Please contact the following for information regarding:
Service Learning and Research
Becca Berkey – Coordinator of Experiential Education
Currently, Becca serves as the Coordinator of Experiential Education in the Center for Engagement, Learning, and Teaching at Keene State. Previously, she served as a Course Director for Business Ethics and Social Responsibility at Full Sail University in Orlando, Florida and worked at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida facilitating leadership education and development initiatives on campus both in the curriculum and the co-curriculum. With a Bachelor’s degree in Biology (with English Literature and Political Science minors) from Butler University, and a Master’s degree in College Student Personnel from Miami University, Becca is currently working toward a PhD in Environmental Studies at Antioch University New England where she began in the Summer of 2009. Her research is at the intersection of leadership, change, and environmental justice with a specific interest in the justice issues facing immigrant farm workers, and began while working with a farm worker rights organization in Florida during her time there. In addition, she is currently editing a piece for an upcoming anthology on Environmental Leadership to be published by Duke University. Previously she has served as an instructor and Academic Dean for the Civic Leadership Institute and as a Site Director for a Civic Week program (for Northwestern University), and believes wholeheartedly in all things social change related. In her free time, she trains for marathons (including the upcoming 2011 NYC marathon) and enjoys trying new restaurants!
Center for Engagement, Learning, and Teaching
Rhodes Hall N109
603-358-2356
rberkey@keene.edu
Community Service
Alyssa Day – AmeriCorps*VISTA
Currently, Alyssa serves as the AmeriCorps*VISTA for the Keene State College Community Service Office. AmeriCorps* VISTA is a national service program designed to alleviate poverty across America. The program was created by Sergeant Shriver as part of President Johnson’s War on Poverty. The mission of VISTA (Volunteers in Service To America), is to provide the nation’s underprivileged classes an opportunity to have volunteers come and focus on enriching their educational programs. Alyssa works for Campus Compact for New Hampshire as part of the AmeriCorps VISTA program. Campus Compact for New Hampshire is an organization of college presidents committed to promoting service and civic engagement on college campuses throughout the state.
Alyssa is a 2010 graduate of KSC and has been working with AmeriCorps, Campus Compact and KSC since August 2010. She will be at KSC until August 2012, where she will be focusing her attention on programming and coordinating with various student service groups such as Alternative Spring Break, First Book, Big Brothers Big Sister, Circle K and the International Service Trip Program. Concurrently, she will be working on maintaining the new Community Engagement website, as well as the continuous development of the Service-Learning program at KSC. In her free time, she likes to reunite with her former Sorority sisters and enjoys traveling to new places!
Community Service Office
Young Student Center
603-358-2615
aday@keene.edu
Interns
Lindsay Parker
