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Center for Community Engagement

Indiana State University
Tirey Hall 134A
Terre Haute, Indiana 47809

Phone: 812.237.2334
Fax: 812.237.2525
donna.isbell@indstate.edu

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Nancy Brattain Rogers, PhD
Associate Vice President for Community Engagement and Experiential Learning
Director of Center for Community Engagement
Tirey Hall, room 136D
Phone: 812-237-2334

Email:  nancy.rogers@indstate.edu

Nancy Brattain Rogers is the Director of the Center for Community Engagement, and Professor in the Department of Recreation and Sport Management. She has been at Indiana State University since 1995 and with the Center since 2003. Nancy's husband, Don is a faculty member in the Department of Recreation and Sport Management. They have two children, Laura and Jonathan.

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Heather Dalton Miklozek
Associate Director of Center for Community Engagement
Tirey Hall, room 134C
Phone: 812-237-8996

Email:  heather.miklozek@indstate.edu

Heather Dalton Miklozek is the Associate Director for the Center for Community Engagement. Heather assists faculty with incorporating Service-Learning in the classroom and Coordinates Alternative Spring Break. She has been at Indiana State since 2005 in a professional role through Residential Life and Student Activities and Organizations and as a student by receiving her BS in Recreation and Sports Management (1998) and MS in Student Affairs and Higher Education at Indiana State (2002). Her husband, Frank Miklozek III, and three daughters Isabel, Adelaide and Sophia reside in Riley, IN. She enjoys fostering community relations through the Center and providing students and faculty classroom experiences that will benefit our community and the students overall classroom experience.

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Jennifer Christian
AmeriCorps Coordinator
Tirey Hall, room 136B
Phone: 812-237-7900

Email:  jennifer.christian@indstate.edu

Jennifer Christian is the AmeriCorps Program Coordinator for the Center for Community Engagement. Jennifer’s primary function in the Center for Community Engagement is to oversee the AmeriCorps program at Indiana State University and the surrounding community. She has been at Indiana State since July of 2011 in a professional role through Residential Life, and as a student by receiving her BS in Communication Studies and Radio, TV, Film (2003) and MS in Human Resource Development at Indiana State (2005). Her husband, Kevon Christian, is the Assistant Director of Residential Life here at ISU. They have two children, Ethan who is 3 years old, and Austin who was born in August of 2012. Jennifer enjoys fostering community relations through the AmeriCorps program.

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Patrick Newsham
Interim Program Coordinator
Tirey Hall, room 133C
Phone: 812-237-2334

Email:  patrick.newsham@indstate.edu

Patrick is the Interim Program Coordinator for the Center for Community Engagement. He began working for ISU in January of 2013. Patrick helps students connect with service opportunities and community organizations connect with volunteers. Patrick’s wife, Tina Kruger, is a faculty member in the Department of Applied Health Sciences.

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Donna Isbell
Dean's Assistant
Tirey Hall, room 134J
Phone: 812-237-2334

Email:  donna.isbell@indstate.edu

Donna began working at ISU in 2002. She lends support to both the Center for Community Engagement and Extended Learning. She enjoys spending time with family and grandchildren.

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Jody Dean
Administrative Assistant II
Tirey Hall, room 136A
Phone: 812-237-2335

Email:  jody.dean@indstate.edu

Jody Dean began working in the Center for Community Engagement in April of 2011 and is a 1995 graduate of ISU. She is married and has two children, Carmen and Derek. When not working, Jody enjoys spending time with her family and helping out at her children’s elementary school.

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Cat Stemmans Paterson, PhD, LAT, ATC
Associate Professor, Athletic Training
Faculty Fellow, Center for Community Engagement
Tirey Hall, room 132A
Phone: 812-237-3693

Email:  cpaterson@indstate.edu

Cat Paterson has served as a Faculty Fellow in the Center for Community Engagement since 2008. Her work focuses on Assessment of CCE programs and the Curricular Engagement Survey of Courses. Cat joined the ISU faculty in 1998 and is an Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Medicine and Rehabilitation. She currently teaches Biomedical Ethics and Medical Terminology. Cat, along with her husband Andy, enjoy cooking, entertaining, thoroughbred race horses and college football in her spare time.

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Steven A. Stofferahn, PhD
Assistant Professor, History
Faculty Fellow, Center for Community Engagement
Tirey Hall, room 136
Phone: 812-237-4491

Email:  steven.stofferahn@indstate.edu

A member of the Department of History faculty since 2004, Steve Stofferahn now also serves as a Faculty Fellow in the Center for Community Engagement. Having received several Focus Indiana grants to integrate experiential learning and community service into his courses, Steve will be drawing upon that background as he develops ISU’s new Service-Learning Scholars program. He and his wife, Maggie, enjoy the challenge of keeping up with their three young children, two cats, and a very hairy dog.

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Sowmya Challa
Graduate Assistant, Center for Community Engagement
Tirey Hall, room 134A
Phone: 812-237-8166

Email:  schalla@sycamores.indstate.edu

Sowmya Challa is the Editorial and Programming Graduate Assistant for Center for Community Engagement. She is a doctoral candidate in Curriculum Instruction and Media Technology. She received her Masters in Business Administration, majoring in Finance, from Scott College of Business (2009) and a Bachelors in Electronics & Communications from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (2006). She has been associated with various organizations across campus like Student Government Organization, Graduate Student Association, Omicron Delta Kappa Circle, International Student Organization, Indian Student Organization, MBA Association and Financial Management Association in different capacities for the past five years. Her husband Sandan Kumar is currently working for Ness Technologies in Singapore. Sowmya, along with her husband Sandan, enjoy cooking, movies and singing.

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Vanessa Granger-Belcher
Graduate Assistant, Center for Community Engagement
Tirey Hall, room 133B
Phone: 812-237-8166

Email:  vgrangerbelch@sycamores.indstate.edu

Vanessa Granger-Belcher is an AmeriCorps graduate assistant in the Center for Community Engagement. She is working on her MS in Clinical Mental Health Counseling anticipated to graduate in May 2014. Vanessa completed her undergraduate work at University of Southern Indiana, receiving a BA in Psychology with a minor in Advertising.

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Sarah Balana Molter
Graduate Assistant, Center for Community Engagement
Tirey Hall, room 134A
Phone: 812-237-8166

Email:  sbalanamolter@sycamores.indstate.edu

Sarah Balana Molter is an AmeriCorps graduate assistant in the Center for Community Engagement. She is working on her MS in Student Affairs in Higher Education anticipated to graduate in May 2014. Sarah completed her undergraduate work at Indiana University Purdue University of Indianapolis, receiving a BS in Continuing Studies (2012). During her free time, Sarah enjoys volunteering in her community and crafting.