Meet our Students: Steve Rafuse

Environmental Planning and Water Issues

What city, region, state do you call home?

Eugene, Oregon

In which graduate program are you enrolled?

Community and Regional Planning

What is your area of concentration?

Environmental Planning and Water Issues

What will you be doing for the Community Service Center(CSC)?

Project Manager for the Community Planning Workshop.

How does your involvement with the Community Service Center relate to or inform your graduate studies?

My role as project manager for the Community Planning Workshop is a full year Graduate Fellowship.

What can you say about the value of your Community Service Center experience?

Working with the Community Planning Workshop has been the ideal transition from academic realm to professional world. I place considerable value in my time spent working with CSC staff, project advisers and clients, all of whom have greatly enriched my learning experience here at the University of Oregon.

What outcome are you hoping for when your project ends?

I know that I will be able to take the skills I learned working with the Community Planning Workshop and the CSC and apply them to wherever my career takes me.

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