Associate Director, Hagen Center for Civic and Urban Engagement
(937) 327-7936
scherzerr@wittenberg.edu
Rachel Scherzer serves as the Associate Director of the Susan Hirt Hagen Center for Civic and Urban Engagement at Wittenberg University. In her role, she oversees the CCUE 100 experience for students as well as develop and enhance civic engagement opportunities for students and provide leadership for co-curricular student civic engagement programs. She also takes the lead on educating the campus community on the civic engagement requirement, managing the FIRE Week experiences approved for the civic engagement designation, expanding outreach to departments on campus to form more collaborative initiatives, and implementing the student selection process and training for the summer civic engagement interns.
As a community service professional, she works to bring together student learning experiences with service and social change, connecting that learning to the local community and social justice issues students deal with on-campus. Her work has included a focus on college access, food justice, and alleviating socioeconomic barriers. She brings a passion for program planning, leadership, and social justice education into her role.
Prior to joining Wittenberg, Rachel served as an AmeriCorps VISTA at Otterbein University, working with the Promise House community resource center and food pantry. She earned her B.A in English Literary Studies from Otterbein University and her M.S.Ed. in Higher Education Student Affairs from Indiana University Bloomington.