In order to better serve our students, faculty, staff, community partners, and neighbors the former Office of Community Engagement & Service-Learning has been restructured and split into two offices. The Office of Community Engaged Learning, directed by Renee Sedlacek, will serve as the one-stop shop for resources related to connecting students, courses, and scholarship to the community and is part of the Office of the Provost.

The Office of Neighborhood & Community Relations, managed by Nick Valdez, will connect residents, local businesses, community based organizations and government entities to University resources and partner networks. Supporting global service-learning with domestic partners will be a function within the Office of Community Engaged Learning while global service-learning abroad and on J-Term will be supported by Maria Rohach in Drake International. For a full view of our community engagement staffing structure please visit our website.

—Melissa Sturm-Smith, Associate Provost for Academic Excellence and Student Success