Meagan Smith

Experience

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  Azusa Pacific University

  Apr 2010 - Dec 2011

  Assistant Director of Service-Learning

  * Initiated and sustained partnerships between University and more than 75 local community organizations * Recruited, hired, trained, supervised, and mentored nine undergraduate and three graduate interns * Facilitated weekly staff and intern meetings and for regular team training and development * Consulted with faculty to enhance their understanding of service-learning pedagogy and syllabus design * Supported new community partners to establishment mutually beneficial and sustainable partnerships * Evaluated placements and student learning outcomes for 2,500-3,000 service-learning students per year * Collaborated with Executive Director and Service-Learning Lead Scholar to develop a regional service-learning Colloquium, the Community Scholars research program, and an 8th Grade Majors Fair Show less

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  Hope Beyond Today (India)

  Jan 2012 - May 2012

  Internship Program Development Coordinator

  * Developed intern program budget (formulae allow for varying numbers of interns and lengths of stay) * Created intern handbook (guidelines for packing, international travel, Indian culture and intern expectations) * Designed intern application packet (application, references, interview questions, medical information) Led weekly leadership meetings and piano lessons for youth of local church * Taught weekly piano lessons for children of host family * Assisted with HBT programs, including weekly children's programs and distribution of basic necessities Show less

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  Trevecca Nazarene University

  Jul 2012 - Jun 2013

  Resident Director and Coordinator of Multicultural Programs

  * Trained, supervised and mentored five resident assistants and seven Residence Hall Association members * Provided personal, spiritual and academic mentoring for 90 female residents * Managed hall conflict from a developmental, educational and redemptive framework * Ensured that the hall was a safe and welcoming environment for residents * Developed "Connections," a mentoring program for international students * Created a handbook for future multicultural programming coordinators (position description, student learning outcomes, programming resources, calendar outline) * Co-sponsored two service trips for students (Fall Break – Chattanooga, Spring Break – Jamaica) Show less

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  East Carolina University

  Jun 2013 - Nov 2015

  Associate Director for Service-Learning and Communications

  * Collaborate with faculty and partner organizations to establish and support effective academic service-learning experiences* Manage the rollout, training and marketing of the OrgSync Service Management System (SMS) * Oversee community partnership process, including management of partnership evaluation and assessment * Manage all VSLC official communications and marketing efforts, including social media tools (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, HootSuite), print materials, department website and community relations* Assist with developing, planning and leading the annual Service-Learning Faculty Fellows program* Present 50+ service-learning orientations and trainings for students, faculty, staff and community partners* Co-lead alternative break experience trips Show less

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  Vanderbilt University

  Dec 2015 - Feb 2021

  • Manage office operating and programming budgets• Supervise full-time staff, one graduate assistant, and two student workers• Assess community impact and develop reports for Dean of Students assessment and special projects office• Advise 38 student-led service organizations, including finances, policies, international and domestic travel risk management, leadership development, goal development and assessment, procurement, and fundraising• Lead the semester-long Local OACS DIVE: Affordable Housing program, teaching best practices of ethical and effective community engagement and the process of Human-Centered Design to address community-identified need• Developed the Local OACS DIVE program in alignment with university strategic goals (100% of participants were able to identify the five steps of human-centered design)• Implement the Community Engagement Strategy, including communications and assessment• Managed marketing, logistics, communication, set-up, and assessment for the Service Organization Fair; expanded participation to not only 50 student-led service organization, but to also include 45 non-profit organizations• Coordinated the Vanderbilt Internship Experience in Washington, D.C. (VIEW) program, a cohort-based semester+summer-long program for students interested in careers in public service• Serve as the office representative on the MLK Joint Day of Service committee, with a particular focus on fundraising and coalition-building for the event• Led OACS Community Mapping inventory of service activity and partnership across campus and increased response rate by 100% Show less Vanderbilt Internship Experience in Washington (VIEW) Program* Manage program budget* Develop curriculum for and teach PSCI 3851.08: Exploring the Role and Impact of Active Citizenship in a Global Society (mandatory academic component)* Recruit and select mentors for each student participant from among Vanderbilt alumni in the D.C. area* Oversee employer relations* Assess student learning and program effectiveness* Organize and facilitate summer programming for cohort members, employers, and alumni mentorsStudent Organization AdvisementVoter Engagement and EducationNichols Humanitarian Award Fund Show less

  • Assistant Director

    Mar 2017 - Feb 2021

  • Program Coordinator

    Dec 2015 - Feb 2017
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  Datagrove

  Sept 2021 - Dec 2024

  Project Manager, Software Engineer and Scrum Master

  * Create multiple websites using Vue, Astro, TypeScript, TailwindCSS, and more* Serve as the team Scrum Master* Create product wireframes * Write hundreds of lines of testing code using Selenium and Playwright* Managed five junior developers* Developed staff on-boarding and other professional development materials

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  HCA Healthcare

  Dec 2024 - now

  Project Manager II