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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 earned 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 took courses in Nonprofit Consulting, Financial Resource Development, Program Development and Accountability, Social Marketing and Social Justice, Community Organizing and Activism.