Speakers and Panelists :: Wayne Smutz
Wayne Smutz is senior director of University Continuing Education at the Pennsylvania State University, where he has held a variety of outreach positions over the last twenty-five years. In his current role, he is responsible for credit programming for adult learners in central Pennsylvania and for noncredit professional and organizational development programming that serves all of Pennsylvania. In addition, he is co-principal investigator of the FOCUS project-Forming Outreach Community-University Systems for Engagement. This three-year project, recently funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, seeks to more effectively embed engagement within Penn State's faculty culture and outreach infrastructure. Within the University Continuing Education Association, Dr. Smutz is currently chair of the Community of Practice on Outreach and Engagement.