2010-2011 VISTA Abstracts
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CARROLL COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Jeana Biondo
(410) 386-8503
Jeana Biondo is the Service Learning VISTA at Carroll Community College. She earned her AA&S in General Studies from Carroll Community College in 2005, and then transferred to Villa Julie College where she received her BS in Interdisciplinary Studies for Business and Psychology in 2008. While an undergraduate she was highly involved in student activities programs that included events planning and service learning, and she uses those experiences to better serve students at Carroll. For the past six years she has worked in Higher Education in various student and professional capacities, and values being able to help students develop and succeed.
Project Description: The GREAT Start Program provides mentoring and
support for 20 at-risk students. “GREAT” reminds
us of our goals to increase: Graduation, Retention,
Excellence, Achievement and Teamwork. Objectives
for the program will include a workshop/financial
literacy component, a service project, mentoring, and a
course entitled College Success for this selected cohort.
Requirements for the program will be accomplished
through regular class meetings, a workshop series,
and personal mentoring sessions. The MDCC-VISTA
1) researches, develops and facilitates the financial
literacy aspects of the program, 2) coordinates service
projects for the students in partnership with Carroll
County Human Services, 3) recruits and coordinates
the peer mentors for the program, and 4) researches
scholarships for those who complete the program.
COLLEGE OF NOTRE DAME
Gabrielle Hurley
(410) 532-3161
Gabrielle Hurley, a Silver Spring, MD native, is the MDCC-VISTA Community Service and Outreach Coordinator for the College of Notre Dame of Maryland. She received her BS in Interdisciplinary Liberal Studies with minors in Elementary Education and Spanish at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. During her undergraduate career, she was highly involved with JMU's Office of Community Service-Learning as the Youth and Adult Education Services Coordinator and Senior Service Coordinator for their community-based program. She was a participant and trip leader for two Alternative Spring trips to Lakeland, FL and Atlanta, GA as well. Gabrielle is a proud member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated.
Project Description: The Sister’s Academy Partnership provides educational
outreach, tutoring, and leadership education to fifth
through eighth grade girls of limited economic means
with the potential and motivation to be leaders in
their communities. The MDCC-VISTA member develops
a leadership-tutorial program for the Academy,
coordinates Notre Dame and/or Sister’s Academy
student participation in national service events (i.e.
Martin Luther King Day, National Volunteer Week,
Youth Service Day, and make a Difference Day).
Additionally, she strengthens current relationships
with community partners that deal with poverty,
assists faculty in their use of service-learning, provides
logistical assistance and coordination for servicelearning
events, recruits and trains Notre Dame
student volunteers for Sister’s Academy, and evaluates
volunteer programs and services.
COPPIN STATE UNIVERSITY
Shayla Redfearn
(410) 951-6256
Project Description: The Coppin Heights-Rosemont Family Computer
Center is one of only about twenty public computer
centers in the country to be awarded a Broadband
Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) grant
from the U.S. Department of Commerce, and is the
only award recipient in Maryland. The MDCC-VISTA
member works with the new Family Computer
Center providing sixty new workstations, job training
programs, and developing courses to create jobs and
improve education and health in West Baltimore.
These efforts reduce poverty and improve quality
of life in this area of the city. The Family Computer
Center utilizes many university students who are engaged in service-learning projects. The students
tutor clients of the Center, assist program instructors,
and complete various projects. The students work
with clients who exhibit a wide range of ages (from
elementary school thru senior adults) and levels of
expertise (from beginners to sophisticated users). The
MDCC-VISTA encourages interaction between Coppin
State students, faculty, and the community by bringing
students and faculty into the center to teach and assist
users in computer skills. Coppin’s students and faculty
are expected to provide more than 7,500 hours of
volunteer service over the course of this grant.
GOUCHER COLLEGE
Alexandra Papagno
(410) 337-3013
Project Description: The Goucher Latino Center assists the burgeoning
Latino population in Baltimore County by providing
computer courses, English for Speakers of Other
Languages (ESOL) classes and enrichment activities.
The MDCC-VISTA member works with Goucher’s
France-Merrick Professor in Service-Learning to
develop partnerships between the College’s Spanish
Department, existing service organizations that serve
the Latino community in the Greater Baltimore area,
and the Latino community itself, living in Baltimore
County. The MDCC-VISTA member assists in identifying
programs that meet the community’s needs,
coordinates after-school and weekend programs and
activities, Hispanic Heritage Month activities, and
helps recruit and coordinate Goucher students from
community-based learning courses. She serves as the
primary liaison between the college and community
agencies such as faith-based institutions, government
agencies, and health agencies.
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (SOURCE)
Armella Crabbe Gilbert
(410) 516-4801
Armella is a proud Maryland native. She graduated from Elon University in 2008 with a Bachelors degree in Exercise Science. While a student, she held many leadership positions in volunteering and New Student Orientation. Following graduation, Armella joined the Massachusetts Campus Compact as the AmeriCorps*VISTA at Northeastern University as the Service-Learning Assistant Coordinator. Now, after a year as a Health Educator in the Washington, D.C. area, Armella is looking forward to combining her passion for health and higher education in Baltimore
Project Description: The Healthy Community Schools MDCC-VISTA,
working with the JHU Center for Social Concern and
the Student Outreach Resource Center (SOURCE),
coordinates a student volunteer pilot program
providing monthly evening parent and family health
education programming at community schools in both
the East Baltimore and Charles Village communities.
The MDCC-VISTA coordinates with area community
health partners to offer weekend trainings for JHU
students, communicates with school partners about
on-site logistics and parent and family communication,
and facilitates reflection activities for JHU student
participants. The MDCC-VISTA networks with Hopkins
faculty within the undergraduate public health studies
major, as well as faculty at the graduate Schools of Public
Health, Nursing, and Medicine to develop communitybased
learning courses to build a lasting infrastructure
which will benefit the community on a long-term basis.
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (Campus Kitchens)
Amy Bachman
(410) 516-4843
Amy is the Campus Kitchen coordinator at Johns Hopkins University. She graduated from Wake Forest University in May 2010 with a bachelor’s degree in history and a minor in International Studies. At Wake Forest she was very involved with volunteer service, serving on the advisory board of the Volunteer Service Corps and Amnesty International. She also was very involved with Wake Forest’s Campus Kitchen, an involvement that inspired her continue to work with the Campus Kitchen project at Johns Hopkins to promote food justice
Project Description: The Campus Kitchen Project at Johns Hopkins
University (CKJHU), housed within JHU’s Center for
Social Concern, is part of a national food recovery
program. The MDCC-VISTA coordinating this project
works with a student leadership team to coordinate
JHU student and faculty volunteers, who recover
surplus food from university dining services, local
businesses, and farms to address food scarcity in
Baltimore City. The MDCC-VISTA works with student
leadership committees to foster partnerships with
community organizations by providing food to
supplement their meal programs, nourish their
clients, and remove some of the burden of the cost of
food from these organizations. The MDCC-VISTA also
coordinates weekly delivery shifts, seasonal gleaning
trips to area farms, work days at an on-campus
garden, and volunteer cooking shifts twice a week at
the kitchen, located in the University Baptist Church.
The CKJHU Coordinator also serves as a state-wide
resource, distributing fact sheets, offering workshops,
and helping establish Campus Kitchens at other
MDCC member institutions.
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (Public Health)
Kimberly Puccetti
(410) 516-5263
Kimberly Puccetti is the Public Health Studies Applied Experience VISTA at Johns Hopkins University. She was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area and graduated from Wellesley College with an economics and Spanish double major in 2009. She has over four years of health education experience which includes developing campus wide health campaigns for her college's Health Education Department and designing nutrition workshops for the low income communities of her home county. As an experienced volunteer and public service employee, she is looking forward to working with students and local nonprofit organizations to facilitate public health practicums in the Baltimore community.
Project Description: Project HEALTH meets the public health needs of some
of the Baltimore area’s under-served populations
and develops the capacity of non-profits to serve
their communities. Through the Public Health Studies
Applied Experience, the MDCC-VISTA develops and
maintains partnerships with community partners,
pairing students trained in public health with
community partner organizations to promote public
health in impoverished communities. Project HEALTH’s
mission is to break the link between poverty and poor
health by mobilizing college students to implement
sustained public health interventions throughout the
city. In conjunction with Project HEALTH and several
other community based health-organizations already
doing work throughout Baltimore, the MDCC-VISTA
oversees a program through which JHU students help
community youth and families focus on health and
wellness. The MDCC-VISTA guides JHU students in
developing health programming, education materials,
and workshops focusing on the prevention aspect
of public health (e.g., healthy eating, acquiring
fresh food, monitoring nutrition, etc.) and promotes
Baltimore City residents taking active ownership of
their own health.
LOYOLA UNIVERSITY
Jonathan Hourcade
(410) 617-5039
Jon Hourcade, a St. Louis native, graduated from Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana with a Bachelor of Science in Business. His desire to leave the Midwest along with his interest in commercial development led him to his current position with Loyola University Maryland. After his year of service, he hopes to join a non-profit organization or governmental agency focused on economic development. His interests include fitness, literature, and St. Louis and IU sports.
Project Description: The York Road Project helps to implement a Business
Resource Center that will develop marketing plans,
competitive analyses, and financial analysis for small
businesses in the Govans neighborhood, adjacent to
Loyola’s campus. The MDCC-VISTA member serves
as the primary link responsible for maintaining
relationships between the University and the Govans
community. He assists with recruitment, selection and
training of business student volunteers who staff the
Resource Center and will be involved with all aspects
of program development and implementation. In
2009 the Govans neighborhood identified financial
literacy and this Business Resource Center as a need
of their community which was presented to the Dean
of Loyola’s Business School, then to a University
committee dedicated to the redevelopment of Govans.
The Govans Neighborhood Listening Project involves
one-on-one interviews between a trained interviewer
from Loyola and a member of the Govans community
to solicit input from community members to shape
the creation of the business resource center and its
programming. Community members, the Govans
Business Association, the Sellinger School of Business,
and the Center for Community Service and Justice
collaboratively plan and facilitate this project.
MARYLAND INSTITUTE COLLEGE OF ART
Becky LeFevre
(410) 225-4286
Rebecca LeFevre is originally from the suburbs of Philadelphia. She attended the University of Pittsburgh from 2002-2004 focusing on business. In the fall of 2004 she began studying photography at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh and graduated with a Bachelors degree in 2007. During her career at AIP she interned with the Families for Learning Center and taught basic photography classes to newly relocated refugees. In 2008 she accepted a state/national AmeriCorps position with the Washington Reading Corps and worked as a literacy tutor in the Seattle Public School District. Wanting to finally unite art and community service she applied for the MDCC VISTA position at Maryland Institute College of Art where she presently works.
Project Description: The MICA CAP internship program focuses on
increasing partnerships related to trauma survivors.
Our existing site partners, including groups serving
homeless adults, adults in treatment for addiction,
and HIV+ African American woman have identified
a large number of trauma survivors amongst their
clients. The MDCC-VISTA member recruits and
trains MICA undergraduate, graduate, and postbaccalaureate
students who engage under-served
Baltimore City residents through community arts.
The MDCC-VISTA member identifies and contacts
appropriate community partners to help facilitate
the use of art as a tool to enhance psychological
treatment and to provide professional skills for those
affected by trauma. The MDCC-VISTA member, in
collaboration with community partners, is developing
a sustainable program curriculum with assessable
learning outcomes for current and future MICA
students and the community members and partners
participating in the program.
MCDANIEL COLLEGE
Naomi Raphael
(410) 386-4000
Naomi Raphael grew up in Maryland, and attended McDaniel College in Westminster, Maryland. Throughout her college Career she felt the disconnect between the college and the Westminster community. In an effort to give back to the campus that provided her with so much, Naomi decided to apply for the AmeriCorps*VISTA Maryland Campus Compact position which she now holds.. It is through this project that she has finally come to feel a part of the community she spent so much time in.
Project Description: Through the Westminster Boys & Girls Club (B&GC)
Partnership and the Head Start Program of the Non-
Profit Center of Westminster, the College deepens and
expands the College’s support of local programs for
children from low-income families. The MDCC-VISTA
coordinates the curricular and co-curricular servicelearning
and volunteer projects which provide early
education, child development, and intervention services
to low-income children and their families in Carroll
County, establishing structural systems through which
the College can partner more efficiently with both
agencies, such as arranging a new public transportation
stop serving the B&GC and campus. The MDCC-VISTA
serves on the Community Service Council Board of
Westminster, and the Board of the Boys and Girls Club.
MONTGOMERY COLLEGE (Takoma Park Campus)
Laura Stagnaro-Green
(240) 567-3892
Project Description: The Montgomery College Takoma Park (MC-TP) Partnership
with Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) focuses
on engaging first-generation, diverse college students in
mentoring partnerships with local middle and high school
immigrant youth who are in English for Speakers of Other
Languages (ESOL) programs in the MCPS system. This
access-success project is a cascading model of service
engaging both college and K-12 students in servicelearning
projects to benefit the larger community. The
MDCC-VISTA member establishes a series of servicelearning
projects through which the multi-aged firstgeneration
students become service providers and change
agents in their own communities, enhancing their selfesteem,
knowledge and involvement in their communities,
and increasing their retention. The MDCC-VISTA identifies
appropriate service-learning projects, monitors program
and student progress, and assesses both student learning
and community impact. This project addresses firstgeneration,
immigrant retention at both secondary and
tertiary levels. MCPS is in the process of expanding this
model program county-wide.
MOUNT ST. MARY'S UNIVERSITY
Patrick Stiver
(301) 447-5124
Patrick Stiver is the Service Learning VISTA for Mount St. Mary's University in Emmitsburg, Maryland. He graduated in 2009 from
Baldwin-Wallace College, in Berea, Ohio, with his undergraduate degree in Broadcasting and Mass Communications. While at B-W, he developed a passion to give back to his college and community through organizational leadership and service opportunities. Patrick enjoyed working as an advocate for responsible drinking behaviors, children's issues, social justice, and international service. He is excited to partake in a new adventure as the VISTA at an exciting institution!
Project Description: Through the Mount’s Community Partnership Project
the MDCC-VISTA member involves community partners
in identifying both humanitarian and infrastructural
ways the college-community partnership can assess
local needs and evaluate the effectiveness of current
involvement. Over three years a culture of service and
civic engagement on campus is expanding to enhance
the campus’s impact on and through community-based
organizations, especially in the area of child and youth
services and education. In particular, the MDCC-VISTA
member collaborates with community partners to
assess needs which the university and its students can
provide, as well as evaluate the effectiveness of current
community service and service-learning programs in
fulfilling the needs of the community partner. The
MDCC-VISTA assists faculty in establishing sustainable,
effective service-learning partnerships with CBOs. The
MDCC-VISTA member establishes and strengthens
current and new relationships with community partners,
especially in the areas of child services and education.
PRINCE GEORGE'S COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Mary Nesbitt
(301) 322-0552
Mary Goins Nesbitt, a South Carolina native, has worked as a high school English teacher, department chairperson, coordinator of several programs, and a high school administrator. She received her B. A. degree from Claflin University with honors, M.S. in Administration and Supervision, Johns Hopkins University and is taking a year's sabbatical from an Ed.D in Educational Administration and Policy. She, currently, serves as the Service-Learning Facilitator, Prince George's Community College where she is developing a collaborative program that will increase financial literacy awareness of juniors and seniors at Largo High School, Largo, Maryland and provide service-learning opportunities for students at Prince George's Community College. She, firmly, believes that her life is richly enhanced by working to "level the playing field for those unable to achieve that goal for themselves".
Project Description: The Prince George’s Community College (PGCC)
Financial Literacy Program provides financial mentoring,
tutoring, and financial literacy workshops to high school
students and local residents at Largo High School,
adjacent to the PGCC Campus. The MDCC-VISTA
member develops and coordinates the involvement
of community college students and faculty volunteers.
The MDCC-VISTA member identifies and contacts
community partners to facilitate the program and creates
and updates a database of partnership information. In
collaboration with community partners, PGCC develops a
comprehensive strategy for showcasing and celebrating
the program’s effects on changing financial attitudes of
participants. The MDCC-VISTA member builds an effective,
sustainable service-learning program at the College
with appropriate community partnerships to sustain the
program at Largo High School and begin to replicate the
program at other high schools.
STEVENSON UNIVERSITY
Kayla Tufares
(443) 352-4478
Kayla Tufares is the VISTA Service-Learning Coordinator for Stevenson University. She is in the process of completing her BA from Stevenson University in Business Administration with a concentration in Marketing. As an undergrad, Kayla worked as a Lead Job coach for an agency providing care to adults with disabilities as well as taught a Career Exploration Class for students who had special needs. She served as a Facilitator for ten years at a Leadership Seminar, HOBY and has devoted her time to volunteering within the community, and taught dance classes and motor skills trainings to children with physical disabilities.
Project Description: The Center for Learning Beyond establishes
collaborative programs with Baltimore City Public
Schools to enhance K-12 students’ academic success
through tutoring, mentoring, and career/college
choices. The MDCC-VISTA works with Ashburton
Middle School faculty, staff, students, and families to
enhance their active participation in the local school.
Increased academic and community engagement
correlates with a decrease in crime, drug use, and teen
pregnancy within the middle school age group. The
MDCC-VISTA member engages the Ashburton Middle
School faculty to encourage more participation in
service-learning, tutoring, career-focused training,
and college workshops to benefit the Ashburton
youth and community. The MDCC-VISTA develops
and coordinates a model Service Club with over
100 student participants serving Westminster and
Baltimore bi-weekly and effective, “Days of Service”
which involve in excess of 350 participants.
TOWSON UNIVERSITY
Katelyn Victor
(410) 704-2806
Katelyn Victor is the AmeriCorps*VISTA Service-Learning Coordinator at Towson University. She received her Bachelor's Degree in 2009 from The Ohio State University where she studied Geography and Anthropology. As an undergraduate, Katelyn discovered her passion for community service while participating in an extracurricular service-learning course. Following the course, she became actively involved in her community and spent several months volunteering abroad. Prior to becoming the VISTA at Towson, Katelyn served as an AmeriCorps Member in Columbus, OH, working as a Community Development Coordinator at a non-profit affordable housing developer. There, She worked with low-income families and individuals to access supportive services, plan events, and acquire funding for community-based programming.
Project Description: The Towson Community Partnership Program increases
the capacity of community partner organizations
serving low-income populations through long-term,
effective service-learning partnerships. This project
addresses the need of non-profit organizations to
expand their capacity by more effectively partnering
with Towson University. With more than 21,000
students, Towson University is the second-largest
public university in Maryland. As a metropolitan
university, Towson combines research-based learning
with practical application through multiple community
partnerships. The MDCC-VISTA creates resources such as
publications and professional development workshops
for community partners and faculty to ensure servicelearning
projects meet the needs of the community
partners and members. The MDCC-VISTA provides
one-on-one assistance pairing community organizations
and faculty members to help establish reciprocity-based
service-learning partnerships which address poverty.
UNIVERSITY of BALTIMORE
Tina Dudley
(410) 837-5338
Tina Dudley graduated from Goucher College in May with Phi Beta Kappa and honors in her major. She joined AmeriCorps*VISTA to gain experience working in the non-profit sector. She loves living in Baltimore and plans to stay in the city after her AmeriCorps*VISTA year. She hopes to find work at another non-profit while she pursues a graduate degree in Conflict Resolution or Urban Planning.
Project Description: The Central Baltimore Partnership (CBP) builds on UB’s
commitment to four long-neglected, economicallydisadvantaged
neighborhoods adjacent to the campus in
the heart of Baltimore City to establish a financial literacy
program which will build wealth in this district. The
MDCC-VISTA member works with the CBP, community
stakeholders, and members of the UB community
(business school students and faculty) to organize tax
preparation workshops, financial literacy workshops, and
one-on-one counseling sessions to enhance the economic
circumstances of Central Baltimore residents. Through
tax preparation workshops, residents will be apprised of
current federal tax benefits which they may be able to
access. The MDCC-VISTA member works with community
members, university faculty, staff, and students to create
a sustainable, effective partnership which will elevate the
financial stability of local community members in Central
Baltimore and ensure measurable long-term outcomes.
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE COUNTY (UMBC)
Melissa Fennell Huselton
(410) 455-6559
Melissa Fennell Huselton is the MDCC-VISTA serving in the Service-Learning department of The Shriver Center at the University of Maryland Baltimore County. Melissa earned her B.A. in English from Chatham University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 2006. After graduation, she moved to Japan for one year to teach English at Sanuma High School through the Japan Exchange and Teaching program. In 2008, she relocated to Ellicott City and worked as a community organizer for Clean Water Action, an environmental advocacy organization, where she developed a passion for civic agency. Melissa considers her current position to be an outlet for her two strongest passions, civic engagement and higher education.
Project Description: The Service-Learning Program at UMBC is an accesssuccess
project linking the resources of higher education to
two middle schools located in high needs communities in
Baltimore. Through the first phase of the project, College
Access, the MDCC-VISTA coordinates campus visits to
UMBC for these two middle school partners. In the Service-
Learning Coordination aspect of the project, the MDCCVISTA
works with these partnering schools in developing
curriculum-based service projects that will aid the students
in increasing their academic success through applied
learning. In the Service-Learning Placement component
of the project, the MDCC-VISTA recruits UMBC students
to participate in weekly service-learning activities with
many community partners. Additionally, the MDCC-VISTA
member coordinates small and large scale service projects
with students living in the Shriver Living Learning Center, a
residential hall that houses and supports UMBC students
who are committed to civic engagement and service
activities on campus and in the local community.
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK (Partners in Print)
Paola Maria Hernandez Barón
(301) 314-7322
Paola Maria Hernandez Barón and her family are from Colombia. They came to the U.S.A when she was a young child. Paola graduated from the Naval Academy Preparatory, but left the military route after knee surgery. She attended and graduated from the University of Maryland in December 2009 with a double degree: a B.A in Psychology and a B.A in Criminology Criminal Justice and double minors in Terrorism Studies, and Leadership Studies. While at UMD, she worked with the Partners in Print program during all of her undergraduate years. She is excited to continue to work with the program Her interests and experiences are quite diverse, including academics/education, applied research, counterterrorism, law enforcement, athletics, and the arts. Paola believes in positive social impact through the improvement of communities, but most importantly the empowerment of individuals.
Project Description: The Partners in Print (PIP) program is a family literacy
program which serves numerous local elementary schools
near the UMCP campus. The MDCC-VISTA member
coordinates student mentors who conduct bilingual
(Spanish/English) evening workshops at local elementary
schools centering on techniques parents can use at home
to help their children learn to read. Bi-lingual UMCP
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK
Jenna Brager
(301) 314-9634
Jenna Brager is a recent graduate of the University of Maryland College Park with a BA in American Studies with a certificate in LGBT Studies, and is very excited to stay on campus as a MDCC-VISTA. In her spare time she likes to do direct service, draw cartoons, and apply to graduate school. Jenna is very excited about building partnerships between the University and the local community.
Project Description: The UMCP “2010-2011 Spotlights” Program fosters
relationships and strengthens communication between
the university community and twenty of the many local
community agencies serving low-income residents.
The MDCC-VISTA member at UMCP creates avenues
to connect University resources with local community
agencies which work with local low-income communities.
By developing a co-curricular service and civic engagement
model with learning outcomes and community voice
in program development and assessment, the MDCCVISTA
engages student organizations in more effective,
meaningful, reciprocal, and sustainable partnerships
with the community agencies with whom they volunteer.
Workshops deepen the quality of the volunteers, establish
on-going committed partnerships, and offer technical
assistance to the agencies to help them identify ways the
college volunteers can expand their capacity to serve their
clients. The MDCC-VISTA member also maintains and
expands the Service-Link Database of local community
agencies which facilitates the volunteer recruitment.
WOR-WIC COMMUNITY COLLEGE
VISTA to be announced
Project Description: The MDCC-VISTA member coordinates a K-H effort to find
effective ways for a number of first-generation, underresourced
high school and college youth to complete their
education through an access-retention, service-leadership
engagement program across three counties on the Eastern
Shore. By developing an advisory board, partnerships
between faculty and non-profit community organizations
are enhanced. The MDCC-VISTA member connects faculty,
students, and community partners to develop and sustain
effective and rewarding community engagement projects.
The MDCC-VISTA member’s primary focus is to create
a database, cultivate community partners, refine and
improve necessary forms and processes, organize on- and
off-campus workshops, develop community partner, faculty,
and staff knowledge of and interest in curricular and
co-curricular service-learning, and assess project impact on
community partner organizations, community members,
and participants.