College of Education
Center for Educational Partnerships
Mission Statement:
To create and facilitate service connecting the College of Education (COE) to local and world communities.
We will do this by:
- Making COE “visible” through public relations opportunities
- Modeling social responsibility/civic duty for students
- Creating/sustaining relationships in the community
- Administering COE events (Convocation/Colleagues)
- Promoting educational policies and practices
- Creating educational resources for the community
- Sustaining student connection with the College of Education and community beyond learning
Programs:
- Colleagues Magazine
- Colleagues Plus Website
- Groundswell
- Alumni Association
- Convocation
- Adopt a District
- Service Learning/Place-Based Education Opportunities
Location and Department Contact Information:
510 Eberhard Center
301 W. Fulton St.
Grand Rapids, MI 49504
Phone: 616-331-6240
Fax: 616-331-6422
Staff Contact Information:
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Claudia Sowa Wojciakowski (Director)
- Professor – School Counseling Program
- sowac@gvsu.edu
- 616-331-6706
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Clayton Pelon (Associate Director)
- Colleagues Magazine and Alumni Association
- pelonc@gvsu.edu
- 616-331-6813
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Forrest Clift (Assistant Director)
- Convocation and Adopt a District
- cliftf@gvsu.edu
- 616-331-6230
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Jaymes Pyne (Assistant Director)
- Colleagues Plus Website and Service Learning Initiatives
- pynejay@gvsu.edu
- 616-331-6804
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Veda Hodges (Office Coordinator)
- hodgesv@gvsu.edu
- 616-331-6440
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Mike Posthumus (Groundswell Coordinator)
- posthumi@gvsu.edu
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616-331-6237
