NichelleShuck

Greetings,

My name is Nichelle Shuck; I am a second year in the KSU Higher Education Administration and Student Personnel program and hope to complete both the College Teaching and Community College Administration certificates. I am currently serving Kent State University as a Graduate Assistant for Quality Initiatives and Curriculum. This means that I work to help develop opportunities for students and faculty to work with the surrounding communities through community based learning, volunteerism and service-learning opportunities. I also spend some time at Ursuline College working to develop women-centered programing for residence life.

I grew up in Zanesville, Ohio with my mom, step-dad, and siblings but I also have a home in Marion, Ohio with my father and step-mom.I am the oldest of three and a proud first generation baccalaureate graduate, master student, and hopefully a doctoral student, someday but not anytime soon. I graduated from Ashland University in 2009 with a Bachelors of Arts with a degree in Speech Communication with a concentration with Public Relations. I also minored in Marketing and Entrepreneurship Management.

After graduating I served two year as an Ohio Campus Compact AmeriCorps Volunteer in Service to America (VISTA). My years of service included working to establish Kent State University’s Office of Experiential Education and Civic Engagement. This included working with KSU faculty, staff, administration, students, and community members to develop service-learning opportunities that could further knowledge but also address a need in the community. During my second year as a VISTA, I also had the chance to serve as a VISTA Leader. This allowed me to work in a “more non-profit capacity” to help support Ohio Campus Compact further their mission and support thirty-two other OCC VISTAs serving on universities across Ohio. I would say that it was at this was the point in my professional journey where I became very interested in community colleges and regional campuses.

As you now know I have a passion for service and higher education thus, is why I am pursuing the College Teaching certificate and co-teaching Service Learning in Higher Education this semester. I look forward to learning and developing my own pedagogy while learning from each of you.

Best of luck this semester, please let me know if you would like to connect (nshuck@kent.edu).

Nichelle Shuck my teaching ePortfolio can be accessed here