Community Placement Campus Contacts

The table below displays the names and contact information for the persons on our campuses who can help you recruit students for internships, work-study assignments, research projects, pre-professional experiences or as volunteers; or they can help in connecting your organization with an appropriate service-learning course. Definitions of these different placement types may be found below the table, as well as descriptions of the various placement settings where students work.

To find the college that can best match your needs, visit our list of Community Engagement Programs by Campus.

To discover how college students make a difference in our community, visit our latest Community Placements Survey.

Placement Type	First Name	Last Name	Job Title	Office	Institution	Phone	Email
Internships	Judi	Sparanges	Director	Career Services	Anna Maria College	508-849-3345	jsparanges [at] annamaria [dot] edu
Internships	Susan	Sabelli	Clinical Coordinator	Undergraduate Program in Human Services & Social Rehabilitation	Assumption College	508-767-7222	ssabelli [at] assumption [dot] edu
Internships	Liz	Horgan	Assistant Director	Career Services	Clark University	508-793-7258	ehorgan [at] clarku [dot] edu
Internships	Melanie	Samsel	Administrative Assistant	ACADEMIC Internship Office	College of the Holy Cross	508-793-2498	msamsel [at] holycross [dot] edu
Internships	Pam	Ahearn	Director	SUMMER Internship Program	College of the Holy Cross	508-793-3880	pahearn [at] holycross [dot] edu
Internships	Lori	Smith	Assistant Director	Career Services	Nichols College	508-213-2389	lori [dot] smith [at] nichols [dot] edu
Internships	Faith	Wong	Director	Career Placement Services & Experience-Based Education	Quinsigamond Community College	508-854-4421	fwong [at] qcc [dot] mass [dot] edu
Internships	Jeanette	Doyle	Director	Career Development Center	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	508-831-5260	jmdoyle@ wpi.edu
Internships	Marcia	Eagleson	Director	Career Services	Worcester State College	508-929-8072	marcia [dot] eagleson [at] worcester [dot] edu
Research	Margaret	Post	Director	Community-based Learning	College of the Holy Cross	508-793-3006	mapost [at] holycross [dot] edu
Research	Robert	Krueger	Assistant Professor	Interdisciplinary & Global Studies Division	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	508-831-5110	krueger@ wpi.edu
Service Learning	Judy	Kenary	Assistant Professor	Business	Anna Maria College	508-849-3223	jkenary [at] annamaria [dot] edu
Service Learning	Kathleen	MaGee	Assistant Professor	Division II	Anna Maria College	508-849-3217	kmagee [at] annamaria [dot] edu
Service Learning	Susan	Hayes	Placement Coordinator	Community Service Learning	Assumption College	508-767-7652	shayes [at] assumption [dot] edu
Service Learning	Micki	Davis	Coordinator	Community Engagement & Volunteering Center	Clark University	508-421-3785	midavis [at] clarku [dot] edu
Service Learning	Margaret	Post	Director	Community-based Learning	College of the Holy Cross	508-793-3006	mapost [at] holycross [dot] edu
Service Learning	Kevin	Kearney	Director of Service Learning	Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences	Mass. College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences	508-373-5605	kevin [dot] kearney [at] mcphs [dot] edu
Service Learning	J. Harry	Duchesne	Associate Director of Service Learning & Community Outreach	School of Pharmacy	Mass. College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences	603-314-1798	jamesharry [dot] duchesne [at] mcphs [dot] edu
Service Learning	Carrie	Rice	Coordinator	Service Learning & Community Service	Mass. College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences	508-373.5613	carrie [dot] rice [at] mcphs [dot] edu
Service Learning	Faith	Wong	Director	Career Placement Services & Experience-Based Education	Quinsigamond Community College	508-854-4421	fwong [at] qcc [dot] mass [dot] edu
Service Learning	Suzanne	Cashman	Professor	Family Medicine & Community Health	UMass Medical School	774-442-2930	suzanne [dot] cashman [at] umassmed [dot] edu
Service Learning	Heather-Lyn	Haley	Site Coordinator	Learn & Serve Initiative	UMass Medical School	774-441-6366	heather-lyn [dot] haley [at] umassmed [dot] edu
Service Learning	James	McLaughlin	Director	WPI Campus Center	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	508-831-6821	jimmcl [at] wpi [dot] edu
Service Learning	Mark	Wagner	Director	Center for Service-Learning & Community Engagement	Worcester State College	508-929-8635	mwagner2 [at] worcester [dot] edu
Volunteer	David	Shea	Director	Athletics	Anna Maria College	508-849-3447	dshea [at] annamaria [dot] edu
Volunteer	Maria	Bari	Director	Campus Ministry	Anna Maria College	508-849-3205	mbari [at] annamaria [dot] edu
Volunteer	Mary Ann	Ulevich	Assistant Professor	Social Work	Anna Maria College	508-849-3374	mulevich [at] annamaria [dot] edu
Volunteer	Brian	Quinlan	Director of Student Activities	Student Life	Anna Maria College	508-849-3312	bquinlan [at] annamaria [dot] edu
Volunteer	Carleen	Roy-Butler	Director	Reach Out Center	Assumption College	508-767-7142	croybutler [at] assumption [dot] edu
Volunteer	Edgar	Castillo	Director	Community Engagement	Atlantic Union College	978-368-2476	edgar [dot] castillo [at] auc [dot] edu
Volunteer	Sandy	Lashin-Curewitz	Director of Communications	Institutional Advancement	Becker College	508-373-9529	sandy [dot] curewitz [at] becker [dot] edu
Volunteer	Micki	Davis	Coordinator	Community Engagement & Volunteering Center	Clark University	508-421-3785	midavis [at] clarku [dot] edu
Volunteer	Greg	Lynch, SJ	Associate Chaplain	Chaplain's Office	College of the Holy Cross	508-793-2448	glynch [at] holycross [dot] edu
Volunteer	Amy	Roald	Liaison	Community Outreach	Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts Univ.	508-887-4312	amy [dot] rohald [at] tufts [dot] edu
Volunteer	J. Harry	Duchesne	Associate Director of Service Learning & Community Outreach	School of Pharmacy	Mass. College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences	603-314-1798	jamesharry [dot] duchesne [at] mcphs [dot] edu
Volunteer	Carrie	Rice	Coordinator	Service Learning & Community Service	Mass. College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences	508-373.5613	carrie [dot] rice [at] mcphs [dot] edu
Volunteer	Blanche	Milligan	Director	Fischer Institute	Nichols College	508-213-2230	blanche [dot] milligan [at] nichols [dot] edu
Volunteer	Faith	Wong	Director	Career Placement Services & Experience-Based Education	Quinsigamond Community College	508-854-4421	fwong [at] qcc [dot] mass [dot] edu
Volunteer	Heather-Lyn	Haley	Assistant Professor	Family Medicine & Community Health	UMass Medical School	774-441-6366	heather-lyn [dot] haley [at] umassmed [dot] edu
Volunteer	Emily	Perlow	Associate Director	Student Activities	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	508-831-5291	eperlow [at] wpi [dot] edu
Work Study	Diane	Gillespie	Director	Financial Aid	Anna Maria College	508-849-3363	dgillespie [at] annamaria [dot] edu
Work Study	Phyllis	Foote	Assistant	Financial Aid	Assumption College	508-767-7367	pfoote [at] assumption [dot] edu
Work Study	Edgar	Castillo	Director	Community Engagement	Atlantic Union College	978-368-2476	edgar [dot] castillo [at] auc [dot] edu
Work Study	Russell	Romandini	Director	Student Financial Services	Becker College	508-373-9430	russell [dot] romandini [at] becker [dot] edu
Work Study	Eric	Saczawa	Director of Career Services	Student Services	Becker College	508-373-9545	eric [dot] saczawa [at] becker [dot] edu
Work Study	Jack	Foley	VP for Government & Community Affairs	President’s Office	Clark University	508-793-7444	jfoley [at] clarku [dot] edu
Work Study	Edward	Augustus	Director	Government & Community Relations	College of the Holy Cross	508-793-2419	eaugustus [at] holycross [dot] edu
Work Study	Jason	Kurland	Counselor	Financial Aid	Quinsigamond Community College	508-854-2724	jkurland [at] qcc [dot] mass [dot] edu
Work Study	Emily	Perlow	Associate Director	Student Activities	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	508-831-5291	eperlow@ wpi.edu

Types of Service

Volunteer: Volunteerism and volunteer service projects done in the context of co-curricular activities - usually coordinated by student services and ministry offices. Common examples include one-day community service projects, ongoing community service programs organized by student groups, one-week immersion trips (such as service trips to Appalachia, Habitat for Humanity) and local tutoring programs for neighborhood children.

Work Study: Community service work performed as a work study activity. Federal requirements dictate that colleges dedicate a minimum of 7 percent of their annual federal work study budget to community service outside of the college. Work Study is part of a student’s financial aid package, and is performed as a paid position at a nonprofit, charitable organization. Examples include students working at local community service organizations, with fixed weekly hours and a job description. (Community agencies sometimes refer to these students as interns. However, for most colleges, internships refer to a different type of placement. See below.)

Internships: Internships, which include clinical and practicum experiences, can involve a credited course that includes a certain number of hours (weekly) dedicated to a placement in an external organization. Internships can also refer to paid positions at external organizations that include a stipend paid by funds raised by a college or agency. There are many variations on internship programs provided by colleges and universities. Internships provide job experience as part of career development and include a professional evaluation and ongoing faculty support/oversight.

Pre-professional Experience: This type of placement includes required practica, clinical rotations and field placements for a career in the professions. (This is different from an Internship.)

Service Learning: Service learning refers to a credited course that involves an experiential learning component anchored in a community setting where students perform a community service as part of their academic requirements for the course. Students and faculty dedicate some class time to the integration of the meaning of the field experience with the course syllabus. There is ongoing faculty support/oversight.

Research: Research placements refer to students who do coursework-affiliated research conducted in a community setting with faculty support/oversight.

Placement Settings

Social Services: Services to youth and adults (including all human services, recreation, behavior workshops, domestic abuse, etc.) at placements such as Boys and Girls Club, Girls Inc., YOU Inc, Abby’s House, etc.

Education: Any academic-related service in a school, college or community setting, including work with youth or adults (e.g. teaching ESL to adults tutoring, SAT prep, etc.)

Health: Any health-related service, either educational in nature or medically oriented, to youth or adults – such as work in nursing homes, at AIDS workshops, dental clinics, etc.

Public Interest: Any placement that focuses on issues of public interest – such as hunger (food banks, policy planning/implementation, etc.), housing issues (homeless shelters, policy planning/implementation), Community Development Corps., crime prevention/education, municipal work, etc.

Environment: Any placement that has the physical environment as its focus – such as water quality, air, land use, etc.

Cultural: Any placement that focuses on the support/promotion of cultural opportunities (museums, performing arts, visual arts, etc.)

Business: Any placement that focuses on the corporate, for-profit sector, including placements to help meet organizational goals, bottom-lines, marketing objectives, etc.

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