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Lauren Creany, Special Gifts Officer, Development Office
Creany volunteers with Oregon Volunteers’ AmeriCorps Program, as a peer reviewer for grants for non-profits and schools applying to host AmeriCorps programs in order to address issues related to education, healthy futures, clean energy/environment, veterans, and economic opportunity. This work … finish reading Lauren Creany, Special Gifts Officer, Development Office
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Julie Maxfield, Director of Academic Support Services
Maxfield participated in Partnerships for Student Achievement through AmeriCorps. From 2002-2004, Maxfield served at an “at-risk” high-school in Beaverton as a tutor and mentor, and the subsequent year she was hired as one of their Special Education Instructional Aides. During … finish reading Julie Maxfield, Director of Academic Support Services
Crystal Williams, Dean for Institutional Diversity, Assistant Professor of Creative Writing
Williams is an Assistant Professor of Creative Writing, an established poet, and Reed’s first Dean for Institutional Diversity. As Dean, Williams evaluates the current state of diversity at Reed and works in conjunction with a variety of other departments at … finish reading Crystal Williams, Dean for Institutional Diversity, Assistant Professor of Creative Writing
Posted in Arts, Social Justice
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Julie Kern Smith, Assistant Director of Career Services
Kern Smith is a founding board member for Ko-Falen Cultural Center with her artist husband, Arvie Smith, and as the long-imagined project of close friend and Malian artist, Baba Wagué Diakité and his artist wife Ronna Neuenschwander. In Bambara (the … finish reading Julie Kern Smith, Assistant Director of Career Services
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Mike Koontz, Assistant Director of Community Safety
Koontz is a volunteer with Homes for Our Troops. Koontz has helped build two local homes in Oregon in the last 2 years, both for soldiers who lost both legs in Iraq and Afghanistan. One was injured when a roadside … finish reading Mike Koontz, Assistant Director of Community Safety
Nora McLaughlin, Registrar
McLaughlin initially became involved with Our House, a 24-hour, volunteer-run facility for people living with AIDS, by doing a friend (and volunteer at Our House) a favor. She helped place phone calls to potential donors at the non-profit and became … finish reading Nora McLaughlin, Registrar
Lily Copenagle, Assistant Dean of Students for Student Services
Copenagle is a member of the Running with Dogs team at the Oregon Humane Society, a program that takes high-energy dogs out of the shelter and into the community to run off extra energy, build social confidence and acclimate them … finish reading Lily Copenagle, Assistant Dean of Students for Student Services
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