Community Engagement Leadership Council
The Augusta University Community Engagement Leadership Council (CELC) is a cross-campus committee of faculty, students, staff, and community partners that collaborates to foster community-engaged scholarship and articulate a cohesive story of community engagement at Augusta University.
The council’s work is to share best practices and increase communication to promote opportunities in campus-community partnership, emerging community-engaged scholarship and research, and other related initiatives. The CELC aims to provide significant support for impactful and effective campus-community engagement.
CELC
Accomplishments
- Developed an accessible comprehensive Community Engagement Glossary
- Launched Excellence in Community Awards
- Created AU Speaker's Bureau as a community resource
- Established the Community Leadership & Engagement Living Learning Community
- Launched Inquiry 1000: Introduction to Entrepreneurship and Innovation
- Facilitated Makerspace Workshops for community and student participation
- Collaborated with external stakeholder for university initiatives
- Hosted Academic Community Engagement Workshop Series (ACE) for faculty and staff
- Improved communication channels with Research/IRB for community-based research projects
- Enhanced tracking for Student Life and Engagement hours
- Appointed institutional steward for community-engaged metrics
- Successfully completed the National Assessment of Service and Community Engagement (NASCE Survey)
CELC
Members
Dr. Dustin Avent-Holt
- Pamplin College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Kristina Baggott
- Community Engagement
Angela Bakos
- Resourced Augusta
Dr. Peter Basciano
- Hull College of Business
Cynthia Beard
- Staff Council
- Information Technology
Tracy Brickey
- College of Nursing
Melissa Brocato
- Athletics
Bennish Brown
- Destination Augusta
Brittany Cipollone
- Institutional Effectiveness
Amy Clemente
- Enrollment & Student Affairs
Tiffany Coleman
- Research
Crystal Crawford
- College of Education and Human Development
Dr. Pam Cromer
- College of Nursing
Dr. Julia Davis
- Instruction and Innovation
Dr. Elena Dent
- Graduate School
Dr. Gokila Dorai
- School of Computer and Cyber Sciences
Kelli Erb-Scarbrough
- Human Resources
Laura Evans
- Staff Council
- Communications
Dr. Kevin Frazier
- Dental College of Georgia
Anna Freeman
- Outreach & Engagement
Luterra Fulks
- Community Engagement
Jennifer Furlong
- External Relations
Todd Gay
- Georgia Cyber Center
April Hartman
- Medical College of Georgia
Dr. Simone Hicks
- Enrollment & Student Affairs
Dr. Beth Huggins
- Instruction and Innovation
Dr. Aaron Johnson
- School of Public Health
Melissa Johnson
- Libraries
Kristie Johnson
- Institutional Access, Success, & Belonging
Chevonnia Jones
- Faculty Senate
Pam Kearney
- College of Allied Health Sciences
Karen Klock
- Communications & Marketing
Stacy Kluge
- Instructional Innovation
Dr. Christy Ledford
- Medical College of Georgia
Dr. Kathryn Martin
- Medical College of Georgia
Jeff Mastromonico
- Instruction and Innovation
Tara Montroy
- Finance
Audrey Murell
- Augusta Training Shop
Christine Nelson
- Research
Dr. Seth Oppenheimer
- College of Science and Mathematics
Puja Punukollu
- Graduate Student Government Association
Melonie Rathod
- College of Allied Health Sciences
Maryclaire Regan
- Georgia Cancer Center
Brett Rice
- College of Allied Health Sciences
Amanda Richardson
- Community Engagement
Sara Catherine Rogers
- Community Engagement
Kelsey Shull
- VA Augusta Health Care System
Lynsey Steinberg
- Strategic Partnerships & Economic Development
Angela Stewart
- Institutional Access, Success, & Belonging
Allison Toney
- Philanthropy & Alumni Engagement
Betsy VanDeusen
- College of Education and Human Development
Shaneria Vaughns
- The HUB for Community Innovation
Joe Webber
- Critical Event Preparedness and Response
Chris Weldon
- Institutional Effectiveness
Cameron Welsh
- Community Engagement
Stephen Wertz
- Foundations
Shakela Williams
- Wellstar Health System
LisaAnn Wheeler
- Georgia Department of Public Health
Vanessa White
- Community Engagement
Kit Wootten
- School of Public Health
Wes Zamzow
- Philanthropy & Alumni Engagement