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Welcome to the first edition of the Center for Public Service alumni e-newsletter!
We hope to keep you informed of news at CPS, connect alumni with each other and link current students with CPS alumni.

On Friday, January 18, 2008, 5:15-7pm, we invite you to join current CPS student program coordinators at the Eisenhower Institute (915 15th Street, NW, 8th floor, Washington, DC).  During our time together, we will provide an update of the work of the Center for Public Service, allow our current students to hear from you what you are doing (including how you continue to apply what you learned through your experience with CPS) and engage in a conversation about the connections between public policy and direct community action.

Light hors d'oeuvres will be provided.
Please RSVP to 717.337.6490 or to Gretchen at gnatter@gettysburg.edu by January 11.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

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Made possible by a generous gift from James Heston '70, Communities in Action / Comunidades en Acción initiatiated a new, unique opportunity for summer internships. It aims to further Gettysburg College's vision for active engagement in local and global contexts by providing a summer experience to eleven students. Through immersion in Adams County, PA, and the area around Ciudad Sandino, Nicaragua, students had an extraordinary opportunity to engage in the work of community action. They focused on daily community development, sharpening their understanding of the complexity of social issues. Whether students were working at a summer program for migrant children in Adams County or training youth to become peer health educators in Ciudad Sandino, Communities in Action / Comunidades en Acción provided students with an opportunity to develop strong friendships and learn what its like to tackle some of the world's most challenging problems. Read more or print a brochure.

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Beginning this fall, dozens of Gettysburg College students have begun donning aprons and hairnets several times a week to create healthy and nutritious meals for members of the Adams County community.

The Campus Kitchen at Gettysburg College offically opened its doors on November 15, 2007! The program is operated by student volunteers and they reuse donated food from the college's dining hall and restaurants and grocery stores to make healthy meals. Students prepare the meals, deliver them to the community and learn about non-profit management and leadership throughout the entire process. At full capacity, the program will distribute more than 150 meals a week to those in need. The kitchen is located near campus in the South Central Community Action Program (SCCAP) building on North Stratton Street.

Louisa Polos, cuurent Co-Program Coordinator for the project explains: "Students will have the opportunity to cook meals and manage the project while working to break down barriers and build bridges as we will deliver meals personally to the elderly, single-parent families and people living in poverty, or to local social service agencies such as Circles of Support, Adams County Office of Aging." Learn more.

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After ten years with the Center for Public Service, Linda Miller (Stonesifer) has taken on a new opportunity. She is now the Office Administrator for the English Department at Gettysburg College. Please join us in celebrating Linda by sending her an email of appreciation for all the support and guidance she has given to CPS and all of its students: lmiller@gettysburg.edu

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Here's your chance to connect with Gettysburg students! Gettysburg Career Connections (GCC) now has the capability to search by campus club or organization. By answering a few questions about your career path, students will be able to learn how CPS affected your career choices. If you are interested in working with current students, create your GCC account today.

GCC is a web-based system that the Center for Career Development has designed to help current students connect with alumni, parents, and friends of the college about a number of career-related issues. You can get involved in one or more of the following ways: mentoring an assisting students with networking, serving on career panels, offering guidance on resumes and cover letters, providing leads on internships and jobs, networking with other alumni, or giving informational interviews to students and recent alumni about your job and career.

If you have an active CNAV account then you already have access to GCC! Use your UserID and password to login to CNAV and click the My Career Connections link in the My Place menu. Follow the directions as provided. Click here to request a CNAV account.

JENNIFER BARON '07 

What program did you work with at CPS?
I was an Immersion Project Coordinator.

What are you doing in life after Gettysburg?
AmeriCorps*VISTA for North Carolina Campus Compact at Wake Forest University, I serve as the Campus Kitchen Coordinator and a staff member of the Student Development and Volunteer Services Office. The Campus Kitchen at Wake Forest is an anti- hunger-program that helps fight poverty by using resources that are already available. We work with 9 different partner agencies and serve about 1400 meals a month.  Additionally, we serve our partners in the community by providing nutrition education and bringing empowerment- based programming. Our most successful program this semester was a highly interactive 13-week nutrition program for a children's center called "Nutrition through the Arts." My focus as a VISTA is to make our program sustainable, so I work closely with a dedicated group of student leaders who are trained to certify and operate the kitchen. We have also traveled across the state to help promote Campus Kitchen at other colleges and universities, and have had many opportunities to gain administrative support on campus through public speaking events and advisory board meetings.

Read the full interview...

We would love for you to share how and what you are doing, professionally and personally.

Please submit your news with your graduation year to CPS Alumni Liason, Stephen Ginter '07, at stephen.ginter@gmail.com

1997

Maria Pitale '97 is in her final year of her PsyD at Widener University where she will also receive certification as a school psychologist and another certification in Biofeedback. She is also working on a MBA with a focus on Health and Medical Care Administration. She is currently living in Philadelphia where she has lived for the 10 years since graduating from Gettysburg.

1999

Megan Bartlett '99 recently finished her first semester of the MA program in Clinical Counseling Psychology at LaSalle University. She also works as a research assistant in the field of Neuropsychology at Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute. Besides this, she is a member of the Camerata Singers in Bethlehem, PA and the St. John's Sacred Voices in Nazareth, PA. She is very involved in her church, the Gloria Dei Episcopal Church where she teaches Sunday School, has helped raise funds for and send letters to an Episcopal Church in Guatemala and volunteers with the Seaman's Church Institute. In Winter 2008, Megan's self-published book "Getting out of B.E.D: Overcoming Binge-Eating Disorder One Day at a Time" will be available on Amazon.com.

2001

Jeannie Albrecht'01 was the Program Coordinator for Technology Resources at CPS in her time at Gettysburg. She recently completed her PhD in Computer Science at UC San Diego and is currently teaching as a Professor at Williams College.

2002

Celia Overby '02 is living on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. She currently works for the Girl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital. She's a Camping Specialist and Camp Director in Washington and spend three months of the summer in the middle of the woods running a camp.

2003

Kristen Rimany '03 is currently working as an Academic Advisor at the University of Albany, where she advises 400 undeclared students. She and Keith Swaney got engaged in January 2007 on the Gettysburg Battlefield and will be getting married in New York on May 17, 2008. Kristen is also training for the Arizona Rock ‘n' Roll Marathon with the Upstate NY/Vermont Team in Training. She is running in honor of 4-year-old Zachary Fitzgerald, who was diagnosed with Leukemia in 2006 (The mission of Team in Training is to find a cure for leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma and to improve the quality of life for patients and their families). Anyone wishing to follow Kristen's training and fundraising progress can follow this link: http://www.active.com/donate/tntnyvt/tntnyvtKRimany

2005

Erica Tobey '05 is working on getting her Masters of Public Health at Boston University with a concentration in Health Policy and Management. While a full-time student, Erica is also a part time research assistant for the Medical Legal Partnership for Children. She is also was engaged to Kyle Marshall this June and will be getting married in August 2008. Kyle and Erica met during the first icebreaker at Gretchen Natter's house during fall training! Congratulations to Kyle and Erica!

Milicent Johnson '05 is living in Boston and working for a Massachusetts State Representative as a legislative aide. She was recently accepted to the Initiative for Diversity in Civic Leadership which aims to train and prepare greater Boston area leaders of color to run for public office, manage and run political campaigns, and work in all levels of government.

2007

Allie Barkmeier '07 is currently in Colorado doing Teach for America at the charter corps in Denver. Through this, she is teaching 5th grade.

Cassandra Cochran '07 has been teaching at Maximo Nivel in  Peru for the last seven months. She is having a wonderful time  working, travelling and spending time with her Peruvian family.

Maura Culkin '07 writes "I'm working near BWI, making lesson plans for people who are learning to be sprinkler-fitters. There are many moments in my work-day when I'm inclined to laugh at this unexpected use of my BA, but I'm usually able to control the impulse. The fact is that the people I work with are wonderful and I'm able to use Spanish and writing on a daily basis. It's absurd to spend more than half a day bossing a foreman around about what he can and cannot fit into a class session, but it's also a lot of fun."

Stephen Ginter '07 is working as fundraising representative for St. Jude's Children's Hospital and travelling throughout PA to meet  with college students to promote and organize events. He is also the CPS Alumni Liason who is helping to make this newsletter possible! You can email him with updates or questions at stephen.ginter@gmail.com.