Resume

• 2012

  •Provided constructive feedback re: nonprofit governance

  strategic planning

  financial oversight

  donor relations

  and partnership development\n• Served as liaison for academic international development projects with University of Illinois

  COVE Alliance (Children's Outreach and Vocational Education)

  Project Management

  Community Engagement

  Program Development

  Teaching

  Student Development

  Grant Writing

  Research

  Program Management

  Program Evaluation

  Curriculum Development

  Werpetinski

  Valeri

  Werpetinski

  Gies College of Business

  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• 2010

  Urbana-Champaign

  Illinois

  •\tCo-created and co-directed two-tiered interdisciplinary

  project-based service-learning program\n•\tManaged 12-18 courses per semester with diverse projects and local and global stakeholders\n•\tSupervised 14 international service-learning trips in Uganda

  Mali

  Haiti

  India

  China

  South Africa\n•\tRecruited

  trained

  supervised

  and evaluated 20-35 student project managers per semester\n•\tTaught advanced courses and developed lesson plans

  assignments

  and instructional resources\n•\tCultivated relationships with 70+ local and international partners across multiple sectors\n• Created programs with international institutions to foster student-student global interactions\n•\tManaged budget and provided oversight for over $300

  000 in project grants/awards\n• Created service-learning leadership initiative

  Engineering for Social Justice Scholars Program\n\n

  Director

  Learning in Community

  College of Engineering

  College of Engineering

  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• 2008

  Urbana-Champaign

  Illinois

  • Developed curriculum

  coordinated speakers/events for Social Entrepreneurship Summer Program\n• Engaged nonprofit leaders in capacity-building activities and coordinated community partnerships\n• Created and taught service-learning internship courses

  coached teams

  supervised fieldwork\n• Conducted program evaluation research and guided program improvements\n• Planned and executed campus Service-Learning & Social Entrepreneurship Showcase events\n• Served on committee to plan campus visit by Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Muhammad Yunus\n• Served on Advisory Committee for SASE Social Entrepreneurship Workshop & Case Competition

  Director of Curriculum & Service-Learning

  Social Entrepreneurship Institute

  College of Business

  College of Business

  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• 2006

  • Facilitated I-Program student leadership development programs:\n --Integrity Leadership (skills for interpersonal and organizational ethical leadership)\n --Ignite Leadership (skills for effectively leading formal groups and organizations)\n• Served on Illinois Leadership Coordinating Committee

  2008\n• Served on Civic Commitment Partnership Working Group (curriculum & service-learning)

  Illinois Leadership Center

  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  I-Programs Facilitator and ILC Committees

  • Co-founded co-curricular service-learning organization focused on site-based youth mentoring \n• Served on executive board

  mentored student leaders

  and advised program operations\n• Managed community and school partnerships; guided vision and community outreach strategy\n• Curated content for LMS re: mentoring

  tutoring

  and youth development\n• Fostered program excellence

  accountability

  and impact

  evidenced by the following awards:\n--Outstanding Service Impact Award (Student Organization)

  Office of Volunteer Programs

  2018\n--Campus Award for Excellence in Public Engagement (Team)

  2014\n--McKinley Foundation Social Justice Award (Student Organization)

  2014\n--McKinley Foundation Social Justice Award Honorable Mention (Student Organization)

  2012\n--Outstanding Service Award (Student Organization)

  Office of Volunteer Programs

  2011\n--Robert P. Larsen Human Development Award (Student Group)

  Counseling Center

  2008\n--Outstanding Service Award (Student Organization)

  Office of Volunteer Programs

  2008\n--T.I.S. Bookstore Outstanding Student Organization Award

  Illini Mentor Program

  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• 2005

  Urbana-Champaign

  Illinois

  • Consulted with faculty on course design

  teaching issues

  instructor training

  and evaluation\n• Created and facilitated instructional development workshops and programs on diverse topics\n• Spearheaded

  co-developed new campus-level training programs for TAs and international TAs\n• Coordinated

  developed

  and evaluated campus-level International TA Orientations\n• Developed international TA mentor program and workshops on culture/diversity & teaching\n• Co-created portfolio of teaching certificates

  including a service-learning specialty certificate \n• Created Engaged Illinois blog and curated content to support community-engaged scholarship\n• Managed grant reporting and events for the Provost's Initiative on Teaching Advancement\n• Conducted research on service-learning

  instructional development

  and program evaluation\n• Conducted research for NSF (IEECI)-funded grant re: student learning in int'l service projects

  Specialist in Education

  Center for Teaching Excellence

  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• 2000

  Urbana-Champaign

  Illinois

  •\tCo-designed

  managed arts-based youth employment program in underresourced communities\n•\tRecruited

  supervised

  and evaluated participating artists and teen apprentices\n•\tCoordinated teen employment workshops

  studio sessions

  community events

  and exhibitions\n•\tManaged operating budget and expenditures

  procured project resources

  administered payroll\n• Planned

  executed participatory public art projects with Project MURAL Community Arts Program\n• Curated \"The Art of Process\" arts-based community development exhibit

  Krannert Art Museum

  Coordinator

  Artworks Program

  Krannert Art Museum

  Krannert Art Museum

  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• 1998

  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  Urbana-Champaign

  Illinois

  • Created and taught small and mid-sized service-learning courses in multiple disciplines \n• Designed lesson plans

  instructional resources

  assignments

  and assessments \n• Developed collaborative community and campus partnerships for service-learning courses\n• Co-wrote instructor’s resource manual with service-learning activities for Psychology textbook\n• Advised students

  supervised honors projects

  and mentored novice instructors\n• Provided design

  instructional support for service-learning internship course in Washington

  D.C.\n• Provided design

  instructional support for service-learning courses in environmental stewardship

  Course Instructor/Visiting Lecturer

  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  Urbana-Champaign

  Illinois

  •\tFounded and managed community arts program as a resource for school reform effort\n•\tRecruited and engaged community members in interdisciplinary after-school arts program\n•\tCreated and taught service-learning courses and supervised university student fieldwork\n•\tPlanned and executed collaborative community-based mural projects

  events

  and exhibitions

  Founder

  Project M.U.R.A.L. Community Arts Program

  Department of Psychology

  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  Urbana-Champaign

  Illinois Area

  Responsibilities include 1) strategy

  planning

  and execution of campus-level initiatives to support social innovation and entrepreneurship

  2) development of instructional innovation and faculty programs to create interdisciplinary courses and research re: innovation

  design

  and entrepreneurship

  3) provision of curricular

  programming

  and mentoring support to student start-ups in iVenture Accelerator

  4) leadership coaching

  capacity-building

  and program coordination among mission-aligned student organizations

  and 5) implementation of local and global entrepreneurship education programs in low-resource settings in partnership with Entrepreneurs Without Borders

  the Marketplace Literacy Project

  and Subsistence Marketplaces Initiative.

  Assoc Director for Entrepreneurial Education

  Origin Ventures Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership

  Gies College of Business

  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  Master’s Degree

  Psychology

  Psychology (B.S.) and Studio Art (B.A.)

  Bachelor’s Degree