Current AmeriCorps members

Hannah Rose serves as the AmeriCorps member and Youth Outreach Coordinator at the Bodwell Center for Service and Volunteerism at University of Maine. She graduated from UMaine with her Bachelors of Social Work in 2020, and this is her second service year coordinating the Black Bear Mentors and Black Bear Tutors programs. She looks forward to continuing her work inspiring K-12 students in the Orono area to reach for and achieve higher education through mentorship and tutoring partnerships with University of Maine student volunteers. In the future, Hannah hopes to pursue a career in higher education working with and advising first generation college students. Her passions outside service include playing with her cat Elmo, knitting, and redesigning her Animal Crossing house.

Jesse grew up in Alfred Maine which is about 40 minutes from the University of New England. He went to school at the University of New England and graduated in spring of 2021 with a double major Sociology and Political Science with a minor in Anthropology. During his time as a student at UNE, Jesse interned at Heart of Biddeford a local nonprofit, and Biddeford City Hall in the planning and development department. These experiences are important to him because it allowed him to establish connections with individuals in Biddeford. In his role as an AmeriCorps member, with a focus on College Access and Community Engagement, Jesse is able to serve both Biddeford and UNE's communities. His experiences serving Biddeford's community in different roles and for various events taught him the importance of giving back to community. He is excited to be able to create those opportunities for other UNE students that are looking to volunteer. It is also meaningful to him to coordinate the America Reads and America Counts programs where students can go into local classrooms and have a positive impact on the education of the community's youth. In the future Jesse hopes to work in a municipality so that he can make a positive impact at the local level, implementing social programs that address community needs. He enjoys spending time in nature kayaking, hiking, and snowboarding with friends and family.

Austin Dumont serves as the AmeriCorps member/Civic Leadership Fellow at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. He is responsible for organizing and promoting community-engagement opportunities to Bates students -- helping to connect them to college aspirations programming in the Lewiston/Auburn community. Austin is a native Mainer, having grown up in Auburn, and he is a 2021 Bates graduate, where he majored in Politics and minored in Education.

Austin is passionate about creating mutually beneficial partnerships between Bates and Lewiston/Auburn. He is also passionate about helping others to feel connected to the communities in which they live and work. In his free time, Austin enjoys reading non-fiction, following political developments in Maine and nationally, studying history, going for long walks, and researching his family’s genealogy. He also enjoys spending time with his family, especially his niece and nephew.

Madalyn is currently serving as the College Access and Success Coordinator at New Ventures Maine (NVME) and is based at the University of Maine at Augusta. At NVME, Madalyn helps to build connections throughout the UMA community and works with current and prospective college students to explore careers, manage money while in school, and participate in civic engagement activities.
A recent graduate of the University of North Texas, Madalyn earned her degree in political science and journalism. She is native to Fort Worth, Texas and is thrilled to bring her experiences across the country and to a new community. Madalyn is passionate about education and its role in ending the cycle of poverty, she plans to continue teaching after service.

Ciera Miller received both her BFA and BA from the University of Maine at Farmington, in Creative Writing and International & Global Studies in May 2021. She has published work previously on The River as a co-editor, and she has written articles published in The Farmington Flyer. Her monologue “So Be Brave” was performed in GOOD TROUBLE (dir. Jayne Decker, 2020) and can be found on the website for the Mantor Library, under ScholarWorks. Her talk about Land Acknowledgement can be found there as well. She believes that coffee is the best of all the food groups.

Rachel Bartholomew (they/she) is currently serving in their AmeriCorps year at the Anderson Freeman Resource Center at Middlebury College in Vermont. Their role is to develop programming and resources for first-generation college students. This year the staff at the AFC will be looking to expand its first-year first-gen programming to facilitate students' transition into college and promote a sense of belonging.

They have spent the last three years teaching English in Japan on the JET Program. While there Rachel also earned an M.Ed. in Higher Education Administration from Northeastern University. Once they finish their service year, Rachel would like to transition into DEI work in higher education. This is Rachel's first time living in New England. They moved here with their two cats, who are discovering all the new birds to watch. They spend their free time reading and crafting.

Miranda serves as the 2021-2022 AmeriCorps member in the Office of Diversity and Inclusion at Champlain College in Burlington, VT. She graduated with a B.S. in Neuroscience from the University of Vermont in 2019. After two intense years that included cancelled plans, unemployment, and working in outpatient and inpatient settings, Miranda wanted to shift gears and leave the hospital environment. She wanted a role that allowed her to more directly pursue DEI initiatives.

She is excited about her position because she looks forward to strengthening her capacity building skills, rediscovering her local community, and meeting people who are doing work she may want to do in the future! Miranda is rebuilding or creating programs in her office that are designed to educate the community, forge relationships with on- and off-campus partners, and specifically support students who are first generation, BIPOC, high financial need, New American/refugee, single parents, and/or commuters.

“Outside” of work (when I manage to draw the line between my job and the rest of my life), I enjoy spending time with family and friends, reading, hiking, and listening to podcasts. As the academic year continues and heritage months, awareness weeks, and holidays come and go, if anyone has any ideas for activities, guest speakers, films, music artists, etc.--or if you ever want to talk about Bangtan Sonyeondan--let’s connect!! Thank you.