from the

Service Learning Institute

The mission of the Service Learning Institute is to foster and promote

social justice by cultivating reciprocal service and learning partnerships
among CSUMB students, faculty, staff and the
surrounding tri-county community.

Connect,
Serve, Reflect and
Belong: President Ochoas
Investiture Day of Service
& Learning
As we reflect on recent events and activities in the context of service-learning,
we also look ahead and commemorate
new transitions! In May 2013 CSUMBs
interim president, Dr. Eduardo Ochoa,
was formally named the universitys
third President. In honor of President
Ochoas investiture, and in recognition
of CSUMBs commitment to service and
community building, the Service Learning Institute has organized a day of service and learning for the entire campus
community:
Types of Service Projects

We expect to mobilize up to
300 CSUMB faculty, staff and
students into work teams
for the day. Here are just a
few examples of community
service projects taking
place on Saturday morning,
November 16th:

and reflection simply models what

we hope to see throughout the
year. The Investiture Day of Service
and Learning ends with lunch and a

Seth Pollack
discussions designed to promote
collaboration, dialog, purposeful
service, and social justice in the
context of community service will
be offered in selected locations.

In addition, special
workshops and

closing discussion, during which time

participants are invited to reflect, share
insights, and explore ways to sustain
mutually beneficial community servicelearning relationships. Lunch and
discussion begins once volunteers have
returned to campus.

In the spirit of Rachel Naomi Remen,

we invite all participants to think of this
Day of Service and Learning as a way
for us to bring the full resources of OUR
combined humanity to the table. We
hope to see you there!

True service is not a relationship between

an expert and a problemIt is a relationship
between people who bring the full resources of
their combined humanity to the tableService
is a relationship between equalsit is the final
healing of isolation and loneliness. It is the lived
experience of belonging.

Return of the Natives/

-Rachel Naomi Remen, Belonging
Watershed Institute will
host a creek clean-up
involving members of the CSUMB
For details, please visit the SLI website:
community and Salinas youth from
http://service.csumb.edu
area middle schools
Lunch and Closing
The Chinatown
Learning Center
will host volunteers
to assist with
outreach, education
and enrollment in
Covered California,
Californias
marketplace for health
care coverage.

Fall 2013 Volume 9, Issue 1

Discussion:
Reflecting
on Service,

Community,
and Belonging:
Sustaining
Commitment to
Service-Learning
We are mindful
that one day of
community service

Center)

President Ochoas
Investiture Day of
Service & Learning:
Building Connections, Building Community

Saturday, November 16, 2013,

8:30 a.m.2:30 p.m.
CSUMB Alumni Visitor Center
Schedule of activities:

8:30 a.m. 9:30 a.m.

Continental Breakfast
(CSUMB Alumni & Visitors

9:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m.

Travel to community service sites.
10:30 a.m. 1:00 p.m.
Service activities (off-campus)
1:00 p.m. 1:30 p.m.
Travel back to campus

1:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m.

Lunch & Reflective Closing (Alumni &
Visitors Center)

Note: For a complete list of service

sites and related events, please visit the
SLI website: http://service.csumb.edu

About CSUMB's Third President: Dr. Eduardo Ochoa

Eduardo M. Ochoa grew up in
Buenos Aires, Argentina, before
moving to Portland, Ore., with his
family while in high school.
He has earned degrees in
physics, nuclear science
and economics from
Reed College, Columbia
University and the New
School for Social Research,
respectively. In mid-career,
his plans to return to
work in his Argentinian
homeland were sidetracked
by a military coup. He has
worked as an engineer,
as an academic faculty
member and administrator,
Dr. Ochoa
and, most recently, as
assistant secretary for postsecondary education in the Obama
Administration.
While serving as assistant secretary
for post-secondary education. Dr.
Ochoa was the secretarys chief
advisor on higher-education issues
and administered more than 60
programs designed to provide
financial assistance to eligible
students enrolled in post-secondary
institutions. In his April 15, 2013
message to the campus, Dr. Ochoa
describes one particular project
focused on civic engagement and
service learning:

Presidents Honor Award Logo

When I was working at the U.S.

Department of Education, I had
the opportunity
to oversee the
development of
a commissioned
report on the
importance of
civic learning in
higher education
and to co-author
its foreword. The
report points to
research findings
that suggest that
students who
participate in
civic learning
opportunities
are more likely to persist in
college and complete their
degrees; obtain skills prized by
employers; and develop habits
of social responsibility and civic
participation, this is stated in the
foreword which was co-signed by
Martha Kanter, the Department
of Education undersecretary, and
myself.
The 2012 report, A Crucible
Moment: College Learning and
Democracys Future, was written
by the National Task Force on
Civic Learning and Democratic
Engagement. It cited the
importance of service
and civic learning and
some of the universities
that were doing it right.
The first reference to
a specific university is
worth noting:

Even if they are not commonplace, in

colleges today there are some nascent
models that embed questions about
civic responsibilities within career
preparation and that therefore point
to the next level needed in campus
civic work. California State
University, Monterey Bay (CSUMB),
for example, defines civic literacy
as the knowledge, skills and attitudes that students need to work
effectively in a diverse society to
create more just and equitable
workplaces, communities and
social institutions.
Our campuss unparalleled commitment
to effective service learning programs
is widely recognized. Earlier this year,
Cal State Monterey Bay was named to
the 2013 Presidents Higher Education
Community Service Honor Roll. Since
the Presidents Honor Roll program
began, CSUMB has received the top
award or has been a finalist each year,
making it the most decorated service
learning program in the nation.

From the perspective of this campus,

service learning is an instrumental
part of our effort to build and maintain
strong ties to our community. The
programs most powerful message might
be the one communicated to the young
people of our community. When they
interact with CSUMB students many of
whom are first generation, minority and
from difficult economic backgrounds
those children come to realize that
higher education is possible for them as
well.

CSUMB Wins
National
Recognition for
Civic Engagement
by Joan Wiener

California State University, Monterey

Bay has earned the Higher Education
Civic Engagement Award presented by
The Washington Center and the New
York Life Foundation. The Washington
Center for Internships and Academic
Seminars, in partnership with the New
York Life Foundation, established the
award to celebrate institutions in the
higher education community that are
reaching beyond their own campuses
to achieve sustainable civic impacts.

Chinatown
Renewal Project Receives
Prestigious NEH Award
by Seth Pollack

The award highlights innovation and

leadership in forging partnerships
beyond campus to define and address
issues of public concern at the local,
regional or international level.

CSUMB was one of five colleges and

universities selected for the honor
among more than 100 nominees.
Recipients were chosen based on
their leadership and innovation in
civic engagement. As part of the
award, CSUMB will receive $20,000 in
scholarship funding to help students
participate in The Washington Centers
Academic Internship Program in
Washington, D.C., in 2014.
exploring the museums core themes
of immigration, cultural assimilation
and identity.
The project builds on the work of
Professor Benmayor in her HCOM
service learning course: Oral History
and Community Memory. Over
the past five years, Dr. Benmayors
students have recorded and archived
over 125 hour-long video interviews
with Chinese, Japanese, Filipino and
Mexican families who once lived in
the Chinatown neighborhood. In
addition, Dr. Lila Staples museum

The Salinas Chinatown Cultural Center

and Museum is one step closer to
becoming a reality, thanks to a $40,000
planning grant that the project received
from the National Endowment for the
Humanities (NEH). The project grows
out of the collaboration between
CSUMB faculty (Dr. Rina Benmayor,
Dr. Amalia Mesa-Bains, Dr.
Lila Staples and Dr. Seth
Pollack), the Asian cultural
communities of Salinas,
and the National Steinbeck
Center. It is the next step
in the Chinatown Renewal
Project which seeks to
revitalize this once-thriving
multicultural community
located just across the
tracks from Oldtown Salinas.
Since the projects inception
in 2005, over 1,200 CSUMB
students have participated in
various aspects of the work
Chinatown Renewal Project Committee
to revitalize Chinatown.
The award will support the planning of
the museums core exhibits, along with
the development of a virtual walking
tour of the Chinatown neighborhood.
In addition, the grant will fund a series
of community dialogues, whose goal
is to involve the local community in

studies service learning students have

worked with the Steinbeck Museum
to create three exhibits sharing the
stories of the three Asian immigrant
communities in Salinas: the Chinese,
the Japanese, and the Filipino. These
former residents of Chinatown played

CSU Monterey Bay is a shining

example of how universities are taking
the traditional curriculum model and
incorporating initiatives that teach selfawareness, community engagement and
life-long leadership skills, said Mike
Smith, president of The Washington
Center. CSUMB is a true leader within
the academic community and we
congratulate them on this honor.

The other schools receiving the 2013

Civic Engagement Award include The
Citadel, Portland State University,
Southern University at New Orleans and
Syracuse University.

an important role in the development of

the regions agricultural economy, both
as laborers and as innovators, helping
transform the swamps of Salinas into
the Salad Bowl of the World.
The Salinas Chinatown Museum and
Cultural Center will be housed in the
restored Republic Caf, which was once
the
premier

Chinatown Museum Site

restaurant and family
gathering place in the
neighborhood. The museum
will create a permanent location to
honor the contributions of these
immigrant communities to the growth of
our local economy.
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Environmental Studies &

Community Engagement:
CSUMBs New Environmental
Studies B.A.
by Dr. Dan Shapiro,

Environmental Studies Program

Coordinator
Responding to todays complex social
and environmental challenges and
opportunities requires more than
students with book smarts, and more
than community members with street
smarts. It requires college students and
community members to synthesize and
advance their respective knowledge in
pursuit of common goals. CSUMBs new
Environmental Studies B.A. program
capitalizes on a vast web of reciprocal
community partnerships and courses
designed to promote proficiency
in civic engagement, intercultural
communication, integrative learning
and compassion that form the heart of
service-learning.
The Environmental Studies major
embodies the service-learning
principle of promoting societal (and
ecological) well-being through the
integration and mutual advancement of
academic and community knowledge.
In their service-learning and capstone
courses, students analyze, evaluate
and enhance their community
service using academic concepts and

2013 Marian Penn

Partnership Award:

theories presented in classroom.

To aid students in this synthesis
and prepare them to be engaged,
productive community members,
Environmental Studies students
develop professional e-portfolios
containing their professional goals and
aspirations, samples
of their academic
work, and reflections
demonstrating their
capacity integrate and
apply academic and
community knowledge.
For their capstone,
Dr. Dan Shapiro
all Environmental
Studies students
complete a community-based project
collaboratively developed with a local
organization selected by the student.
To support their capstone work,
Environmental Studies students can take

ENSTU 212S: Ethics, Equity, and

Environment, taught by Hester Parker
and Alicia Hernandez Sanchez
ENSTU 349S: Environmental
Interpretation, taught by Suzy
Worcester
ENSTU 369S: Community-Based
Watershed Restoration, taught by
Laura Lee Lienk
ENSTU 384S: Social and Ecological
Justice, taught by Hester Parker

Together these courses create a

pathway whereby students become
acquainted with an organization in their
lower-division service-learning course,
deepen that relationship in their upperdivision service-learning course, then
continue to serve with that organization
by developing a capstone project.

From Classroom to Capstone to Career: One Dynamic Example

Environmental Studies capstone projects allow students to deepen relationships with

community partners in mutually beneficial ways. Environmental Studies graduate
Anglica Gonzlez (Class of 2012) did her upper-division service-learning with the
Center for the Health Assessment of Mothers and Children of Salinas (CHAMACOS), a
U.C. Berkeley-based project investigating the effects of potential environmental toxins
on child development. Anglica then completed her Environmental Studies capstone
project with CHAMACOS, educating children of farmworkers and their families on how
to avoid transferring pesticides from agricultural fields to the home. This educationbased capstone helped Anglica gain full time employment as the Watsonville
Environmental Science Workshop Coordinator for the City of Watsonville. The
culmination of Anglicas education and experience is just one example of the win-win
nature of meaningful, purposeful service-learning, i.e., providing community members
with essential health and safety information, while simultaneously providing students
with rich, real-world learning experiences that propel them to future careers.

Return of the Natives

to people through handsRestoration Education Project
on participation restoring
habitats.For the last eighteen
(RON) & Faculty from Science
years RON has partnered
and Environmental Policy:
with several Service Learning
Laura Lee Lienk, Daniel
faculty from the Department
Shapiro, & Suzanne
of Science & EnvironmenWorchester
tal Policy. Courses such as;
The Marion Penn Partnership
Laura Lee Lienks ENVS 369S
Award honors a partnership
Community Based Watershed
Laura Lee Lienk
between service learning
Restoration, Daniel Shapiros
faculty and a community partner that
ENVS 384S Ecological & Social Justice
has made service learning possible and
& Suzanne Worchesters ENVS 349S
powerful. Named after Marion Penn,
Natural History Interpretation.
founding Director of the Service LearnOver the years, Service Learning students
ing Institute, the Penn Partnership
Awards recognizes a faculty/community and many volunteers have been introduced to Monterey Countys awesome
partner team that has demonstrated exnatural areas and exciting recreational
ceptional commitment, communication
opportunities. They find that serving with
and success in strengthening communiRON and having a unique outdoor experities through service learning.
ence brings satisfaction and they can see
Return of the Natives Restoration Eduwhat a significant difference it makes to
cation Project (RON) is a community
have native plants thriving throughout the
based habitat restoration group dedicated
habitat.Along with participating schools
to bringing people to nature and nature
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advantage of lower- and upper-division

Environmental Studies service learning
courses:

in the Monterey Peninsula and Salinas

City School Districts, RON collaborates
with The Monterey Regional Waste Management District, Monterey County Office
of Education, HOPE Services, California
State Parks, the City of Salinas, Bureau of
Land Management and Gateway Centers.
Return of
the Natives
continues to
open natures
doors to
marginalized
communities
and nature
lovers alike,
RON Students
by building
community
through
service and
encouraging
everyone to
connect with
nature.

Americorps Members Bring

Highly Skilled Volunteers to
Local Partner Agencies

Dorothys Place/Franciscan
Workers of Junipera Sierra
The Chinatown Renewal Project

Besides building a volunteer

The Service Learning Institute is excited infrastructure and recruiting and
to initiate two newly funded Americorps maintaining cohorts of Highly Skilled
Volunteers, Americorps VIPs will be
programs aimed at bringing Highly
learning fundraising and business
Skilled Volunteers to 14 local agencies
partnership skills designed to bring
over the next three years. In order
additional financial support to the
to increase the volunteer capacity of
their partners agency, each
Americorps VIP member will
be recruiting and maintaining
25 Highly Skilled Volunteers
to form the backbone of robust
volunteer programs. These
Highly Skilled Volunteers will
agreed to take on leadership
roles for the organization.
2013-14 Americorps VIP
partners include:
Americorps Leaders
Food Bank for Monterey
County
Arts Council for Monterey County
Peacock Acres
Community Food Project
of Everyones Harvest
National Coalition Building Institute
The Watershed Institute
Rancho Cielo Youth Center
First Tee of Monterey County

CSUMBs Citizen Alum:

Amanda Quintero, B.A., Global
Studies. CSU-Monterey Bay
M.A., Public Policy and
Administration, CSU-Long
Beach

partner agency.
Americorp PREP to assist local schools
The Americorps PREP program will
soon bring much needed support to
schools facing significant academic
challenges. Each Americorps PREP
member will support 25 Skilled
Mentors, who in turn will mentor
Multicultural Programs Womens
Leadership Award.

Prior to accepting her current

position at CSUCI, Amanda worked
with the CSUs Chancellors Office of
Community Service Learning as the
Doctoral candidate, Higher Education
Coordinator of AmeriCorps Programs.
Policy, Claremont Graduate University
Her contributions in
grant acquisitions and
CSUMB alum Amanda Quintero
management led to the
exemplifies the perfect synthesis
advancement of systemof academic achievement,
wide community service
commitment to community
learning and national
service and service learning, and
service programs in
leadership in educational research
the CSU. Proceeding
and policy. Currently the Director
her tenure with the
for Research and Sponsored
CSU system, Amanda
Programs for CSU Channel
served as a Governors
Islands (CSUCI), Amanda serves
Executive Fellow and
as Title V Director for Project
Development Assistant
Amanda Quintero
ISLAS: Institutionalizing Student
in the Governors
Learning, Access and Success.
Office on Service and
Amanda assumed a leadership role in
Volunteerism (GOSERV), now known as
the start-up and administration of the
the California Service Corps. While at
Research and Sponsored Program Office, GOSERV, she was involved in analyzing
and has played a key role in helping
legislative bills, assisting with the
CSUCI to achieve its federal designation
implementation of the Cesar Chavez Day
as an Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI). of Service and Learning grant program,
During her tenure at CSUCI, Amanda
organizing peer grant review trainings,
has been the recipient of the El Concilio
and managing a portfolio of statewide
Latino Leadership Award and CSUCIs
grantees.

elementary, middle and high school

aged students with a focus on academic
improvement, goal setting, and
preparing for college. Americorps PREP
partners include: Imagine College at
Seaside High School, El Sausal Middle
School, the Boys and Girls Club-Seaside,
and Greenfield Union School District.
The Service Learning Institutes parent
organization for the Americorps
VIP and PREP programs is the
CALSERVES program operating out of
the Napa County Office of Education.
CALSERVES manages program goals,
assists members, provides resources,
organizes member trainings, and
prepares reports. Laura Lee Lienk,
Service Learning Institute Coordinator,
is guiding the two Americorps
Programs with assistance of two
Americorps Leaders, Victoria Flores
and Shelby Rogers. Shelby and Vicky
are not new to the Service Learning
Institute; both have served as Service
Learning Student Leaders (SL2s) and
are recent CSUMB graduates.
2013-14
Americorp VIPs
Tiffany Breech
Laureen Diephof
Christina Frazier
Steven Goings
Marisol Moran

Jessica Orozco
Javier Rodriguez
Alyssa Schaan
Erin Schiller
Catherine Tran
2013-14
Americorp Leaders
Victoria Flores
Shelby Rogers

Demonstrating a lifelong personal

and professional commitment to
advancing community service learning,
Amanda is a former AmeriCorps and
VISTA member, serving two national
service terms with the Bureau of Land
Management and with the California
Capital Financial Development
Corporation. In May 2013, Amanda
returned to her undergraduate alma
mater, CSUMB, to deliver the keynote
address for SLIs annual Spotlight on
Service program.

About Citizen Alum: Citizen Alum, based

at the University of Michigan, began in

Fall 2011 as an affiliated program of the
American Commonwealth Partnership
(ACP). Citizen Alum offers a framework for
a national network of campus teams that
involve alumni as agents and architects
of democracy, and strives to counter the
image of alumni as primarily donors with
a vision of them as also doers. CSUMB
is proud to participate in Citizen Alum
programs, and even prouder to highlight the
efforts of one of our own, Amanda Quintero.

Service Learning Awards

Fall 2013

ube

Dr
Alycia

Visual & Public Art

Community Partner: National

Steinbeck Center
Hometown: Grover Beach, CA
The museum studies program
in the Visual and Public
Art Department has given
me a brief but insightful
view into the world of
museums and art from the
academic community. My
most recent project was to
decorate a piano as part of
an international community
art project. I was working
on behalf of The National
Steinbeck Center and was
able to witness a lot of
backstage museum activity.
The greatest impact on
my life was my ability to
nd a niche within my
assignment that suits my
goals as a student and future
professional.

elle

h
y Mic
Ashleon
s
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W

Integrated Studies

Community Partner: Salinas

Valley Memorial Hospital
Hometown: Hollister, CA
I had a great experience
there learning many dierent
aspects of management as
well as Oncology. I was able
to assist the Clinical Manager
of the Oncology depart
and spent some time with
the manager of the Cancer
Resource Center. Working
with the Clinical Manager
was an amazing experience, I
would say one of a kind. This
experience just conrmed
what I want to do after
college. I want to help those
who at the moment cannot
help themselves, I will be
able to do this by following
my dreams into nursing and
later managing a department
to train and maintain a
positive passionate nursing
sta. I was able to assist with
various tasks from audits of
nursing sta to be sure that
patients are getting the best
care regardless of their social
status.

Brenda V
alencia

Brizey

Mathematics

Psychology

Community Partner: El Sausal

Middle School
Hometown: Salinas, CA
I was able to work with
seventh and eighth grade
students. I was able to help
them with any math questions
they had during the times
I visited El Sausal Middle
School. It was great being in
a classroom that promotes
a college type environment
for a middle school student.
Students are put in groups
where they ask questions and
help each other before seeking
help from a teacher or tutor.
It is important for students to
build up their own condence
by backing up their thought
processes and explaining to
others why they think their
method works especially when
it relates to math problems.

Rose Alexan
dra
Buchberg

Japanese Language and

Culture

Community Partner: J. C.
Crumpton
Elementary School
Hometown: Los Angeles,
California
Despite the dierence
in background, age and
education, my students and
I were able to connect on
things as simple as music and
Pokemon. We are
not very dierent at all.

Orjue

la

Community Partner: Youth

Alive
Hometown: El Tigre,
Venezuela
In 2009, with the help of the
American Friends Service
Committee, the Seaside
Peace Resource Center,
and a group of students we
brought the Human Cost of
War exhibit for the rst time
to campus. Bringing this
exhibit to commemorate the
fallen Californian soldiers
and Iraqi civilians in the
Iraq war brought a physical
understanding of the real
cost of war. The experience
transformed my perspective
on the power of community
and the impact we can have
as community members on
social justice issues.

Edward Cara

pezza

Teledramatic Arts and

Technology

Community Partner:
Marina Teen Center
Hometown: Hopkinton, RI
For my service learning
experience, I worked with
both 2nd Chance in Salinas
and the Marina Teen
Center. As a TAT major, I
worked with young people
from both locations to
help them craft a short
lm. The experience
taught me that, regardless
of our backgrounds, we all
have stories to tell.

beth

Eliza

pez

K Lo

Marine Science

Community Partner:
Recruitment in Science
Education (RISE)
Hometown: Roseville, CA
Through RISE, I developed
memorable relationships
with many students, but
one student stood out in
particular. We would talk
about college during RISE
sessions, but mostly, she felt
that she could come to me to
talk about personal problems,
as well as ask me for advice
on both school and her life.
It was very rewarding to
develop that kind of trust with
a student and it made me see
what kind of impact I could
have in students lives. RISE
has really motivated me to
become a better mentor and
better communicator for my
future mentoring endeavors.

zuki
Emma Yu
Ramirez

Liberal Studies

Community Partner:
Monterey County Department
of Family and Child Services
Hometown: San Diego, CA
My educational and life
experiences enabled me
to become a mentor for
students. Through Service
Learning, I took pride in
stepping out of my comfort
zone in order to help meet
the needs of Monterey
County youth. As a Liberal
Studies major, it is important
for me to establish a strong
connection with the youth
I serve. Through Service
Learning, Ive had a number
of rewarding experiences that
have impacted students as
well as myself. It is an honor
to inspire students to do
well in school, but also help
them realize that a college
education is attainable.

Fern
a

ndo

Lop

ez

Communication Design
with an emphasis in Web
Design

Community Partner: United

Way of Monterey County
Hometown: Greeneld, CA
As a service learning student,
there wasnt a specic
learning experience that I can
attribute to my success, both
academic and as a member of
my community. Rather, I feel
that all my experiences and
skills acquired throughout
my college career culminated
and allowed me the
mindset to provide eective
solutions for the challenges
presented at United
Way Monterey County. It
broadened my horizons
of thought and led to the
realization that in order make
a dierence in the world
it starts with oneself and
doing your part to improve
the way of life in your local
community.

Maria
Vasqu Guadalupe
ez

Collaborative Health &

Human Services

Community Partner: Catholic

Charities
Hometown: Salinas, CA
My service learning
experience as a square has
provided me with a lot of
awareness about service and
its power to providing equity
and equality to historically
marginalized populations. I
have learned
that when serving
wholeheartedly, one gets
to really value peoples
experience, which allows us
to see beyond the stereotypes
brought up by society. The
power of serving also allows
us to reect and deeply
understand the struggles of
those we are serving. As a
result, this allows us to be in
solidarity with those whose
voices have not been heard.

Kasey S
colavino

Global Studies

Community Partner:
Monterey Bay Chapter of the
American Red Cross
Hometown: Faireld, CA
A signicant experience for
me as a service learning
student was volunteering for
the Red Cross. I had many
projects at the chapter,
however the most rewarding
was learning about the
Restoring Family Links
services that the International
Red Cross oers. I helped with
community outreach to make
this service known to the
organizations that work with
refugees and immigrants,
to nd people who may be
in need of these services in
the Monterey region. It is an
amazing program, bringing
families together that have
been separated by war,
conict and natural disaster.
I am very grateful to have
contributed.

Shelby

Rogers

Environmental Science,
Watershed Systems
Concentration

Community Partner:
Everyones Harvest
Hometown: Lake Forest, CA
Shelbys rst spark with
social justice came in her
ENVS 384 class with Dan
Shapiro titled Social and
Ecological Justice. Before
then, Shelby had a heart for
social justice, but was mainly
concerned for the health
of the environment. After
learning about environmental
justice communities near her
own home town in Orange
County, Shelby began to
make connections between
class, race, and the health of
individuals environments.
This has opened her world
to working towards social
and environmental and
environmental equity for all
people.

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Business Administration

Community Partner: Peacock

Acres
Hometown: Hemet, CA
During my time at Peacock
Acres, I found it easier
than I originally thought it
would be to connect to the
students. I still currently
serve at the learning center
and I continue to learn from
the students. I have built
several relationships with
the foster youth and I am
amazed by their courage. I
have learned that although
I have formed relationships
with these students, I am still
a role model to them and it
is important that set a good
example for them, which
includes doing the right thing
under dicult circumstances.

Erin K

. Schil

Kinesiology

ler

Community Partner: The

Salinas-Marina Community
Food Project
Hometown: Thousand Oaks,
CA
I appreciate everyone
involved with the Service
Learning Institute. The
program allowed me to
interact with multiple
organizations through the
Everyones Harvest at the
Shoreline Community Garden,
including HOPE services
and the Veterans Transition
Center. Each day I was
reminded of our basic needs,
reintroduced to communal
support, and became aware
of our human connection to
each other and nature. This
hands on experience allowed
me to nd my roots and
pursue my passion advocating
for healthy living.

Luz Nu

nez

Collaborative Health &

Human Services dual
concentration Social Work
and Public Health
Minor: Service Learning

Community Partner: Alisal

Union School District, Project
IMPACT
Hometown: Salinas, CA
I have been a Service Learning
Student Leader for the past
three and a half years of my
academic career at CSUMB.
Currently I am working with a
community partner at Cesar
Chavez Elementary School with
the Project Impact Program. I
am able to support students
at CSUMB and provide service
to my other students at Cesar
Chavez Elementary School.
As a Service Learning Student
Leader I feel fortunate to be
able to contribute, support,
and guide students in my
community from CSUMB
as well as my hometown
community in Salinas.

Laura Bakken

Environmental Studies
with a concentration in
Sustainable Communities

Community Partner: El Sausal

Middle School
Hometown: Santa Cruz, CA
What I learned and enjoyed
most during my service
learning experience at CSUMB
was the ability to combine my
academic knowledge I learned
in class with my experiences
out in the community. To be
able to combine and learn
from both in dierent yet
similar ways was an amazing
life changing experience that
you cannot experience in any
other way.

erico
Leon Fed orales
M
Corrales

Premed Biology

CSIT: Networking and

Security

Community Partner: Loaves

Fishes and Computers
Hometown: San Isidro del
General, Costa Rica
It was a great experience
to apply my computer
networking skills in a
meaningful way. The greatest
service learning experience I
had was the knowledge that
my eorts may have made
a dierence in the lives of
others. I never expected
to be nominated for an
award, as I had alwaysfelt
that the reward was having
the opportunity to make a
dierence.

ie Johnso

Stephan

Stephanie
Carolyn Pere
z

Community Partner:
CHAMACOS
Hometown: Seaside, CA
Being able to complete my
service
learning hours at RotaCare
Clinic has
been an eye opening
experience for me as an
interpreter. Ive had the
chance to work with various
doctors and nurses from
all over the county since
RotaCare the entire sta at
the clinic are volunteers.
Thanks to this opportunity
I have become more aware
about how important it is
to take in consideration
language and cultural barriers
between the medical sta and
the patients. Hearing patients
say thank you for your help
with a huge smile on their
face has lled me with
determination and strength
to continue on my journey to
become a nurse practitioner. I
have also had the opportunity
to meet great people in
the medical eld that have
inspired me and reminded me
that making your dreams is
a reality with hard work and
determination. I plan to serve
the community with them
and hopefully will return one
day as a nurse practitioner
and oer my services to the
community I grew up in.

Humanities and Communication Concentrations in

Peace Studies and Africana
Studies
Minor: Service Learning
Leadership

Community Partner:
Dorothys Place
Hospitality Center
Hometown: La Verne, CA
I hold deep gratitude for
all the beautiful people
in the SL program. I have
been supported and forced
to grow. As I see it these
folks are tending a garden.
As I continually nd myself
opening to the dark muck of
suering that puts pressure
on world around me,
someone honors this as a
seed of awakening. So, they
help water me and I am able
to gather nutrients from this
suering instead of shriveling
under the weight of it all. Of
course the sting of growing
pains hurt, but they are met
with love. Just smell the flowers!

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Seaside CA 93955-8001

Reflections
from the

CONTACT US:
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Phone: 831-582-3644
FAX: 831-582-3568
Web: service.csumb.edu
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Service Learning Institute

Fall 2013 Volume 9, Issue 1

Website: http://service.csumb.edu

Whos Who
in the Service
Learning
Institute:
Office: 831.582.4183

Seth Pollack, Director

831.582.3914 / spollack@
csumb.edu
Andrea Monroe,
Associate Director
831.582.5175 /
anmonroe@csumb.edu
Deborah Burke,
Coordinator, Service
Learning Leadership
831.582.3631 / dburke@
csumb.edu
Laura Lee Lienk,
Coordinator, College of
Science, Media Arts &
Technology
831.582.3689 / llienk@
csumb.edu
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Pamela Motoike,
Coordinator,
Introduction to Service
Learning Instruction
831.582.3633 /
pmotoike@csumb.edu
Aline Reyna, Coordinator
of Community
Partnerships
831.582.4184 /
alsanchez@csumb.edu
Shelby Rogers, SL2
Program Specialist
831.582.4604 / srogers@
csumb.edu
Victoria Flores, Cal PREP
Program Specialist
831.582.4659 / vflores@
csumb.edu
Asya Guillory,
Information Specialist
831.582.3644 / aguillory@
csumb.edu
Mele Paracuelles,
Program Analyst

831.582.3805 /
mparacuelles@csumb.edu
Genna Badillo,
Office Assistant
831.582.3080 /gbadillo@
csumb.edu
Maisey Lopez,
Student Assistant
831.582.5064

Fall 2013 Service Learning Institute Events

September
9/11 Soup, Salad & Service, Noon2 p.m.: Facilitating Difficult
Dialogs: Tips & Tools for Managing Emotions
9/13
New Faculty Orientation: Bus Tour of Salinas and Community
Partners
October
10/16 Soup, Salad & Service, Noon2 p.m.: Webinar & discussion:
New England Resource Center for Higher Education (NERCHE) Virtual
Think Tank series: "Assessing and Rewarding Civic Engagement
10/21 Student Activities, Noon2 p.m.: Working Together as Allies:
Workshop for Service Learning Student Leaders, Residential Life &
Education Student Staff, and CSUMB Associated Students
November
11/16 President Ochoas Investiture Day of Service, 8:30 a.m. 2:30
p.m. (see cover story)
11/20 Soup, Salad & Service, Noon2 p.m.: AAC& U Monograph Series:
Bringing Theory To Practice