Community and Student
Engagement Fall 2015
Interns, Volunteers, Fellows and VISTAs
Interns
Percy Turner
Senior -- Social work, WSU.
Hometown -- Hamden, Connecticut.
CCSR Project: KanCare Ombudsman Volunteer
project
Interesting to know…
 10 years of experience in human services
(residential children’s facility, crisis stabilization
unit, and crisis observation)
 experience in training, giving presentations
 hobbies include writing, reading, spending time
with his wife and children, scolding his dog, Zeus,
occasionally playing video games, listening to
comedy, and working on the house and yard
Lindsey Stillwell, BSW
Graduate Student–social work, WSU
CCSR Project: HCBS waiver integration
Interesting to know…
 advanced standing MSW (graduation: SP’16)
 BSW from WSU in May of 2015
 is a McNair Scholar and volunteers some of her
time assisting fellow scholars with their projects
 member of the Phi Alpha Honor Society
 enjoys spending time with her husband, three
boys and two dogs, watching the Kansas City
Royals, listening to Indie Bands, reading, and
adult coloring books
Andrew Foster
Senior – Health Services Management and Community
Development, WSU.
Hometown -- Derby, KS
CCSR Project: Public Health Initiatives/Rural Kansas
Veterans
Interesting to know…
 member of the Kansas Air National Guard where he
serves part-time as an Aerospace Medical Technician
 enjoys fishing, hiking, exercising and spending time with
friends and family
Victoria Macias, BSW
Graduate Student–social work, WSU.
Home state (originally) -- California
CCSR Project: CRO/CPS/Support Group Services
Interesting to know…
 earned a bachelor’s degree in May from Upper
Iowa University while at Fort Riley
 passionate about helping those who have
experienced some form of trauma or have had
mental health related symptoms
 goal is to earn a PhD and work with suicide
prevention advocates and victims’ advocates.
 recently moved with her family to Kansas with the
military
 keeps busy with her two children and watching her
favorite TV show, The Golden Girls
Corina Tillman
Senior – psychology (with certificates in
community psych and human factors),
WSU
Hometown -- Wichita, KS
CCSR Project: KanCare Ombudsman
Volunteer project
Interesting to know…
 active member in the LAVA Human
Factors Lab
 enjoys biking, reading, swing dancing,
video and board games and karaoke
Cerae (Rae) Smith
Senior -- psychology, WSU
Hometown -- Haysville, KS
CCSR Project: KanCare Ombudsman Volunteer
project
Interesting to know…
 devoting her time to the KanCare Ombudsman
project as both intern AND volunteer
 currently involved in The National Society of
Leadership and Success, Unsuspected Inner
Resource as volunteer, and works part time at The
Research Partnership
 plans to attend WSU’s Master in Business
Management program
Anna Caroline Chinnes, BA
Doctoral student (2nd yr)– clinical psychology
CCSR Project: Grant Development
Interesting to know…
 began her internship with CCSR this summer
 earned a bachelor of art degree from Francis
Marion University in Florence, SC majoring in
psychology and minoring in English literature
 plans to complete doctoral program in May
2019 after completing a one-year internship
 hobbies include spending time with family and
friends, playing tennis, horseback riding,
kayaking, hiking, traveling and reading
Volunteers
Alissa Bey
Senior -- psychology, WSU
Hometown (originally) -- Evansville, Indiana
CCSR Project: Trauma-Informed Systems of Care
Interesting to know…
 involved on the Wichita State University
campus as a Resident Assistant, Peer Leader
 one of the founding members of Mind
Matters
 hobbies include dancing, traveling,
involvement in social change, watching
Modern Family and being a Shocker!
CCSR Fellows
Lucy Petroucheva
Senior – psychology and philosophy, WSU
CCSR Project: Leadership Development
Interesting to know…
 Lucy served as a COD intern in spring
2015 and was awarded a CCSR
Leadership Fellowship this fall
 working on exploring and developing
leadership workshop and coaching
materials through the synthesis of
various Leadership Development texts
 involved with the Philosophy Society
and LAS Dean’s Advisory Council on
campus
 hobbies include travelling, reading, and
reddit
VISTAs
Wichita State University CCSR VISTA Fellows
Lawrence
Alison Boyles - Heartland Community Health Center
Dan Smith -Van Go
Harvey County/Newton
MacKala Blair – Peace Connections/ Circles of Hope
Paula Whillock – Harvey County Domestic Violence/
Sexual Assault
Sedgwick County
 Hayley Shahankary – USD 259, McKinney - Vento
Homeless Program
 Jo Truong – Rainbows United
 Kyle Gibson – Inter-Faith Ministries
 Hannah Thompson – Dress for Success
 Rhianna Kline – Kansas Food Bank
 Megan Lamb – Rainbows United
 Daniel Swensen – Guadalupe Clinic, Inc.
 Jamela Peterson – Sedgwick Co. Health Department
 Darcy Wear – Wichita Fellowship Club
 And…
Katie Mahuron, BSN, BA
Hometown -- Cambridge City, Indiana
CCSR Project: PHI VISTA
Interesting to know…
 earned bachelor’s degrees in nursing and political
science
 served with AmeriCorps as an education specialist at
a domestic violence shelter in New Mexico
 experience with
 grassroots women's organization in Serbia
 nonprofit consulting business in Northern Ireland
 Marion County Public Health Department in Indianapolis,
Indiana
 is a licensed nurse
 has completed evaluations, community assessments
and peace projects
 hikes, reads and quilts
WELCOME TO CCSR