What do PSU students need to know to prepare for their community-based learning experiences? Come to this demonstration workshop to learn about a new toolkit resource that you can use to support PSU students' community engagement.
About the Facilitators
Melia Hadidian Tichenor (she/her), Coordinator of the Student Community Engagement Center
Melia has spent over 15 years in the field of volunteer management and service-learning. As Coordinator of the Student Community Engagement Center, Melia oversees the center’s many service programs, provides support and guidance to the center’s staff and student leaders, co-facilitates regular service leadership classes, and maintains partnerships with diverse community organizations and campus partners. Prior to her role at Portland State, she worked as a Program Manager at volunteer center Hands On Greater Portland for many years, consulted on international volunteering with Birthright Armenia, and served as a volunteer management trainer and board member with the Northwest Oregon Volunteer Administrators Association. Melia has been a Certified Volunteer Administrator (CVA) since 2014 and completed her Masters degree in Postsecondary Adult and Continuing Education (PACE) and a Service-Learning Graduate Certificate through PSU’s Graduate School of Education in Winter 2017.
Amie Riley
Amie has been teaching intercultural and feminist community leadership in the United States and Latin America for the last 20 years. She is experienced in organizational leadership with a demonstrated history of working in higher education institutions, and local and international non-profits. Skilled in critical and sustainability pedagogies, nonprofit management, leadership development, and experiential curricular design. Currently, Amie is the mama of a wild 4-year-old, and is teaching community-based Senior Capstone courses on housing and food justice, while pursuing a Doctorate of Education focused on complex partnerships within a critical social lens from Portland State University.
Key takeaways:
1 - a basic understanding of the new online community engagement toolkit
2 - 1-2 ideas about how they might utilize this resource to support students
