Beth Halpern

Director of Community Engagement @Muhlenberg College

Allentown, PA, US

Oversee, initiate and cultivate partnerships between Muhlenberg College and Allentown communities to achieve collective goals∙Create workshops, class sessions and trainings to introduce students to asset-framing, dialogic processes, change making and intentional community collaboration∙Advise faculty to create and sustain community-engaged courses ∙Plan and execute community engagement events- advising student committees, ensuring logistics, and working with community partners∙Collaborate with colleagues to create impactful programs and initiatives∙Serve on various community boards including community school leadership teams, advisory councils and strategic advisory committees∙Lead within College-wide committees including the President\'s Diversity Advisory Council, Integrative Learning Advisory Board, and other ad hoc groups∙Supervise full-time Associate Director∙Direct a program for incoming first-year college students∙Mentor and supervise college students ∙Perform all fudiciary functions of the Office including budget, gifts, grants and endowment oversight∙Reviewer for the Carnegie Classification for Community Engagement (2023), and Team Leader (2025)∙Applied for, received and administrated Campus Compact Learn & Serve Grant and Federal Appropriation (20••••11)∙Program Director for the Center for Ethics (20••••10)∙Taught various college courses∙Trained facilitator in Intergroup Dialogue