Name:	Gail Jessen
Title:	Service-Learning Coordinator
Department:	Thayne Center for Service & Learning
Organization:	Salt Lake Community College
Phone:	(801) 957-4688
Fax:	(801) 957-4958
Email:	gail.jessen [a] slcc.edu
Address:	4600 South Redwood Road Student Center 020 Salt Lake City, UT 84130

Brief Biography:
Gail Jessen began her work in the Thayne Center for Service & Learning at Salt Lake Community College in 2002. She has comprehensive experience creating and institutionalizing a formal service-learning program, including providing professional development opportunities for faculty, capacity-building opportunities for community partner organizations, and curricular service opportunities for students. Gail was selected to serve as one of four mentors in the American Association of Community Colleges' program Community Colleges Broadening Horizons through Service Learning (2006-2009). She successfully implemented the college-wide Service-Learning Grant & Designation Program at SLCC, a program that has designated 49 service-learning courses and one Engaged Department since fall 2004. Working with more than 225 community organizations in the Salt Lake Valley, she co-created Partners in Service & Learning with the University of Utah, Westminster College, and LDS Business College. Partners in Service & Learning was recognized with a Collaboration Award from the Community College National Center for Community Engagement. Gail also works closely with the Utah Campus Compact, consulting on faculty development issues. The Thayne Center for Service & Learning was awarded a Learn and Serve America grant from 2003-2006, is recognized in the 2006 and 2007 President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Rolls, and is featured in the 'First-Year Civic Engagement: Sound Foundations for College, Citizenship and Democracy,' published by The New York Times and The National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience, and the 'Guide to Service-Learning Colleges & Universities.'

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