Happy Summer!

All has been quiet on the blog, I apologize. The end of the school year and the start of summer was a crazy time here! We said goodbye to students, put on our thinking caps and revamped a lot of what we do. Speaking of which...

We are now the Office of Community Engagement!

Snazzy, eh? We decided that our other name was too much of a mouthful, and we followed the advice from other offices like ours around the state. Brevity is the source of wit!

To boot, I am upgrading our Facebook so that we now have a Fan Page, not just a profile.

USM Community Engagement on Facebook

This summer still has many changes for us. I am finishing my VISTA year quite soon, so this will be my last post! Alicia is staying at the OCE to continue her work with the Multicultural population and with service learning courses. Mike is off to grad school at CUNY, Jennifer to Washington state, and Janice to Illinois!

We will be welcoming three new VISTAs at the end of August.
Lauren will be taking over my position and working with the mentoring project,
David will be working as a volunteer coordinator and systems manager, and
David (that's right, two Daves) will be working as another volunteer coordinator in the multicultural field.

There will also be a VISTA working with the SGA and Chris O'Connor, and all the VISTAs will be working to create a shiny Civic Leadership Series for the fall!

It's been a fun year and I hope you will all continue to be engaged, wherever you may be!

Best,
Amanda