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    Kara Brascia

    Service-Learning Director

    Duties: faculty support and recognition, program strategy and oversight, campus collaborations

    Kara came to Boise State in 2000 from a nationally ranked Service-Learning program at the University of Utah. She brings over twenty years of experience consulting with faculty, students, and community agencies. Kara earned her bachelor’s degree from Macalester College in Minnesota and her master’s degree in Communication from the University of Utah.

    Duties: faculty support and recognition, program strategy and oversight, campus collaborations

    Kara came to Boise State in 2000 from a nationally ranked Service-Learning program at the University of Utah. She brings over twenty years of experience consulting with faculty, students, and community agencies. Kara earned her bachelor’s degree from Macalester College in Minnesota and her master’s degree in Communication from the University of Utah.

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    Casey McGee

    (He,Him,His) Service-Learning Educational Development Specialist

    Duties: Forming, building, and initiating community partnerships; brainstorming and designing service-learning projects; collaborating with other Boise State community-facing programs

    McGee joined the Service-Learning team in 2023. He earned a Master’s Degree in Community Organizing and has over 15 years of experience working with nonprofit organizations in direct service, program development, and leadership roles, specializing in addressing homelessness through collective impact

    Duties: Forming, building, and initiating community partnerships; brainstorming and designing service-learning projects; collaborating with other Boise State community-facing programs

    McGee joined the Service-Learning team in 2023. He earned a Master’s Degree in Community Organizing and has over 15 years of experience working with nonprofit organizations in direct service, program development, and leadership roles, specializing in addressing homelessness through collective impact

  • Erin Rausch, Service Learning, faculty/staff, studio portrait

    Erin Rausch

    (She, Her, Hers) Service-Learning Educational Development Specialist

    Duties: service-learning student support and employment, classroom & instructor support during the service-learning semester

    Erin started with the Boise State Service-Learning program in November 2018. Erin has earned a M.S. in Health Education, focusing on adolescence and substance abuse and prior to coming to Boise State she directed University of the Pacific’s community center focusing on leadership, education, and service where her work has focused on community building, service, social advocacy, student development and leadership. Erin has been a foster parent, distance hiker, and wants nothing more than for folks to become educated citizens of our global community.

    Duties: service-learning student support and employment, classroom & instructor support during the service-learning semester

    Erin started with the Boise State Service-Learning program in November 2018. Erin has earned a M.S. in Health Education, focusing on adolescence and substance abuse and prior to coming to Boise State she directed University of the Pacific’s community center focusing on leadership, education, and service where her work has focused on community building, service, social advocacy, student development and leadership. Erin has been a foster parent, distance hiker, and wants nothing more than for folks to become educated citizens of our global community.

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    Molly Braeunig

    Service-Learning Graduate Assistant

    Duties: Service-Learning student marketing & communications; student employment program management

    Molly is pursuing her masters degree in counseling at Boise State University, with a focus on addiction counseling. She completed her undergraduate degree in Physics at Agnes Scott College before spending 15 years in marketing, recruiting, and people-management. Molly’s mission in returning to school – and in joining the Service-Learning team – is to do work that contributes meaningfully and positively to her community here in Boise. When she’s not working or studying she’s usually riding a bike, hiking, or playing with her dog, Tug.

    Duties: Service-Learning student marketing & communications; student employment program management

    Molly is pursuing her masters degree in counseling at Boise State University, with a focus on addiction counseling. She completed her undergraduate degree in Physics at Agnes Scott College before spending 15 years in marketing, recruiting, and people-management. Molly’s mission in returning to school – and in joining the Service-Learning team – is to do work that contributes meaningfully and positively to her community here in Boise. When she’s not working or studying she’s usually riding a bike, hiking, or playing with her dog, Tug.