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I'm Diane Stocks Munroe, a dedicated community engagement specialist with more than two decades of experience connecting academia, government, non-profit organizations, and local communities around environmental learning and stewardship. In my recent role as Assistant Director for Community-Based Learning at Middlebury College, I lead the development of community-connected teaching and research collaborations, run workshops on best practices for community-engaged pedagogy, and manage grant and project assistant resources to support faculty partnerships. I thrive on building meaningful partnerships, guiding cross-disciplinary work, and helping students translate project outcomes into real-world impact. Earlier in my career, I served as the Coordinator for Community-Based Environmental Studies at Middlebury College, supported UW Extension and Wisconsin DNR initiatives, and contributed to watershed education and stakeholder engagement across the Upper Green Bay Basin. I’ve published and presented on interdisciplinary, community-connected approaches and enjoy mentoring others in collaboration, assessment, and dissemination of project results.…I'm Diane Stocks Munroe, a dedicated community engagement specialist with more than two decades of experience connecting academia, government, non-profit organizations, and local communities around environmental learning and stewardship. In my recent role as Assistant Director for Community-Based Learning at Middlebury College, I lead the development of community-connected teaching and research collaborations, run workshops on best practices for community-engaged pedagogy, and manage grant and project assistant resources to support faculty partnerships. I thrive on building meaningful partnerships, guiding cross-disciplinary work, and helping students translate project outcomes into real-world impact. Earlier in my career, I served as the Coordinator for Community-Based Environmental Studies at Middlebury College, supported UW Extension and Wisconsin DNR initiatives, and contributed to watershed education and stakeholder engagement across the Upper Green Bay Basin. I’ve published and presented on interdisciplinary, community-connected approaches and enjoy mentoring others in collaboration, assessment, and dissemination of project results.

Diane Munroe

Community Manager, Project Manager, Writer, +1

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I'm Diane Stocks Munroe, a dedicated community engagement specialist with more than two decades of experience connecting academia, government, non-profit organizations, and local communities around environmental learning and stewardship. In my recent role as Assistant Director for Community-Based Learning at Middlebury College, I lead the development of community-connected teaching and research collaborations, run workshops on best practices for community-engaged pedagogy, and manage grant and project assistant resources to support faculty partnerships. I thrive on building meaningful partnerships, guiding cross-disciplinary work, and helping students translate project outcomes into real-world impact. Earlier in my career, I served as the Coordinator for Community-Based Environmental Studies at Middlebury College, supported UW Extension and Wisconsin DNR initiatives, and contributed to watershed education and stakeholder engagement across the Upper Green Bay Basin. I’ve published and presented on interdisciplinary, community-connected approaches and enjoy mentoring others in collaboration, assessment, and dissemination of project results.…I'm Diane Stocks Munroe, a dedicated community engagement specialist with more than two decades of experience connecting academia, government, non-profit organizations, and local communities around environmental learning and stewardship. In my recent role as Assistant Director for Community-Based Learning at Middlebury College, I lead the development of community-connected teaching and research collaborations, run workshops on best practices for community-engaged pedagogy, and manage grant and project assistant resources to support faculty partnerships. I thrive on building meaningful partnerships, guiding cross-disciplinary work, and helping students translate project outcomes into real-world impact. Earlier in my career, I served as the Coordinator for Community-Based Environmental Studies at Middlebury College, supported UW Extension and Wisconsin DNR initiatives, and contributed to watershed education and stakeholder engagement across the Upper Green Bay Basin. I’ve published and presented on interdisciplinary, community-connected approaches and enjoy mentoring others in collaboration, assessment, and dissemination of project results.

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I’m Diane Stocks Munroe, a dedicated community engagement specialist with more than two decades of experience connecting academia, government, non-profit organizations, and local communities around environmental learning and stewardship. In my recent role as Assistant Director for Community-Based Learning at Middlebury College, I lead the development of community-connected teaching and research collaborations, run workshops on best practices for community-engaged pedagogy, and manage grant and project assistant resources to support faculty partnerships. I thrive on building meaningful partnerships, guiding cross-disciplinary work, and helping students translate project outcomes into real-world impact.

Earlier in my career, I served as the Coordinator for Community-Based Environmental Studies at Middlebury College, supported UW Extension and Wisconsin DNR initiatives, and contributed to watershed education and stakeholder engagement across the Upper Green Bay Basin. I’ve published and presented on interdisciplinary, community-connected approaches and enjoy mentoring others in collaboration, assessment, and dissemination of project results.

Skills

Copywriting

Experience Level

Copywriting

Intermediate

Language

English

Fluent

German

Advanced

Work Experience

Assistant Director for Community-Based Learning at Middlebury College - Environmental Studies Program and Center for Community Engagement

August 1, 2020 - January 1, 2026

Develops and provides logistical support for community-connected teaching and research collaborations for faculty across the college. Offers workshops focused on best practices for community engaged teaching and research and how to develop and maintain community partnerships. Manages a grant program and project assistant program as supporting resources for faculty incorporating community-engaged pedagogies.

Coordinator for Community-Based Environmental Studies at Middlebury College Environmental Studies Program

September 1, 2001 - August 1, 2020

Coordinates all community-connected opportunities for the Environmental Studies Program and serves as the teaching associate for the Environmental Studies Senior Seminar, coordinating all logistics for the capstone projects, facilitating student / community partner interactions, teaching skill set modules, and providing needed follow-up with community partners after each semester, including publication and dissemination of project work. Other duties include assessment, coordinating weekly speaker series and special event planning.

UW Extension Basin Educator for Natural Resources, Upper Green Bay Basin at University of Wisconsin Extension

April 1, 2000 - August 1, 2001

Develop a basin-wide educational strategy based on the issues and needs identified by the Upper Green Bay Basin Partnership; support educational initiatives of area land and water conservation departments and USDA-NRCS representatives; facilitate and support the partnership and assist with project development; conduct targeted programming related to shoreline stewardship.

Partnership Support Specialist at Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WI DNR) - Bureau of Fisheries Management and Habitat Protection

August 1, 1999 - February 1, 2000

Created and maintained a stakeholder database, networked with local citizen groups and agency staff, gathered and analyzed survey data to define natural resource issues, planned and organized partnership meetings, newsletter publication, web page maintenance, and researched funding opportunities.

Interim Basin Educator at UW-Extension

August 1, 1999 - December 1, 1999

August – December 1999: Interim Basin Educator, UW-Extension. Duties included stakeholder engagement, outreach, and program development aligned with basin needs.

Management Information Technician at WI DNR - Bureau of Waste Management

September 1, 1998 - January 1, 2000

Maintains and updates the Waste Management Program’s groundwater environmental monitoring database (GEMS). Detects and corrects data issues, responds to questions, produces graphs and reports, writes and maintains documentation, develops online help, and conducts training.