The Staff of the Community Involvement Center
R.
Mac Griswold, Director (griswold@rice.edu)
Major Responsibilities:
- Directing and
managing the programs and services of the Community Involvement Center;
- Advising the Rice Student Volunteer Program (RSVP);
- Coordinating the annual non-profit career and internship fair;
- Assisting with the coordination of
the Alternative Spring Break program;
- Providing leadership for the Loewenstern Fellowships program;
- Organizing O-Week Outreach Day;
- Managing the Hilda and Hershel Rich Family Endowment for Student Community Service;
- Assisting registered student organizations and individuals with organizing service projects; and
- Creating and implementing programs which support the mission of the Community Involvement Center, specifically ones which develop students' leadership skills and ones which recognize students' contributions and volunteer efforts. These will include an All Student Service Organization retreat and an Annual Volunteer Recognition event.
Education:
Bachelor of Arts in Political Science - University of Connecticut
(1996)
Master of Arts in Higher Education: Student Affairs - University
of Connecticut (2001)
Started in the CIC: April 1, 2002
College Affiliation: Baker College, Associate
Hometown: Glastonbury, CT
Hobbies: Reading, billiards, and in-line skating
Favorite Place to Volunteer: The Living Center (Hartford, CT)
Christa
Leimbach,
Assistant Director (leimbach@rice.edu)
Major Responsibilities:
- Advising youth- and literacy-based service organizations, including One-on-One Tutoring,
Wharton
And Rice Mentorship (WARM), and English as
a Second Language (ESL) Tutoring;
- Managing the America Reads Tutoring Program, including supervision of Student Coordinator;
- Providing advisement to the Alternative Spring Break program with the Director and the other Assistant Director;
- Assisting with advisement of direct service placements under the Loewenstern Fellowships program;
- Coordinating and directing, with the other Assistant Director, Urban Immersion, week-long service-intensive orientations to Houston's cultural and social issues, offered to incoming students during the summer;
and
- Coordinating the annual volunteer fair;
- Creating and implementing programs which support the mission of the Community Involvement Center, specifically ones which develop students' leadership skills and ones which recognize students' contributions and volunteer efforts. These will include an All Student Service Organization retreat and an Annual Volunteer Recognition event.
Education:
Bachelor of Arts in History - Indiana University (2005)
Started in the CIC: August 21, 2006
College Affiliation: Wiess College, Resident Associate
Hometown: Radnor, PA
Hobbies: Sports and outdoor activities
Favorite Place to Volunteer: Baylor Taylor
Memorial Library (Kennett Square, PA)
VACANT,
Assistant Director
Major Responsibilities:
- Coordinating and directing, with the other Assistant Director, Urban Immersion, week-long service-intensive orientations to Houston's cultural and social issues, offered to incoming students during the summer. Planning and implementing year-long program to engage participants during their first year at Rice;
- Providing advisement to the Alternative Spring Break program with the Director and the other Assistant Director. Coordinating fundraising policies for the groups and develop and implement a fundraising plan, to potentially include an annual signature fundraiser, for the ASB program;
- Advising and supporting student service organizations assigned by the Director;
- Coordinating and attending the CIC's International Service Project, including selecting the site, selecting and training the student Coordinators and participants, budgeting, and fundraising;
- Supervising the administration of the West U. Rotary Scholarship for Community Service, Morty Rich Scholarship, Alan Grob Prize, and Rice Developing World Student's Scholarship;
- Developing, implementing, and supervising theCIC Service Council to provide support and guidance to the service initiatives of the student service organzations and the residential colleges;
- Developing web and print content for Center for Civic Engagement programs, including writing participant and program profiles and collecting and editing journal entries;
- Overseeing the application process, selection committee, and allocation of funds for the Community Service Grant; and
- Creating and implementing programs which support the mission of the Community Involvement Center, specifically ones which develop students' leadership skills and ones which recognize students' contributions and volunteer efforts. These will include an All Student Service Organization retreat and an Annual Volunteer Recognition event.
Education:
Scheduled to Start in the CIC: August 11, 2008
College Affiliation:
Hometown:
Hobbies:
Favorite Place to Volunteer:
Kathleen Hanley, AmeriCorps*VISTA
Major Responsibilites:
- Expansing large-scale community involvement activities with campus organizations and other local colleges and universities;
- Promoting programs and funding sources focused on international service;
- Supporting the expansion, implementation, and follow-up for a service-focused pre-orientation program for incoming students;
- Updating data and assisting with development of a system (electronic map) to display information for community partners on the MetroRail line;
- Overseeing data collection and assessment process to track student involvement;
- Assisting with the planning and implementation of campus-based workshops on community engagement topics for faculty; and
- Developing and maintaining the community-based research and community service content of the CCE and CIC websites and dissemination of reflection materials when appropriate.
Education: Bachelor
of Arts in English - Rice University
(2008)
Schedule to Start in the CIC: July 12, 2008
College Affiliation: Jones College, Alumna
Hometown: Delmar, NY
Hobbies:
Favorite Place to Volunteer:
Rachel Mercer-Smith, America Reads Student Coordinator (amreads@rice.edu)
Major Responsibilites:
Education: Rice University '10
Started in the CIC:
College Affiliation: Sid Richardson College, Undergraduate Student
Hometown:
Hobbies:
Favorite Place to Volunteer:
Meg Goswami, Student Assistant (service@rice.edu)
Major Responsibilites:
Education: Rice University '09
Started in the CIC: September 2006
College Affiliation: Baker College, Undergraduate Student
Hometown: Prescott, AZ
Hobbies: Dancing, reading, eating!
Favorite Place to Volunteer: The Methodist Hospital during the holiday season
