Name:	Marshall Welch
Title:	Director
Department:	Catholic Institute for Lasallian Social Action (CILSA)
Organization:	Saint Mary's College of California
Phone:	(925) 631-8135
Fax:	(925) 631-8512
Email:	mjw6 [a] stmarys-ca.edu
Address:	1928 St. Marys Road PO Box 4595 Moraga, CA 94575

Brief Biography:
Marshall Welch, Ph.D., has taught service-learning courses in education and civic engagement for over 10 years. He is tenured full professor and has been a department chair. Marshall served as the Director of the Lowell Bennion Community Service Center at the University of Utah for 6 years and now is the Director of the Catholic Institute for Lasallian Social Action (CILSA) at Saint Mary's College of California. His background and experience makes him familiar with the complexities and dynamics of large, public research universities and small, faith-based liberal arts colleges. As a director of a large, nationally recognized center, Marshall has experience with infrastructure such as advisory boards and development boards. He helped develop the annual Campus Compact summer institute for community service directors and hosted the first institute at the University of Utah. He has conducted workshops at the summer institute each year as well as make presentations and workshops around the country and internationally. Marshall hosted the 3rd Annual conference on the Advancement of Research of Service-Learning in Salt Lake City in 2003. His background and expertise is in working with faculty to develop service-learning courses and prepare for promotion/tenure review, assisting community service-directors in program development, understanding the culture and politics of higher education, establishing and maintaining partnerships with community agencies, reflection techniques, and integrating spirituality into service-learning.

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