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CCE Staff
Statement of Purpose
The CCE supports & encourages students, staff and faculty in the
development, coordination & evaluation of external relationships
that are effective for student learning & vocational development,
advance public scholarship & benefit community partners.
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Lake Lambert, Ph.D.,
director of the Center for Community Engagement, associate professor
in religion and Board of Regents Chair in Ethics holds a B.A. in
economics and history, and a Master of Theological Studies from
Emory University (’89 and ‘91) and a Ph.D. from Princeton
Theological Seminary (’97). Since
January 2003, he has directed Wartburg’s Discovering and Claiming
Our Callings initiative, a $2.5 million program funded by the Lilly
Endowment. Lake is a diaconal minister in the ELCA and has served
the church in many ways at the congregational, synodical and national
levels. His family includes
his wife Kelly, and their son and daughter, Bailey and Zack. Phone: 319-352-8699 E-mail: lake.lambert@wartburg.edu |
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Mackenzie Grondahl,
interim community partnerships coordinator, holds a B.A. in history
and theatre from Northwestern College (’00), M.A. in religion
from Wartburg Theological Seminary (’05). She served as an
AmeriCorps*VISTA with Iowa Campus Compact from 2006-2007 and is
a diaconal ministry candidate in the Evangelical Lutheran Church
in America (ELCA). Mackenzie works to aid faculty in developing
service-learning courses and to strengthen community partnerships
with the college. Phone: 319-352-8697 E-mail: mackenzie.grondahl@wartburg.edu |
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Daniel Kittle, Ph.D. (temporarily
on leave), community partnerships coordinator, holds a
B.S. in public relations and political science from Heidelberg College
(’98), M.A. in political science, and a Ph.D. in higher, adult,
learning and education from Michigan State University (’00
and ’05). He is currently on a one year leave of absence from
Wartburg while he and his wife, Ashley, are serving with the Blue
Mountain Project in Hagley Gap, Jamaica. Phone: 319-352-8697 E-mail: daniel.kittle@wartburg.edu |
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Jo Dorrance,
internship coordinator, holds a B.A. in mass communication and
english from Iowa State University (’74). Jo serves as a
resource to students in securing internships and is the campus
liaison for Wartburg West in Denver, CO. and The Washington Center
in the nation’s capitol. She works with businesses and non-profits
in the Cedar Valley and beyond to develop formal internship partnerships
with the college. As an active member of both the Wartburg and
Waverly communities Jo currently serves on the “First in
the Nation” committee as well as the boards of W-SR’s
Fill-A-Need Campaign, the W-SR High School Band Boosters, and
the American Association of University Women and is a member of
Rotary International. Her family includes one son, Sam, who attends
Waverly-Shell Rock High School. |
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Renee Sedlacek,
community service associate, holds a B.A. in sociology from Central
College (’05). Prior to joining the Wartburg community,
she served one year as an Iowa Campus Compact AmeriCorps*VISTA
in the Office of Community-Based Learning at Central College.
She works to foster relationships and developing partnerships
with local non-profits and coordinates service trips, OrangeBand,and
the Volunteer Action Center. |
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Bill Soesbe, school
partnerships coordinator and director of the Office of Student
Field Experiences holds an A.A. from Ellsworth Community College
(’97), a B.A. in science education, and a M.A.E in middle
school education from the University of Northern Iowa (’99
and ’01). He places student teachers and field experience
students for the Education Department, coordinates the Community
Builders program for the Leadership Education Institute and fosters
relationships and developing partnerships with local school districts.
Bill has offices in both the CCE and Education Department. His
family includes his wife Heather, and their son and daughter,
Will and Kennedy. |
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Mary Beth Koberna,
office coordinator |
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