Our service members serve the communities of Montana and the United States of America through indirect service to break the cycle of poverty at tribal community colleges and universities, sustain national parks, improve disaster resiliency, assist seniors, and mentor students.
Service members come from across the country, dedicating their talents and time to create infrastructure, capacity, and programs that allow organizations to serve their communities with greater efficiency, scope, and scale.
Through MCNCE, our 2026-2027 VISTA Cohort is dedicated to strengthening food security, educational outcomes for socioeconomically disadvantaged students, curricular development, and community cultural engagement.
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MarLynn Cloud
Montana International Choir Festival
As a Youth Outreach Specialist, MarLynn is working to expand access to artistic and cross-cultural events to youth programs across Montana.
Gabsu Smallwood
Boys and Girls Club of the Northern Cheyenne
As a Cultural Education Developer, Gabsu is working to build youth cultural enrichment programs to better academic outcomes and upward mobility.
Zoe Belinda
University of Montana – Office of Sustainability
As Campus Resource & Sustainability Coordinator, Zoe is developing UM Campus Thrift Store’s operations and student engagement towards UM’s zero waste programing.
Bonnie Moore
Experiential Learning and Career Success
As a Volunteer Engagement & Career Readiness Developer, Bonnie is working to expand UM student volunteering and community engagement.
Allie Ouendag
Mansfield Center
As a Civic Education Developer, Allie is working to improve and develop civic education curricula and programs at UM to underserved communities.
Meadow Stainbrook
Miles Community College
As a Civic Engagement Coordinator, Meadow is developing programs and services that connect students to volunteering opportunities to combat food insecurity and poverty.
Michaela Salabye
Great Falls College
As a Service Learning Coordinator, Michael is developing programs and infrastructure to support student service learning, volunteer activities, and the bridging of classroom theory to real world needs.
ThuongAn TranVu
Montana Campus Network For Civic Engagement
As a VISTA Team Leader, ThuongAn provides member support and develops resources for VISTA members across Montana.
Tammy King
MSU Billings Native American Achievement Center
As a Community Outreach Specialist, Tammy will work to strengthen Native student success through development of the Elder-In-Residence program.
Aubrey Pfalzgraf
Fort Peck Community College
As a Natural Resource Curriculum Developer, Aubrey is working to improve and develop a natural resource curriculum that works in concert with tribal natural resource managers and employers.
Tyler S Running Crane
Blackfeet Community College – Student Success
As a Student Engagement Coordinator, Tyler is developing organizational capacity for BCC’s student success initiatives to address barriers to student retention and completion.
Malone Ingram
Davidson Honors College
As a Student Access & Student Success Coordinator, Malone is working to increase DHC’s capacity to assist economically disadvantaged students.
Rachelle Lang
Military and Veteran Services Office
As a Veteran & Military Student Success Data Analyst, Rachelle is working to help veteran students and families break the cycle of poverty by strengthening student retention and degree completion.
Annie Meek
UM Tribal Outreach
As a Tribal Outreach Coordinator, Annie is working to increase Native student access to higher education and foster tribal relationships with UM.
Gregory Ray
Dawson Community College
As a Dawson Promise Program Development Coordinator, Gregory is working to develop and strengthen programs that help at-risk youth transition out of the foster program.
AnnaBella Teggeman
Global Leadership Institute at the University of Montana
As a Global Leadership Initiative Program Analyst, AnnaBella is working to increase UM’s capacity to recruit and retain low-income, Native, and refugee students.
Samuel Donovan
North Valley Food Bank
As an Equitable Food Systems Coordinator, Samuel is working to alleviate the food insecurity in northwest Montana.
Hannah Gangwish
Opportunity Link
As a Local Food Systems Coordinator, Hannah is working to alleviate poverty to low-income farmers in the Rocky Boy and Folk Belknap communities.
Erin Hunt
University Of Montana ASUM
As a Food Pantry and Program Development Coordinator, Erin is building student awareness, services, and operational capacity at ASUM Bear Necessities.
Isaac Gonzalez
Aaniiih Nakoda College
As a Food Access & Outreach Coordinator, Issaac is working to expand ANC Food Lodge’s capacity to provide services to its students, recruit volunteers and staff, and develop free lunch services.
Sydney Greek
Cultivating Connections
As a Communications & Impact Specialist, Sydney is working to expand CCMT’s capacity to market to increase access to nutritious local food and strengthen youth work-readiness.
Ruth Holiday
North Valley Food Bank
As a Sustainable Access to Local Food Developer, Ruth is working to alleviate the food insecurity in northwest Montana.
Rebecca Maine
Montana Campus Network For Civic Engagement
As the Campus Food Pantry Network Developer, Rebecca is working to expand anti-hunger work and food access in campuses across Montana.
Kendall Power
Montana State University – Office of Student Engagement
As a Food Pantry and Student Engagement Developer, Kendall is developing systems to allow the Bounty of Bridgers food pantry to operate independently and strengthen student involvement.
Sara Vanderwyk
Salish Kootenai College – Center for Prevention & Wellness
As a Food Access Developer, Sara is developing SKC’s food pantry capacity to train staff and student leaders to increase healthy food access to students and their families.
Robert Welch
Flathead Valley Community College – Student Support Services
As a Food Security & Civic Engagement Coordinator, Robert is working to strengthen food security, student wellbeing, and FVCC’s culture of civic engagement through its student food pantry.
Where We’re Serving
Our 2026 August VISTA cohort is spread across 14 counties and handling 25 distinct projects.
Our Service Programs
Campus Corps VISTAS:
From Fall 2025 to Spring 2026, MCNCE conducted a statewide needs assessment and planning process for the Campus Network, supported by a Planning Grant from the Governor’s Office of Community Service. Over these eight months, MCNCE engaged staff, administrators, faculty, and students across the state to understand local and statewide needs and develop a coherent statewide strategy. Two priorities emerged: student belonging and hunger, supported by compelling state-wide data.
Nationally, 41% of college students experience food insecurity; in Montana, that figure rises to 51.7% across public universities, private colleges, and Tribal Colleges. Within the Montana University System specifically, 69% of students reported feeling isolated from others, and 81% said mental health negatively impacted their academic performance(Healthy Minds Study, 2024).
To address these needs cohesively, MCNCE created a VISTA cohort dedicated to cultivating belonging through civic engagement and combating student hunger by expanding food pantry capacity and other on-campus food access and reuse initiatives. Co-designed with those partners from project design to member training plans to individual position descriptions, in it’s first year this program placed 9 full-time Campus Corps VISTA members at 8 campuses across Montana.
We are proud to have VISTA serving at Aaniiih Nakoda College, Blackfeet Community College Student Success, University of Montana’s Bear Necessities, University of Montana Office of Sustainability, Montana State University, Salish Kootenai College, Miles Community College, Flathead Valley Community College, and Great Falls College. This is the accumulation of large amounts of work made possible only through the active engagement and support of our partners.
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