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

Equipped to Change the World

George graduated from William and Mary in 2005.  He was one of our most exceptional scholars and citizens.  In many respects he personified what

Community Leadership

In May 2004 I went on a service trip to Reynosa, Mexico with 15 dedicated students.  We embarked on the journey with senses heightened

317 years old. Now that really is old.

317 years old.  Now that really is old.  It would be easy to crack a few jokes on you: You are so old, you are not

Changing the World

Lots of students come to William and Mary ready to change the world.  I love that.  Not sure any of us really know how

Why I do what I do

Yesterday one of the students in my freshman seminar stopped in for a visit.  It was great to see her.  At one point during

The First and Last Lesson of the Semester

A long time ago in a somewhat far off place there was a college kid that was struggling.  Not sure he knew he was

Mother Earth

According to scientists the Earth is 4.55 billion years old, give or take a few hundred thousand years.   If we compacted the age of

When You Face Fear, Have Faith

If a group of people convened for the purpose of reestablishing the United States (aka rewriting the Declaration of Independence) I bet that most

Wasn’t it fun to try things you weren’t really that good at when you were a kid?

Ever think about how when you are a kid you are encouraged to try all sorts of activities.  My kids have already tried soccer,