Community Engaged Learning Newsletter October 2023

Quote of the month:

“And all the lives we ever lived and all the lives to be are full of trees and changing leaves…”

- Virginia Woolf

Welcome to our new Assistant Director of Community Engaged Leadership, Stacey Piecuch!

Stacey Piecuch is the Assistant Director for Community Engaged Leadership at the Office of Civic Engagement at Bucknell University. Stacey's roles as Assistant Director with the OCE include: overseeing the Community Engaged Scholars Program, managing the Engaged Bucknell platform, advising student groups and the Student Engagement Council related to community priorities and partners, collaborating with community partners to understand their needs and assist with connections to campus resources, and otherwise supporting the OCE and Bucknell community.

Prior to joining the OCE, Stacey worked at the Susquehanna Valley United Way as the Senior Director of Community Engagement from 2018-23 where her duties included being a liaison to the SVUW community partners, working with stakeholders on projects and discussions related to community priorities, working with and supervising college student interns, helping to launch the regional Kindness Campaign (2020 to present), and working with volunteers to connect them to partner organizations in need.

Stacey is a native of our Susquehanna Valley and currently lives in Selinsgrove, PA with her husband Mike and her three children. She enjoys being outdoors, spending time with family and friends, watching basketball games, and visits to the dog park.

Get Involved:

Save the date for Spirits and Share: Tuesday, November 28. Join the Office of Civic Enagement, staff, faculty and community partners to connect and disucss community engagment. More details coming soon!

Lights On Afterschool rally at Lewisburg YMCA on October 26, 4:30pm-7pm. Learn about the importance of afterschool programs.

YMCA 20th Annual Coat Drive: September 1-October 20. Donate new and gently used coats to your local YMCA.

Fall Gift Card Drive for Community Harvest and Snack Pack: Donate Walmart or VISA gift cards to support purchasing food that goes directly to youth and community members. Drop gift cards off in the box outside of the Office of Civic Engagement or Mail them to: Theresa Dollar, Office of Civic Engagement, Bucknell University, One Dent Drive, Lewisburg, PA 17837.

DIG Furniture bank is looking for volunteers in many capacities, from Personal Shopper to DIG It vintage store helper. Click here to learn more and sign up.

Professional Development Opportunities:

Virtual Training: Trauma-Informed Mentoring: October 19, 12-1:15pm. Click here to register.

Online Workshop: Funding Your Creative Vision: Grant Writing Demystified: October 24, 6-7:39pm. Register here.

Faculty Learning Community with Campus Compact: Community Engaged Teaching and Learning. Learn more and register.

CAAP (Community Action Association of PA) Conference: Empowering Communites: Driving Change Through Action. October 17-19. Learn more and register.

Webinar: Solving Complex Social Problems with Human-centered Integrative Design, Oct. 18 & 25.Presented by Stanford Social Innovation Review. Learn more here.

Empower 2023: Out of School Time Conference PA, Dec. 7-9. Learn more here.