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Contact: Rene Abadie
Date: 2/2/05
 
Valerie FieldsClick on image for publication quality photo 
FIELDS TO HEAD LOUISIANA CAMPUS COMPACT
     HAMMOND – Valerie Fields has been named Executive Director of Louisiana Campus Compact, announced Southeastern Louisiana Univeristy President Randy Moffett, a member of the Louisiana Campus Compact Executive Committee. 
     Fields will be based at Southeastern, which serves as the host site for this coalition of 26 Louisiana university and colleges formed to advance the civic mission of higher education. 
     Fields is charged with providing leadership and assistance to member institutions in their efforts to prepare students for lives of civic engagement and service to society, said Moffett.  “We are very pleased to have someone with the administrative, academic and student life experiences that Dr. Fields brings to this position,” Moffett said. “She has a solid understanding of the value of integrating service learning into the college curriculum and has a long record community service herself.”
     “This is an exciting opportunity,” Fields said. “The enthusiasm and support that the charter institutions have shown in developing this organization demonstrate the tremendous interest that Louisiana higher education has in further organizing community service activities for their students.”
     Louisiana Campus Compact is one of 30 state coalitions affiliated with the national Campus Compact organization. Formed in 1985, the coalition promotes community service, encourages collaborative partnerships between campuses and communities, and assists faculty in integrating public and community service into research and teaching.
     Fields served as director of student development at the University of Louisiana at Monroe from 1996 to 2003. She was then appointed assistant dean for student life and leadership and instructor of mathematics. She has also worked as a reading instructor at Louisiana Tech University, a mathematics consultant in the East Carroll Parish School System, and in various positions at northeast Louisiana area schools.
     She holds a doctorate in curriculum and instruction from Louisiana Tech, a master’s degree in administration and supervision from the University of Louisiana at Monroe, and a bachelor’s degree in early childhood education from Southern University in Baton Rouge.  She is the recipient of numerous awards from the University of Louisiana at Monroe, including two Student Government Association Outstanding Faculty awards, the SGA Award of Excellence for Dedicated Service, and the Alumni Association’s award for Outstanding Service to ULM and the community.
     As an advocate of community service, Fields has worked with the American Heart Association and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, served on the Big Brother Big Sister Advisory Board, the Minority Business Council Board of Directors and the Volunteers of America Advisory Board, and chaired the Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership Seminar.