Jane Clemens

Jane Wenger Clemens is originally from southeastern Pa. From 1992-1994 Jane taught full-time in EMU’s social work program while her husband completed graduate work at the University of Va. Jane returned to EMU in August 2000 when Jane’s family moved to Harrisonburg from Dayton, Ohio. Jane brings 30 years of social work experience to EMU’s social work department. Past experience includes work in retirement communities in PA; Mennonite voluntary service on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, Browning, Montana.; work in a hospital and prenatal clinic, Philadelphia, PA; work at a school for children with disabilities, Norristown, PA; and work with adolescents, Dayton, OH. Jane earned a Bachelor of Arts in Social Services from Goshen (IN) College. and a Masters in Social Work from Marywood University, Scranton, PA. In addition to her teaching, Jane volunteers at Patchwork Pantry and Valley AIDS Network and partners with the Free Clinic in Harrisonburg. She is actively involved with her church. She is married and the proud parent of two young adult children.

B.A., Goshen College, Goshen, IN, 1974
Cross-Cultural semester in Honduras
MSW, Marywood University, Scranton, PA, 1986
Awarded the GEFFIN MEDAL for outstanding performance
in practicum education from the School of Social Work,
Marywood University.
Additional course work, seminars, workshops and training over the years related to the profession of social work.

-Presented Mandated Reporting of Child Abuse and Neglect,
a two hour seminar training for education students doing their student teaching, November 13, 2007 and March 18, 2008
-Presented at the Social Work Agencies Supervisors Appreciation Luncheon on The Teaching Partnership between University and Community Agency, April 15, 2008
-Presented: “Reflections on the Teaching Partnership between University and Agency” at the Annual EMU Social Work Orientation and Appreciation luncheon, April 12, 2007, for practicum agency supervisors and their EMU social work interns.
-Presented “Community Organizing Project Strategies” for Birth Matters Leadership Group, Harrisonburg, March 28, 2007.
-Invited in the fall and again in the spring to present a two-hour training for the EMU Education Department’s student teachers on “Child Abuse and Neglect Recognition, Reporting and Responding.” November 14, 2006 and March 20, 2007.
-Faculty facilitator for Safe Place student sponsored event, Common Grounds, February 27, 2007

Eastern Mennonite University:
-Mentor for new faculty mentee and participated in the Mentor/ Mentee Colloquium, Fall 2007 and Spring 2008
-Serve on the Washington Community Scholars Center’s Advisory Board as one of the faculty representatives
-Faculty adviser for Take Back The Night activities, October 3 and 4, 2007
-Participated in Rally In The Valley, October 4, 2007
-Serve on the EMU Library Committee
-Faculty Representative on the 2006-2007 Interim Faculty Senate
-Served on the Election Committee Spring 2007
-Washington Community Scholar’s Center faculty representative on the Advisory Board
-Take Back The Night faculty adviser
-SWIP faculty adviser
-Safe Place faculty adviser
-Continue to partner with WCSC and invite social work majors to consider this valuable experience of participating in EMU’s Washington DC program for one or two semesters.
Work with WCSC faculty to create agreeable arrangements for Social Work seniors planning their social work practicum in Washington DC as a part of the WCSC program. This is an asset to the social work program allowing urban internships and study or urban practicum opportunities for EMU social work students.
Community:
-Vice-President of Valley AIDS Network, participated in fund-raising events and the work of the Board, including Search Committees
-Vice-President of the Virginia Social Work Educators Consortium
-Volunteer at Patchwork Pantry and partner with Harrisonburg/Rockingham Co Free Clinic
-Ongoing relationship with human service agencies in the community via required placements in Exploring Social Work, Social Work Practice II and the social work senior practicum.
-Volunteer interviewer at Patchwork Pantry, a community-based food distribution service
-Volunteer intake worker at Harrisonburg/Rockingham Co. Free Clinic
-Valley AIDS Network (VAN) Board Member
-Member of the committee that planned the local 5K AIDS Walk/Run
-Birth Matters Leadership Committee member
Church:
-Active member at Community Mennonite Church, including participation in a CMC small group
-Playing in Community Mennonite Church’s cello quartet
-Co-Coordinator of REACH, a community outreach program which supplements People Helping People, an interdenominational community outreach organization.
-Teach the Sunday School class for 5-year old children at CMC, and assist with other needs at the church.

-National Association of Social Work
-Virginia Chapter National Association of Social Work
-Council of Social Work Education
-Virginia Social Work Education Consortium

- Invited and attended the The Woman Warrior: Finding Your Way At Work, for women leaders in Higher Education in the Shenandoah Valley held at James Madison University, May 7, 2008
- “From Exile to Inclusion: A Community for Everyone” Addressing the challenge of building community in our churches for persons with disabilities and their families. Presented by Anabaptist Disabilities Network, (ADNet), Director, Paul Leichty, hosted locally by Pleasant View, Inc. May 12, 2007.
-“Learning Outcomes and Aligned Assessments” workshop led by EMU’s Lori Lehman, Education Professor, May 2, 2007.
-March is Social Work Month: provided coordination for EMU’s Social Work Department to host the National Coalition for the Homeless, Washington, DC, for a day of classroom guest speakers and an evening presentation/workshop on “Understanding and Advocacy: Homelessness in the USA”, March 22, 2007.
-National Association of Social Work and James Madison University Department of Social Work workshop, “Providing Quality Field Supervision” by Em Parente, LCSW
February 23, 2007.
-Clinical Supervision Certification Program, Fredericksburg, VA, October 28-29, 2006
- “Rally In The Valley”, a social work gathering for faculty and students from all the accredited social work programs in the state of Virginia, October 5 and 6, 2006.