"To engage all Wheeling Jesuit University students, faculty and staff in diverse activities that contribute to positive social change and justice; and to prepare them 'for service with and among others' in Wheeling, Appalachia, the nation and the world"

Adrienne Tharp '08

Director

atharp@wju.edu

304-243-8728

Adrienne Tharp graduated from Wheeling Jesuit in 2008 with a BA in Professional Communications. After graduation, Adrienne spent a year in the Jesuit Volunteer Corps serving in Nashville, TN. During this time she worked as a street outreach case manager for homeless, runaway and street youth at the Oasis Center.

After a year of being away, she returned to Wheeling and worked in the Service for Social Action Center as an AmeriCorps Vista focusing on capacity building and sustainability. One way Adrienne was able to accomplish this was by organizing and launching two new service trips to Washington D.C. and El Paso TX which focused on poverty, homelessness and immigration issues.

Now as the Coordinator of the SSAC she develops and oversees domestic and international service immersion trips, identifies service projects for students within the community, tracks student service hours and provides support with reflections and skills development. Adrienne also supervises the H.E.S.S. Mentoring Program, Mother Jones House and the Fr. Pedro Arrupe, SJ Scholars Program.

Will Grogan

Mother Jones House Mentor

wgrogan@wju.edu

304-243-8728

Will Grogan grew up in Mount Laurel, NJ, just outside of Philadelphia. He attended The University of Scranton, a fellow Jesuit school. During that time, Will was involved with student government, the radio station, and service trips. In a special way, Will was involved with retreats at Scranton, which would lead into his plans after college. Will graduated with a degree in Communications in May of 2011.

After graduation, Will spent a year as a Cap Corps Volunteer in Garrison, NY. Working with the Capuchin Franciscans, Will led retreats and service programs for high school and college students. Will was also working to advance the marketing techniques and branding initiatives of the program. A month after completing his year of service, Will joined the university as the Mother Jones House Mentor.

The Mother Jones House is an intentional, Christian community focused on community and service. The house is jointly sponsored by Wheeling Jesuit University and Laughlin Memorial Chapel. Will is looking forward to not only nurturing a community in The Mother Jones House, but assisting with programming and immersion trips through the SSAC.

Tom Weinandy

Graduate Assistant

tweinandy@wju.edu

304-243-6244

Hailing from Bowling Green, Ohio, Tom attended college in Cleveland at John Carroll University where he graduated with honors and received a degree in Social Entrepreneurship and Spanish. Tom studied how to build creative solutions to social problems and completed the world’s first undergraduate thesis in Crisis Mapping, which is the use of digital technologies to gather, visualize and analyze information that aids in disaster response.

During college, Tom was a founder and co-president of a Student Today Leaders Forever chapter that provided student planned and lead service trips for over 165 participants. He spent a year as an AmeriCorps volunteer at Boys Hope Girls Hope of Northeastern Ohio where he expanded educational programming for bright and motivated youth from challenging backgrounds, followed by a year as an AmeriCorps VISTA with the Service for Social Action Center and Appalachian Institute.

Tom is excited to remain in the WJU community as a Graduate Assistant while completing his MBA. Tom also likes to hear about people’s backgrounds and aspirations over coffee or lunch; so consider this an invitation to email him and set something up.