Great Northwoods Service Learning Workshop
Jefferson Street Inn
Wausau, WI
Friday, February 12, 2010
Speaker Bios
Keynote Address
Dr. Robert Franco is a Professor of Anthropology and Director of Planning and Grants at Kapi'olani Community College, the second largest college in the ten campus University of Hawaii system.
As a faculty member, faculty senate chair, department chair, assistant dean, community board member, campus planner, and grant writer he has worked to weave service learning and civic engagement into the center of his institution's learning-centered mission and strategic planning. His training and technical assistance explicitly incorporates the perspectives of these multiple constituencies.
The Kapi'olani Service Learning program highlights and celebrates the many traditions of service that have shaped the American experience. The College has been recognized by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U), and American Council on Education for its commitment to intercultural and international education and to social and civic responsibility locally, nationally and globally. The College also participates in the National Coalition for Electronic Portfolio Research.
Dr. Franco is also the Senior Faculty Fellow for Community Colleges at Campus Compact (compact.org) and lead researcher and author for the Campus Compact's publication, The Community's College: Indicators of Engagement at Two-Year Institutions.
In 1992, he received the Faculty Leadership Award from Community College in International Development and in 2004, he received the International Exemplary Leadership award from The Academy for Training and Leadership.
Workshop Presenters
Diana Budde holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Art Education ('89) from Ball State University and a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Cincinnati('96). After graduate school, she taught at the Art Academy of Cincinnati as an adjunct professor for three years and also worked for Power Architects in helping to design the Children's Museum in Cincinnati's Museum Center. During this time, she received a City of Cincinnati grant to work with inner city youth on a mural and printmaking project, and received a Crazy Ladies Bookstore grant to design and create sculptures with inner city youth to revitalize a park that had been a haven for criminal activities. She also worked with "Art Works" in Cincinnati, an organization that hired youth during summer months to create art; her group created a walkway using recycled and handmade mosaic pavers that linked the arts district with a low cost housing district. Her work is a hybrid between printmaking and painting and investigates the relationship between the organic and the technological and has been shown in both regional and national competitions. Now teaching at the University of Wisconsin Marathon County for ten years, she has worked on several community projects through the UWMC art club including creating murals for Marshfield Clinic for their pediatric sedation ward and raising funds for the Women's Community Center.
Dr. Matt Calvert, UW-Extension State Specialist in 4-H Youth Development, focuses on engaging youth in governance and community decision-making roles, community youth development, and program evaluation. He has worked for Extension in Michigan and Wisconsin in local and state youth development roles. He holds a PhD in Educational Policy Studies from UW-Madison and a B.A. in International Relations from Stanford University.
Karen McKnight Casey is the director of Michigan State University (MSU) Academic Service-Learning and the Center for Service-Learning and Civic Engagement (CSLCE).
Karen is responsible for facilitating university initiatives that provide curricular and co-curricular, service-based learning, and community and civic engagement opportunities for MSU students. She works closely with faculty, university administrators, students and community partners to ensure that opportunities are offered that meet academic, personal, professional, and civic development goals, while also addressing the expressed needs of the community. In addition, Karen serves as an adjunct academic specialist with the MSU Department of Family and Child Ecology, and as a field instructor in the MSU School of Social Work, her alma mater.
She is published in the areas of university-community collaborations and service-learning practice and research, and presents nationally. Karen represents Michigan State University on the Michigan Campus Compact Board of Directors and in The Research University Civic Engagement Network (TRUCEN), and participates with a variety of state and community committees and boards.
Suzanne Goodrich is the District wide Co-Chair of the Psychology Department and Psychology Instructor at Milwaukee Area Technical College.
Suzanne earned her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Marquette University and has completed her coursework for a Ph.D. in Psychology.
Suzanne has been involved in service-learning for the past 20 years. She brings a very unique perspective on service-learning to the MATC SL-Team; for 10 years she worked in the non-profit sector seeing firsthand the many benefits service-learning could potentially bring to a CBO. As a Psychology instructor she has witnessed the transformation of young adults through the experience of serving and learning out in the "real world" and has seen confidence and knowledge expand by leaps and bounds for youth involved with service-learning at the local K-8 school district where she served on the service-learning advisory board. Suzanne also served 2 years as a Mentor for the Learn and Serve America National Youth Speakers Bureau.
She believes service-learning will be the foundation upon which transformative experiences will begin to shape our local and global communities. No matter what the educational opportunity looks like, traditional or virtual, service-learning is the bridge that will help to span the gaps in the cultural, social and psychological divide created in the places we call "home".
Lisa Kuss has been the City Administrator in Clintonville since 1997. She received a Masters Degree in Public Administration from the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. Lisa has served on the Wisconsin City Manager's Association Board of Directors and recently ended her year as President for the organization. Lisa is a strong supporter of Service Learning in Wisconsin and works closely with the Clintonville Public School District to establish ties between educators and the community. She believes that Service Learning is a great way to make a stronger community and help grow our young people into future leaders and responsible citizens.
Dr. Cyndi Mark Program Leader Emeritus at Michigan State University Extension, and recently named as the Michigan State University 2010 Distinguished Academic Staff Award winner, has more than 29 years experience working with youth and volunteer development programs.
She has a B.S. degree from Eastern Michigan University, and M.S. and Ph.D. from Michigan State University.
Retired from Michigan State University Extension, she worked on projects focusing on youth citizenship, leadership and community service learning programming, is an original co- author and project director of Jump Into Foods and Fitness, a nutrition curriculum used in more than 20 states, taught an online class called, Community Based Service Learning, and directed several statewide grant funded projects such as a 21-site Michigan 4-H Learn and Serve Teen Mentors project funded by the Corporation for National and Community Service. Starting as a 4-H Youth Educator, during her tenure she held various leadership positions, implemented and evaluated youth and volunteer programs, wrote and revised numerous youth curricula and has experience in staff, volunteer and youth training, grant writing, strategic planning and program administration. She currently is a Real Colors and Wilton Trainer and continues to teach leadership and service.
Dr. Dean A. Pribbenow is Dean of the School of Integrative Studies at Edgewood College, which currently includes the Center for Global Education, Center for Multicultural Education/Ethnic Studies, Environmental Studies, Human Issues Studies, Honors Program, Women's and Gender Studies, the Writing Center, and Civic Leadership programs. Most recently, he directed Human Issues Studies, a mission-based capstone program that emphasizes values reflection, interdisciplinarity, and community-based learning.
His past experience includes serving as the founding director of the Institute for Service Learning and assistant director of the Center for Instructional and Professional Development-both at UW-Milwaukee.
Dr. Pribbenow is active in presenting, writing, and leading initiatives in the areas of integrative teaching and learning, service-learning pedagogy, and faculty development. He holds a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis from UW-Madison, an M.S. in Counseling from UW-Whitewater, and a B.A. in English from Luther College.
Dr.Julianne Price has been the Director of the Cultures and Communities Program, Institute for Service Learning at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee since December 2008. The Institute for Service Learning (ISL) serves more than 950 students and more than 200 community partner agencies and organizations annually.
Dr. Price received her M.A. in Communication/Urban Studies from Michigan State University and a Ph.D. in Agricultural and Extension Education from Michigan State University with a research emphasis in service-learning. Because community outreach is important to Dr. Price she was able to use her small business, Price Learning Keys, for community based educational programming.
Dr. Price has over 20 years of community-based expertise with numerous organizations such as, Michigan State University Extension 4-H youth programs, and the Michigan K-12 Service Learning Center. Dr. Price has worked as a peer reviewer for the Corporation for National and Community Service and as a consultant for a Kellogg Foundation initiative to integrate service-learning into middle school curriculum. Since relocating to Wisconsin in 2007, she is an active member of Southeastern Wisconsin Service- Learning Consortium (SEWSLC), and serves on the Program committee for the Milwaukee Area Boys & Girls Clubs.
Dr. Pamela Proulx-Curry is currently serving as Executive Director of the Wisconsin Campus Compact.
Pamela received a B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Maine and a Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from the University of New Hampshire.
She began her college teaching career as Asst. Professor of Chemistry at the University of Maine at Machias, where she was also active as an instructor and co-director of several professional development academies, sponsored by the Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance/State of Maine Dept of Education, for K-12 math and science educators.
In 1999 Dr. Proulx-Curry moved to Unity College in Maine, and was promoted to Associate Professor of Chemistry in 2001.
While at Unity College she was instrumental in the creation of a Womens Environmental Leadership Program, and helped to coordinate Unity College's service learning efforts, including a leadership role in the development and implementation of the Vibrant Community Project - a service-learning program developed and managed in collaboration with members of the local community. She also held a half-time appointment as Faculty Administrator for Teaching and Learning from January 2004 through May 2005.
Since arriving in Wisconsin Dr. Proulx-Curry has been involved in a number of K-16 collaborations aimed at improving math and science education. In November 2008 she was named a SENCER Leadership Fellow and continues to serve in that role. She has given many presentations and invited talks on math and science education as well as on service-learning.
Elisha Writt earned her Bachelor of Science degree from UW-Stevens Point in Elementary Education with a minor in Spanish. Presently she is in her 8th year as a third grade teacher with Clintonville Public Schools where she brings the local community into her classroom and takes her students out into the community. For the 2009-2010 school year, she is the Lead Teacher for Service Learning in Clintonville and also a member of DPI's Service Learning Implementation Guide Editorial Board. In addition to her teaching assignment she represents the school district as a Chamber Ambassador and Vice Chair of that group of professionals. She is also the Co-President of Clintonville Education Association, the local teacher's union. In the past she has held the positions of high school Dance Squad Coach, PTO Vice President, and Lighted Schoolhouse Chairperson.
WORKSHOP SPONSORED BY: UW-COLLEGES, UW EXTENSION, WI CAMPUS COMPACT, UWMC AND THE WISCONSIN INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY AND SERVICE