Michaela Holtz Email Address

Associate Director Office of Student Engagement and Experiential Learning

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I "wear many different hats" doing what I do and I love it! I help students to get more out of their college experience through involvement in undergraduate research, service learning, learning communities or other high impact practices. I help faculty to promote higher level learning through enhancement of student learning outcomes and so they can assess that students in their classes are really learning what they are being taught. My diverse career background - designer, sales representative, researcher, biogeographer, teacher, data analyst, and manager provided me with unique ability to manage multi-disciplinary projects and to navigate complex challenges. I have been regarded for abilities to be determined, organized, flexible, and capable of working under pressure. My other passion is to teach people about growing their own food and finding new ways to provide access to healthy local food for communities around me. My involvement with community gardens, local cooperative health foods store, and other groups resemble just that. Specialties: Student Engagement, Experiential Learning, Service Learning, Curriculum Design; Integrated Curriculum, Community Outreach, Civic Engagement, Undergraduate Research, Biogeopgraphy, Teaching, Data Analyses, Assessment, Horticulture, Landscape Design.