Emily Bowling- Civic Engagement & Service Coordinator
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Favorite Food: Thai
Favorite Color: Green
Hometown: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
What does service mean to you? Emily is a huge supporter of service and community engagement because it requires people to assess and act on their values and envision and work toward creating the community that they want to live in and leave for future generations. Service is about committing to the common good and caring about the well-being and collective experiences of those we share a space and place with -- it's about having a heightened responsibility for one's community.
About Emily: She has worked professionally in higher education and Student Affairs for over six years in the areas of service-learning, civic engagement, residence life, first year programs, and learning communities. Her masters work at Portland State University was in Educational Leadership and Policy with a specialization in Leadership for Sustainability Education. Emily’s professional interests are sustainability education, civic engagement, community-based learning, experiential education, and transformative learning. Emily enjoys helping students to realize their leadership potential in working toward a more just, humane, and sustainable world. Striving to motivate students around issues of social and environmental justice is both hugely rewarding for Emily and one of her primary professional passions. In her spare time, Emily enjoys hiking, cycling, going to concerts, and cooking.
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Julia Lang- Civic Engagement GTA
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Major: College Student Services Administration (M.S)
Year: 2nd year Grad student
Hometown: Ithaca, NY
Favorite Food: Sushi and Sriracha
Favorite Color: Turquoise
What does service mean to you? “Deja que el mundo te cambie y podrás cambiar el mundo” aka Let the world change you and you can change the world!
About Julia: Julia has been involved in non-profit, community development and service-learning work throughout North and South America for over ten years. Hailing from upstate New York, Julia completed her undergraduate education at Cornell University, majoring in Human Development and focusing on inequality. At Cornell, Julia led service projects to Nicaragua, spent a semester working full-time at a foundation for street children in Ecuador, and spent a separate service-learning semester in NYC, completing service projects throughout the boroughs. Julia has led high school students on community service trips throughout Costa Rica, worked for AFS, the largest non-profit study abroad organization for high school students in the world, built homes through Habitat for Humanity in Sri Lanka and worked for the Civic Leadership Institute at University of California, Berkeley, leading students on service trips throughout San Francisco.
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Kaitlyn Gooding- Internal Coordinator
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Major: Psychology with a minor in Business and Entreprenuership
Year: Senior
Favorite Food: Steak and Mashed Potatoes! YUMMY!
Favorite Color: Aqua
Hometown: Beaverton, OR (Portland Metro Area)
What does service mean to you? Service means to better my community. I want everyone to work together to better themselves and the world. Service builds my professional skill set and provides needs within the community which is something everyone should participate in!
About Kaitlyn: My name is Kaitlyn, but most of my friends call me Kayt. I love sports, especially watching Oregon State football games, and I love taking long walks on the beach. |
Bri Smith- Internal Coordinator
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Major: Business Management
Year: Junior
Favorite Food: Chocolate Chip Cookies
Favorite Color: Yellow
Hometown: Lebanon
What does service mean to you? “Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourself, not looking to your own interests but to the interests of others.” Phillipians 2:3-4
About Bri: I enjoy snowboarding, spending time with my family, and doing crafts. I love volleyball, running, hiking, and anything active.
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Samara Rufener- Internal Coordinator
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Major: Animal Science (Pre-vet)
Year: Sophomore
Favorite Food: Steamed Broccoli
Favorite Color: Orange
Hometown: Culver, OR
What does service mean to you? To me, service is being actively engaged in your community, putting others before yourself, and working side by side with neighbors, friends, and strangers to make the world a better place.
About Sam: I enjoy long walks on the beach, sun rise runs with my dog and lots of chocolate. My favorite place to be is outside, either hiking, biking, running or playing in the water.
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Michael Trujillo- External Coordinator
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Major: Philosophy/Biology
Year: Junior
Favorite Food: Sushi (Salmon Nigiri)
Favorite Color: Kelly Green
Hometown: Corvallis, OR
What does service mean to you? Service can be all kinds of things! At its best, service is a way of life—consider how each of one’s actions or decisions can benefit others, and follow through with what results.
About Michael: I love to get outdoors any way that I can—particularly hiking, snowboarding, and cycling. I enjoy thinking deeply about our world and am always looking for a philosophical conversation. After finishing my undergrad I hope to do some traveling before continuing my education.
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Kaylah Williams- External Coordinator
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Major: Bicultural Anthropology & Ethnic Studies
Year: Second
Favorite Food: Sushi
Favorite Color: Purple and Green...and Blue...and Red :)
Hometown: Corona, CA
What does service mean to you? It means impacting another positively through an act of service, while benefiting others around you and including yourself to better the community.
About Kaylah: I love music and going to concerts. I know every Kanye West song by heart ever made. I love the beach and going to sports events dec. out in sports gear! Lastly I like to take roadtrips with friends with randsom destinations just to get out and explore what is around!
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Emily Mrusko- Americorps/VISTA Hunger and Poverty Coordinator
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Major: Recently got my Bachelor's in Communication from the University of Maryland
Year: NA
Favorite Food: Everything bagels
Favorite Color: Yellow/green
Hometown: Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania
What does service mean to you?I see service as an essential part of education. Sure, we can learn a lot about all of the social injustices currently going on in the world from a textbook, but it's not until you dive head first into the experience that it all starts to become real. Service is an opportunity to stop ignoring what you hear about on the news and take physical responsibility for helping your community thrive.
About Emily: I’m so excited be serving as the 2012-2013 AmeriCorps*VISTA at Oregon State University in the Center for Civic Engagement. I grew up in rural Pennsylvania, went to college in Maryland, and just moved to Oregon in August. I majored in Communications, with a concentration in Public Relations, and I hope to eventually do PR work for a non-profit organization that I’m passionate about. I’ve been involved in service since I was 13 and my love for being involved and encouraging others to make a difference has only grown since. Outside from doing service, I enjoy kayaking, hiking, crocheting, and all things music.
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Caity Cagle- Marketing & Communications Coordinator
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Major: Women Studies with a minor in english and writing
Year: 5th year
Favorite Food: Sushi
Favorite Color: Light Blue
Hometown: Portland, OR
What does service mean to you? Service is the opportunity to become a better citizen and to give back to your community. We live in a society that relies on each of us being independent but I think it's important to work together as communities to overcome the injustices in the world.
About Caity: I'm a 5th year senior who loves to read, write, and cook. I'm very invested in social justice issues and consider my self a feminist. I want to go into the non-profit sector and live in Portland when I graduate! |
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