Mikela Barlow, MBA
Title
- Assistant Director
- Service Programs and Volunteer Engagement
Contact
- About:
- Mikela is a native of Baxley, Georgia.
- She is a former Division II Student-Athlete.
- She enjoys CrossFit, coffee, watching and playing sports, being outdoors, hunting, fishing, and spending time with friends, family, and pup (Paisley)!
- Affiliations:
- NASPA - Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education
- CliftonStrengths:
- Restorative
- Competition
- Relator
- Achiever
- Developer
- Education:
- Ph.D. Student, Leadership with an emphasis on Higher Education, University of the Cumberlands
- MBA, Georgia Southwestern State University
- B.S., Exercise Science with a minor in Business Administration, Georgia Southwestern State University
- Facilitation:
- Leadership 101
- Relational Leadership
- Servant Leadership
- Service and Community Engagement
- Social Change Model of Leadership
- Team Building
- Values-Based Leadership
- Functional Areas:
- Oversees:
- Maroon Volunteer Center
- Alternative Break Experiences
- #ServeOurState Initiative (launching fall 2025)
- Signature Days of Service
- Supervises:
- Graduate Assistant for Service Programs and Volunteer Engagement
- Advises:
- Maroon Volunteers (department-sponsored student organization)
- Maroon Volunteers (department-sponsored student organization)
- Oversees:
- Interests:
- Civic Engagement
- CliftonStrengths
- Community Service
- Experiences of Women in Leadership
- Organizational Leadership
- Relational Leadership
- Servant Leadership
- Social Change Model of Leadership
- Student Leadership Programs
- Values-Based Leadership
- Committee Involvement:
- SACSCOC On-Site Visit Task Force (GSWU)
- General Education Curriculum Committee (GSWU)
- Community Involvement:
- Plains Food Distribution (2021-2025)
- Night to Shine (2018 - 2025)
- Habitat for Humanity (2021 - 2024)
- Give Kids the World Village (2024)
- Fuller Center for Housing (2021 - 2024)
- National CleanUp Day (2024)