Community Engaged Learning staff will be available to meet with students either in-person or virtually. Click on a staff member's name to get their email address.
Renee Sedlacek Lee, ABD, Director Renee has spent her career supporting the development of service-learning and co-curricular service programs at small private liberal arts institutions. Prior to joining the Drake staff in 2013, Renee served seven years as the Service-Learning Coordinator at Wartburg College and one year as an Iowa Campus Compact AmeriCorps*VISTA at Central College. Renee received her B.A. from Central College in Sociology and Psychology and her M.A. from the University of Northern Iowa in Post Secondary Education: Student Affairs, and is currently a Ph.D. student in Education at Drake University. As director Renee provides strategic oversight of external and internal relationships that affect community-based service and learning, i.e. service-learning, engaged scholarship, and community-based research. |
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Amanda Martin, M.Ed., Assistant Director Amanda coordinates co-curricular service at Drake, connecting students and student organizations to the local community and volunteer opportunities; directs the Changemaker Scholars Program; supervises the Community Engagement Peers, and facilitates the Pathways for Civic Action & Social Change. |
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Community Engagement Peers are student staff in the Office of Community Engaged Learning who are committed to working with service-learning and community engagement. Community Engagement Peers each have their own project they oversee, along with providing 1-1 consultations to students on ways to get involved in the community.
The role of a Community Engagement Peer is to:
2022-2023 Community Engagement Peers
Read their bios here.
Schedule a 1-1 with a Peer!
Student Staff | Program |
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Stephanie Kiel | Community Engagement Peer for Civic Engagement |
Sydney Skemp | Social Media and Marketing Intern |
Nachy Gardiner | Community Engagement Peer for Food Security |
Kirby Nelson | Community Engaged Learning Events & Training Coordinator |
Mel Sadecki | IRIS Coordinator |
Nathan Carter | Community Engagement Peer for Equity & Inclusion |