Nuala Boyle, a native of Rochester, joined the Nazareth College community in 2010 and has over 15 years of higher education experience .

After receiving her bachelor's degree in English from Stonehill College in Easton, MA, Nuala participated in an AmeriCorps volunteer program in Portland, Oregon working at a shelter for women and children fleeing domestic violence and/or homelessness. After her year of service, Nuala obtained her master's degree in religious studies from Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut.

Prior to coming to Nazareth, Nuala worked as the director of community service and volunteerism at Stonehill College, where she was responsible for facilitating service-learning partnerships between faculty and community organizations, counseling students interested in pursuing community service after graduation, and bridging the campus to the external community through integral roles in area not-for-profits. During her time in higher education, Nuala has achieved many accomplishments such as increasing the number of seniors applying to year of service programs by 300 percent and developing a 4-year civic engagement plan for students to transition from volunteerism into the realm of social action and social change.

Within the Center for Civic Engagement at Nazareth, Nuala's responsibilities include, among others, coordinating civic engagement programs and projects that emphasize and assess student learning outcomes, attaining funding through grants, donors, and corporate sponsors, and building and sustaining constructive working relationships with community organizations. In particular, Nuala facilitates Nazareth's partnership with the Jewish Senior Life campus, the annual Woerner Kollmorgen Award Ceremony and Luncheon, as well as the College's application to various grant and award programs.

Nuala is also an active member in New York Campus Compact (NYCC) and has a leadership role in NYCC's Advisory Board. She recently joined the National Society of Experiential Education (NSEE) and is thrilled to co-chair the Northeast Region of NSEE and have a lead role within NSEE's Experiential Education Academy Members Committee.

Lauren Resetarits, the Program Coordinator for the LifePrep@Naz Program, is currently the most recent AmeriCorps VISTA to serve at Nazareth College. She was given this opportunity through a grant from AmeriCorps. She is a 2011 graduate of Nazareth with a bachelors of science in Communication Sciences and Disorders. She plans to further her education by attending graduate school in the near future. This is the first year for LifePrep@Naz. The overall goal of the program is for individuals with intellectual impairments to continue their education while working towards competitive employment. As the Program Coordinator for LifePrep Lauren hires Nazareth students to work/volunteer as mentors for the LifePrep students. The program is thriving and she is thrilled to be part of such a great team of people who come together to strive for the succession of a program such as this.

Kaitlyn Reif is currently the Graduate Assistant for the Community/University Partnership Project (CUPP).  She is enrolled as a Graduate Student in the Inclusive Childhood Education Program at Nazareth College.
 
Prior to Nazareth, Kaitlyn graduated with a BA in Advertising from Mercyhurst College in 2006. From there she moved to Washington D.C. and worked in the advertising industry and non-profit sector. After volunteering to coach a U-9 girls soccer team for two years, Kaitlyn knew she wanted to make a difference in children’s lives so she decided to become a teacher. Originally from Rochester, NY, Nazareth was an easy choice for her to make.
 
Kaitlyn is looking forward to contributing to the Center for Civic Engagement team and growing the CUPP Academy Series!

Dr. Marie L. Watkins, Professor, Department of Social Work, is also the Director of the Center for Service Learning and the Director of the Minor in Community Youth Development at Nazareth College, Rochester, New York. Dr. Watkins has over 30 years of youth development experience as a youth worker, a group worker, as an agency administrator, and as a youth development advocate. In 1969, she began her youth work career with the City of Niagara Falls’s Department of Parks and Recreation. For over 25 years, Dr. Watkins was a full-time professional youth worker in Boys and Girls Clubs in Niagara Falls, New York, Syracuse, New York, Albany, New York and Indianapolis, Indiana. She continues her involvement and passion for youth development service for youth in her role as a workshop presenter, as a consultant, and an author. She has received local, regional and national recognition for her youth development expertise and commitment.

Since 2001, Dr. Watkins has served as Nazareth College’s Director for the Center of Service Learning. In 2005, she co-authored the book “From Community to Classroom to Career: Service-Learning.” In addition to her scholarship, Dr. Watkins consults with higher education institutions and agencies related to the process of institutionalizing service-learning on college campuses, K-12 school settings and not for profit organizations.

Dr. Watkins’s primary practice expertise is in the areas of strengthening organizational capacity within youth development agencies; building youth-adult partnerships with youth who reside in urban settings; the creation of culturally competent youth services with a special emphasis on gender equity; and establishing and sustaining service-learning partnerships between institutions of higher education and community-based agencies.

Dr. Watkins earned a Masters Degree in Social Work, a Masters Degree in Marriage and Family Therapy and a Doctorate in Child and Family Studies from Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York.

Adam Lewandowski is the Director of the Department of Community Service at Nazareth College. Adam holds a Masters Degree in Psychology with a Concentration in Counseling from the State University of New York at New Paltz. Working in Rochester for over 10 year's Adam’s experiences include work with runaway and homeless youth, advocacy for family services, program development for tutoring and mentoring youth, and program development for International Service and Civic Engagement programs.

In his role as the Director for Community Service, Adam coordinates volunteer partnerships and placements, the Partners for Learning Program, The Orientation Day of Service, college volunteer fairs, and the Leeds Metropolitan Nazareth College International Service Exchange among other programs.

Adam is a member of the Multicultural Affairs Committee, MS Walk and Heart Walk planning teams, staff advisor for the Rotaract Club, and the Community Representative for the Nazareth Human Subjects Research Review Committee.

Adam coauthored a chapter with Dr, Jonathan Raskin entitled The Construction of Disorder as Human Enterprise, appearing in In J. Raskin & R. Neimeyer (Eds.), Constructions of Disorder. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association Press. Adam regularly presents on community engagement, social entrepreneurship, and volunteer services.

Julie Lloyd is the Program Specialist for Community Service at Nazareth College. She received her Bachelor's Degree from SUNY Geneseo in 1999, where she majored in Anthropology and minored in African Studies.

Following her undergraduate work, Julie spent two years in AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC). Post NCCC, Julie worked for environmental education organizations and an adventure travel company specializing in trips for middle school and high school students.

It was in NCCC where Julie realized she truly loved working with the 18-24 year old population and therefore ended up pursuing and receiving a Masters in Higher Education Administration from the University at Buffalo in 2006. Julie joined the Community Service Department at Naz in 2007.

With the help of her outstanding graduate and undergraduate student workers, Julie coordinates Partners for Serving, the Community Service Floor at Naz, and Homework Help at Naz, as well as co-coordinates the SOAR Floor with Residence Life staff.

Michael Marr is the new Program Specialist for Community Service.  He graduated with a BA in History from SUNY Oswego before obtaining his MAT in Adolescent Social Studies Education from Binghamton University.  He then proceeded to work with AmeriCorps State and AmeriCorps VISTA at SUNY Oswego prior to joining the team at Nazareth College.  Michael will be overseeing the operations of the Community Service Floor as well as coordinating the Alternative Spring Break programs.

Emily Carpenter is the Director of Internships for Nazareth College of Rochester. Emily runs all aspects of the credit-bearing internship program (college wide) and is also a faculty member in the School of Management. Prior to joining Nazareth in January 2012, she was the Director of Business and Finance Programs and Senor Associate Director in the Career and Internship Center at the University of Rochester. She as been serving in career counseling, teaching, and related roles for the past twelve years and holds a MSEd in Counselor Education and a National Certified and a National Certified Counselor (NCC) credential.