Meet the OCEL Staff
Professional Staff
Jeffrey Rathlef
Director for Community-Engaged Learning
jeffrey.rathlef@sru.edu
724.738.4764
Graduate Assistants
Meizhen Belko (She/Her/Hers)
RockServe Graduate Assistant
mlb1044@sru.edu
Meizhen Belko is the RockServe graduate assistant who manages and oversees SRU’s digital community engagement platform that hosts and onbaords community service opportunities for Slippery Rock students. She is a first-year graduate student earning her master’s degree in school counseling. She received her undergraduate degree at SRU with a major in psychology. She enjoys working in the OCEL office because of the opportunities to make meaningful connections with all the other staff members and community, as well as grow her own professional skills as she continues to supervise and collaborate with faculty, staff, and students. “I am eager to help students create their own civic engagement journey and create a difference within the community!”
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 OCEL’s communications agenda. Gabriella is excited to highlight the many service opportunities and events available to students through RockServe and OCEL in accordance with their mission of life, citizenship, and cultivating civic identity.