teaches community-engaged courses on violence against women and research methods. DePrince directs the Traumatic Stress Studies Group (www.du.edu/~adeprinc/lab.html), which involves post-doc, graduate and undergraduate researchers. Her community-engaged research focuses on violence against women and children. She has received funding for her research from the National Institute of Justice and National Institute of Mental Health. In addition to numerous peer-reviewed publications, DePrince serves on the editorial boards of several journals and has co-edited two volumes on traumatic stress. DePrince received the 2005 Public Advocacy Award from the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies for advancing the social understanding of trauma. She is active in national and international professional organizations addressing trauma and violence. For example, she currently serves as the Editor for Traumatic StressPoints, the newsletter of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies; and she is a past Chair of the Education and Training Committee for Division 56 (Trauma Psychology) for the American Psychological Association.

Dr. Gascoigne earned her Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in Health Education from Kent State University. In addition, she is a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES). Dr. Gascoigne currently is an instructor in community and behavioral health and serves as the MPH Practicum Coordinator for the Colorado School of Public Health. In this role, she serves as a liaison between community organizations and students, with a goal of providing public health practice experiences for MPH students. Prior to joining the School, Dr. Gascoigne served as the Director for Health Promotion at The BACCHUS Network, an international non-profit dedicated to young adult health and safety issues. She was responsible for directing numerous Federal, State and Local grants all focused on building healthy campus environments.

Margit Hentschel is the Director of the Office of Service-Learning at Colorado State University’s (CSU) Institute for Learning and Teaching (TiLT). Her office is dedicated to carrying out the university's commitment to service-learning through outreach, diversity, enhanced student learning, instructional innovation and effectiveness and student retention. She is currently working on her doctorate at CSU with a concentration in Peace Education and teaches mindfulness meditation.

Dr. Veronica House is Associate Director for Service-Learning and Outreach in the Program for Writing and Rhetoric at the University of Colorado at Boulder. As founder of the University’s Writing Initiative for Service and Engagement, she created the first service-learning Writing and Rhetoric courses for first-year students and has coordinated the Program for Writing and Rhetoric’s transformation into one of the only writing programs in the nation to have integrated service-learning throughout its lower and upper division courses. She has trained faculty at universities and high schools across the country to design service-learning courses and has given papers on service-learning program and course design at several conferences.

Ms. Jolly earned her Master in Public Health degree from Indiana University – Bloomington. Prior to her work at the Colorado School of Public Health, she spent 8.5 years with The BACCHUS Network, a small Denver-based non-profit focusing on collegiate peer education and advocacy. While at BACCHUS Ms. Jolly was the director of a collegiate tobacco control program for the state of Montana and was a national trainer on a variety of health and safety topics. In the spring of 2009, Olivia joined CSPH to help serve the needs of community public health practitioners through continuing education and workforce development training. Currently she is a liaison for students, faculty and community in coordinating practice-based learning opportunities.

Brandon Kosine is an Associate Director in the Wyoming Union at the University of Wyoming where he oversees the Service, Leadership & Community Engagement Office and the Campus Activities Center. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Psychology, a master’s degree in Clinical Psychology, and a doctorate in Counselor Education & Supervision. He is a licensed professional counselor in Wyoming. Dr. Kosine has developed and taught service-learning courses in leadership at both the undergraduate and graduate levels and works with faculty to advance service-learning initiatives on his campus. He has served on the Martin Luther King, Jr. Days of Dialogue and Body Image Awareness committees and leads the UW Safe Zone program, a program designed to increase the overall campus community's understanding and awareness of issues faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning (LGBTQ) and other marginalized persons. Most recently, Dr. Kosine chaired a 5-year strategic plan process for the Service, Leadership, & Community Engagement Office which resulted in UW’s first concrete plan for institutionalizing service-learning and community engagement campus-wide.

Karen Lemke is the AmeriCorps program coordinator at Adams State College. She works with programs to support underprepared and historically underrepresented student populations.

Working at Regis University, Malia Crouse serves as the Administrative Coordinator for the Regis College, College for Professional Studies and the Rueckert-Hartman College for Health Professions Centers for Service Learning. Malia received her BA in Sociology from the University of Oregon and recently completed her Masters in Education at Regis University in August 2010. When not engaging with and supporting students in the community, Malia enjoys running, cycling, baking and reading.

Sheila Rucki, Ph.D. is an assistant professor of political science at Metro State and serves as the Service Learning Faculty Associate for the Center for Urban Connections and the Applied Learning Center. She earned her Ph.D. from the University of Washington with emphases on international relations, political economy, and critical political theory. Sheila has integrated service learning into her international political organizations and political economy courses by sending students to volunteer with local refugee and immigration rights organizations in the metropolitan Denver area.

Peter graduated from CU-Boulder with a Bachelors Degree in Psychology and a Masters Degree in Public Administration. He also received a Masters of Arts Degree in Liberal Studies and an Elementary Education Teacher Certification from Regis University. Prior to coming to work at CU-Boulder, Peter’s career was devoted to children, youth and family services including direct service, administration, planning, program and policy development and legislative work with local and state governments and in the private-non-profit sector. He also served as a mediator for the Colorado State Personnel Board. While at CU-Boulder, Peter directed the Office of Parent Relations and currently serves as the Director of the Institute for Ethical and Civic Engagement. In his spare time, Peter loves to hang out with his wife, Gayle, and their two dogs and enjoys hiking, bicycling, snowshoeing and art.

I have been an active member of Colorado Campus Compact for the term of my service at Fort Lewis College which is going on eleven years. In addition I have served two full terms of AmeriCorps service through some form of a Colorado Campus Compact AmeriCorps Program. My institutional history coupled with the representation of the unique features of the Southwest and particularly of Fort Lewis College- a tribal trust college- brings me hope to provide a lens that aids Colorado Campus Compact in reaching the breadth and depth of service that is unique to our area but comparable with other state and regional compacts.

Sarah Steward graduated with a MA in College Student Personnel from Miami University and made the transition to beautiful Colorado and Naropa University in July 2008. As the career services coordinator at Naropa, she helps students and alumni explore their values, interests, skills, and talents as they relate to career, academic, and service interests and aspirations.

Kyra was born and raised in New Mexico, the Land of Enchantment. She received her undergraduate degree from Brigham Young University in Utah. She recently completed a Master's in Public Administration with an emphasis in Nonprofit Management. She has been working with the ELC since December 2007 helping to develop their community engagement programs. When not working hard in the office, she loves to run around the world, play scrabble, cruise bikes, explore mountains, watch Wes Anderson movies, and listen to music on her porch.

Candace Walworth is an educator with twenty-seven years of teaching experience in a variety of settings and disciplines. She has taught at an alternative high school, toured with a professional theater company and offered a wide range of writing and literature courses in community colleges, prisons and universities. Since 1991, she has been a member of the core faculty at Naropa. Her teaching and research interests include spiritual models of social action, the socially engaged imagination and the practice of dialogue in conflict transformation. She received the President’s Award for Outstanding faculty in 1993 and 1999 and the Student Union of Naropa (SUN) Faculty of the Year award in 2005 and 2008. She recently completed her doctorate in Interdisciplinary Studies with a concentration in Peace Studies.

Adam is the Civic Engagement Programs Coordinator at the Denver Campus of Johnson and Wales University. Adam is responsible for supporting students in civic engagement and service learning programming and will also be partnering with other campus departments on diversity and inclusion programming. Adam has worked with many non-profit organizations in the Metro Denver area including Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver, Seeking Common Ground, and Front Range Community College and looks forward to working with Colorado Campus Compact in order to better serve students and the community at large.