Welcoming ORCC's 2013-2014 AmeriCorps VISTA Team

As students begin to settle into their classes, ORCC’s AmeriCorps VISTA members are getting comfortable in their new role as service-learning ambassadors on campuses. This year, ORCC welcomed 23 members at 18 colleges, universities, and community organizations, as well as one VISTA Leader at ORCC. Members were selected from an unbelievably competitive pool of local and national candidates. They come to the team with incredible experience, passion, and drive, and ORCC is excited to see them feed their unique talents into their projects.

Throughout the year, team members will embody the mission of AmeriCorps VISTA by working to alleviate poverty. By mobilizing campus and community resources, the VISTAs will generate, develop, and implement ways for the campus to reflect on the root causes of poverty and work towards solutions with the community.

The VISTAs will spend the next year focused on developing poverty related service-learning opportunities. They will accomplish this by building relationships, managing service events, coordinating programs that engage students in service, and increasing the level of civic engagement on their campuses. As their work unfolds, ORCC is excited to see them inspire change and get things done!

Meet Our AmeriCorps VISTA 2013-2014 Team!

• Maggie Abney – Ashland, Southern Oregon University, Student Life 
  
• Andriana Alexis – Portland, University of Portland and Roosevelt High School
  
• Selina Barua – Marylhurst, Marylhurst University, Advising 
  
• Corin Bauman – Corvallis, Oregon State University, Center for Civic Engagement 
  
• Kim Clutter – Portland, Concordia University, Office of Service Leadership
  
• Kit Crane – McMinnville, Linfield College, Community Engagement and Service  
  
• Kristin Eberman – Portland, Carpe Mundi
  
• Jayme Fisher – Portland, Lewis & Clark College, Graduate School of Education and Counseling 
  
• Hannah Forman – Portland, National College of Natural Medicine, Community Clinics 
  
• Janine Gates – Portland, Multnomah County, Office of Diversity and Equity
  
• Kelly Gray – Salem, Oregon State University, Extension 
  
• Gabe Hernandez – Woodburn, Pacific University Woodburn Campus, Teacher Cadet Program  
  
• Matt Jernigan – Portland, Oregon Campus Compact, Leadership and Development 
  
• Hannah Kass-Aten – Eugene, University of Oregon, Holden Leadership Center 
  
• Robyn Louden – Eugene, University of Oregon, Graduate School of Education &The United Way 
  
• Eunice Makinde – Portland, Concordia University, Office of Service Leadership, Multicultural Mentoring
  
• Lauren Nichols – Corvallis, Oregon State University, Human Services Resource Center 
  
• Darin Smith – Portland, Portland State University, Student Leaders for Service
  
• Holly Sweeney – Portland, University of Portland, Office of Grants and Fellowships 
  
• Allisha Tull – Portland, Oregon Campus Compact, VISTA Leader 
  
• Jesus Vasquez – Portland, Reed College, SEEDS, Multicultural Resource Center 
  
• Doug Vitro – Salem, Chemeketa Community College, Student Retention and College Life 
  
• Heidi Whitehouse – Portland, Portland Community College, Service-Learning  
  
• Jessaca Willis – Portland, Portland State University, University Studies and Roosevelt High School