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Stoutamire to serve as the SDSU Extension Aging in Place Coordinator

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SDSU Extension recently hired Bethany Stoutamire to serve as the SDSU Extension Aging in Place Coordinator AmeriCorps VISTA Member. (Courtesy of iGrow.org)
SDSU Extension recently hired Bethany Stoutamire to serve as the SDSU Extension Aging in Place Coordinator AmeriCorps VISTA Member. (Courtesy of iGrow.org)
SDSU Extension recently hired Bethany Stoutamire to serve as the SDSU Extension Aging in Place Coordinator AmeriCorps VISTA Member. (Courtesy of iGrow.org)

BROOKINGS, S.D. — SDSU Extension recently hired Bethany Stoutamire to serve as the SDSU Extension Aging in Place Coordinator AmeriCorps VISTA Member.

“Bethany has a unique skill set and a passion for service that will greatly enhance our research efforts and provide capacity to programs geared toward lifting individuals out of poverty,” said Aimee House Ladonski, SDSU Extension Volunteer Development Field Specialist.

SDSU Extension received an AmeriCorps Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) grant in 2017. This grant will provide eight full-time AmeriCorps VISTA members to serve one-year terms working with SDSU Extension staff to increase knowledge of and access to physical and financial health and wellness techniques in effort to bring economically disadvantaged South Dakotans out of poverty.

Stoutamire will work in a supportive role to Leacey Brown, SDSU Extension Gerontology Field Specialist.

“We are honored to have Bethany on our team. Her contributions will help to increase the capacity of the gerontology component of SDSU Extension, ultimately allowing us to increase the number of South Dakotans who have access to fact-based information about aging,” Brown said.

More about Bethany Stoutamire
A recent Sociology graduate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Stoutamire was eager to become involved as a SDSU Extension Aging in Place AmeriCorps VISTA Member before she pursues a graduate degree.

“I am interested in the social side of medicine and understanding health trends. This position will give me hands-on experience working with a demographic I am interested in learning more about,” Stoutamire said.

Her interest in aging populations was piqued by an undergraduate course she took which focused on aging in the U.S. “It was a bit doom and gloom – so I am eager to be a part of the solution,” Stoutamire said.

SDSU Extension is Recruiting for 2018-2019 AmeriCorps VISTA Positions
AmeriCorps VISTA national service members will:

  • Serve a one year term of service June 2018 – June 2019
  • Earn $5,815 in education award to be used toward tuition or student loans
  • Earn a monthly living stipend
  • Gain valuable work experience and community connections
  • Receive preferential hiring post-service with federal agencies and hundreds of employers of national service across the country

A variety of positions are available to meet a diversity of professional interests and skills including:

  • Ag & Society VISTA Member
  • Aging in Place Coordinator VISTA Member
  • Family Resource Management Extension Associate VISTA Member
  • Better Choices, Better Health (BCBH) – VISTA Extension Associate
  • Grow SD VISTA Member
  • Healthy Schools Coach VISTA Member
  • Healthy Schools Advisor VISTA Member
  • SDSU Extension VISTA Leader

For position descriptions and application information, visit our website at: http://igrow.org/americorps-vista/. Questions can be directed to Aimee House Ladonski, SDSU Extension Volunteer Development Field Specialist at 605.782.3290; aimee.ladonski@sdstate.edu.

— SDSU Extension

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