Drew Stelljes

Drew Stelljes
  • Assistant Vice President for Student Engagement and Leadership
  • Archived Blogger

About Drew Stelljes

Dr. Andrew D. Stelljes served as the Assistant Vice President for Student Engagement & Leadership at William & Mary until 2023. He provided leadership and direction for an integrated portfolio aimed at enhancing student development.

Stelljes is the author of Service-Learning and Community Engagement: Toward Long-term Developmental Social Concern and his engagement model has been widely published. He has authored an array of journal articles on placing students' intellectual and developmental needs at the center of the learning endeavor, service-learning, community-based learning, education policy reform measures, impacts of alternative breaks and measures of the efficacy of college-based tutoring and mentoring programs.

Posts by Drew Stelljes

Engagement Academy

For ten years I have organized an engagement academy for student leaders.  Over the past 10 weeks 23 students have interacted with, learned from

A Letter to Parents

Last weekend I went to dinner at a friends home.  This husband and wife team have two children in college.  One is a senior

Busting Down Doors

In the early to mid 1990’s Colleges and universities across the country were establishing volunteer offices as clearinghouses of information.  In an effort to

Dreaming Big 101

On Wednesday Robert Egger, founder of the DC Central Kitchen visited W&M to meet with students, faculty, alumni and community partners.  This was Robert’s

The Path You Plow

Over my ten years working at William and Mary I have interacted with thousands of students that are engaged in service.  Every story…every story

New Students SHOW Their Stuff

Today over 200 new William and Mary students completed 20 projects across Williamsburg, throughout James City County, into York County and east to Newport

A Letter to New Students

Welcome to William and Mary.  You’re going to love it here.  You’ll hear a lot about what makes W&M unique.  Topping the list is a sense

The Best Way to Find Yourself…

At W&M we talk a lot about service and depending on who you ask or when you ask the definition will be very different

William and Mary in Petersburg

Yesterday I traveled to Petersburg, Virginia with Vice President Jim Golden, Leonard Sledge, Monica Griffin and President Reveley.  I could not have asked to