Meet the Staff

Diane Bell, Director

Diane has served as Director of the Community Service Center since it was established in 2004. She oversees all of the signature programs and works closely with faculty who teach service-learning courses. Diane spends a great deal of her time promoting civic engagement and collaborating with many departments and student groups on campus. You will often find her building houses or serving meals alongside student and staff volunteers. The Chicago native grew up in Atlanta where she received her BA from Spelman College and her MBA in Marketing from Clark Atlanta University. Diane also holds an MS in Sport Administration from Canisius College in Buffalo, NY and served as the Community Relations Manager for the Atlanta Braves major league baseball team. An avid sports fan, Diane loves the Boston Red Sox and spends her Sundays (and Monday nights) on the couch watching football. She is also a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. and through the sorority, volunteers in the cities of Brockton and Taunton.

Sarah Buckley, Special Programs Coordinator, MACC AmeriCorps VISTA

Sarah is the Massachusetts Campus Compact AmeriCorps* VISTA for the second year in the Community Service Center. As the Special Programs Coordinator, she helps plan events like Good Neighbors Day, MLK Day of Service and Tour de Service, as well as assist with service-learning initiatives and the Brockton After School Homework Centers. Sarah is from North Attleboro and graduated in 2008 from Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts with a degree in English/Communications and a minor in Women's Studies.

Barbara George, Clerk IV/Office Manager

Barbara has served as the Office Manager at the Community Service Center since 2004. She is usually the first person callers and visitors to the Center encounter. She assists students with their inquiries regarding community service and provides administrative support to the department. She is an avid reader and (sometimes!) knitter. When not working, Barbara loves to spend time with family and friends enjoying the natural beauty of New England.

Jennifer Thibodeau, Jumpstart Bridgewater Site Manager

As the Jumpstart Bridgewater Site Manager, Jenn recruits, hires, trains, and observes 45 Bridgewater students as they work to enhance the literacy and social skills of children from low-income families. Jenn leads these students in serving in the Brockton and Taunton communities, but the Jumpstart program can be found nation-wide. A New Hampshire native, Jenn earned her BS at Rutgers University and is currently working on completing her Master's of Education from Mansfield University in Pennsylvania.

Katie Walo, Staff Assistant

As Staff Assistant, Katie is in charge of marketing for the office, which consists of sending out all Student and Community Announcements, maintaining the office Facebook page, and finding different ways to promote our many volunteer activities. She also handles the Center's website, including managing all event info, updating our snazzy new photo gallery, and making sure all pages stay exciting and up-to-date. In addition, Katie plans the on-campus First Friday events to highlight a different service topic each month. She spends the rest of her time chasing after her 15-month-old (and her working-full-time-while-attending-grad-school husband), reading any book she can get her hands on, and singing with her church choir. Katie is originally from New Hampshire and received her BA in Liberal Arts from Gettysburg College in Gettysburg, PA.

Dr. Jonathan White, Service Learning Faculty Associate

Jonathan is an Associate Professor of Sociology and has served as the Faculty Associate for Service-Learning (SL) since 2007. He assists faculty members in creating SL courses and organizes professional development opportunities for SL faculty. Jonathan also oversees the Service-Learning Advisory Board, a group of faculty dedicated to and passionate about SL at BSC. The SL office works side-by-side with Diane Bell and the Community Service Center, who assist faculty in locating service organizations and opportunities to partner with for their courses. Jonathan holds his BA from Brandeis University and his MA and PhD from Boston College. He has written extensively on Service-Learning and civic engagement, including the books The Engaged Sociologist: Connecting the Classroom to the Community (Pine Forge, 3rd Edition) and Sociologists in Action: Sociology for a Better World (Pine Forge, Forthcoming) and serving as senior editor to Me To We: Finding Meaning in a Material World by Marc and Craig Kielburger. Jonathan is the recipient of many teaching and humanitarian awards and is the Founding Director of Sports for Hunger, the Hunger Resource Center, and Halloween for Hunger. He currently serves on the board of directors for Free the Children, Peace Through Youth, Me to We, and the Graduation Pledge Alliance. He also serves as Faculty Advisor to the Social Justice League, STAND, and Free the Children chapters at BSC, and is a Consultant to the FAM for Change (Friends and Mentors for Change) program. Jonathan is a huge Red sox fan, and an even huger fan of his 13 nieces and nephews.

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Student Workers

Teresa Carr, Volunteer Programs Assistant, Global Service

Teresa serves as the Program Assistant for Global Service and is in charge of setting up and explaining the Alternative Break trips. She will be a resource for those chosen to go on the trips, and will also be an advocate for the trips themselves. She is a student at BSC in the Dual License Program (Bachelor's in Elementary Ed and Master's in Special Ed) with a Liberal Arts Major in Music. She is very involved on campus, especially in community service and music clubs/events. She is the Vice President of the BSC Chorale Society, a member of the BSC Chamber Ensemble, BAM (Bridgewater Advocates of Music), and was involved with the Jumpstart Program for 5 years as a Corps Member, Family Involvement Coordinator and Volunteer Coordinator.

Chelsea Horrocks, Volunteer Programs Assistant, Global Poverty

As the Volunteer Programs Assistant for Global Poverty, Chelsea helps to coordinate volunteers to work events that have a primary focus on poverty, including our monthly service events at My Brother's Keeper in Easton and MainSpring House in Brockton. She is a Junior here at BSC with a double major in Criminal Justice and Psychology.

Nicole Mitchell, Jumpstart Program Assistant/Volunteer Coordinator

Nicole is currently a Junior in the Communications program at BSC, and she hopes to one day work in film or television production. Her first on-campus job was that of a Corps Member for Jumpstart Bridgewater. She liked it so much she decided to come back, and Nicole now works as Volunteer Coordinator for the Jumpstart program. Nicole spends most of her free time hanging out with her best buddy, her son Aidan. They love to monkey around at the park, and they both enjoy drawing and painting (and getting messy while doing so!).

 

Last Modified: October 14, 2009