Emily Seru began serving as the Associate Director for Academic Civic Engagement and Scholarship in Carleton’s Center for Community and Civic Engagement (CCCE) in 2021. Before coming to Carleton Emily worked in academic civic engagement at St. Catherine University in St. Paul, where she advised faculty on academic civic engagement course design and community partnerships. Before joining on-campus civic engagement work, Emily served with the Higher Education Consortium for Urban Affairs (HECUA) for over a decade. Emily holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Lewis and Clark College and a master’s degree in experiential education from Minnesota State University, Mankato.