Meet the OCE Staff
Professional Staff
Jeffrey Rathlef
Director for the Office for Community Engagement
jeffrey.rathlef@sru.edu
724.738.4764
![Jeffrey Rathlef](../../images/offices/community-engaged-learning/Jeffrey.jpg)
Graduate Assistants
Nadine Rice (she/her/hers)
RockServe Graduate Assistant
Graduate Social Work
rockserve@sru.edu
Nadine Rice is the RockServe graduate assistant who manages and oversees SRU’s digital community engagement platform that hosts and onboards community service opportunities for Slippery Rock students. She is a first-year graduate student earning her master’s degree in social work. She received her undergraduate degree at SRU with a major in social work. Being a Butler native, Nadine has a passion for civic engagement in the community.
Ray Eschenbach (He/Him/His)
Slippery Rock University
RockServe Specialist
Ray Eschenbach is a junior Nonprofit Management and Public Policy major and serves as the RockServe Specialist. In this role, he promotes RockServe to students to encourage participation in service opportunities, and he oversees operations of the Civic Action Scorecard. This includes the implementation of the scorecard in SRU courses, creation and revision of civic actions, and promotion of the scorecard to students and student-run organizations. Driven by the desire to help others and inspire community engagement, Ray is eager to fulfill his role in RockServe and watch the world come together through celebrating diversity, embracing creative expression, and performing civic duties.
Student Staff
Gabriella Palmer (She/her/hers)
Senior Strategic Communications Coordinator
ggp1002@sru.edu
Gabriella Palmer is the Strategic Communication Coordinator. She is a senior Integrated Marketing Communications major. In this role, she will implement strategic marketing and communication strategies for specific program area targets and goals within the OCEs communications agenda. Gabriella is excited to highlight the many service opportunities and events available to students through RockServe and OCE in accordance with their mission of life, citizenship, and cultivating civic identity.