Chicago, Illinois, United States
Shaz Rasul serves as the Chief Programs Officer for High Jump Chicago. He leads strategy and day-to-day operation of all programs at High Jump, including the flagship campus-based Scholars program, new neighborhood-based Community Scholars program, and the Alumni Scholars program extension. Shaz will also supervise program recruitment with an eye toward growth and equity in access while ensuring that High Jump’s community continues to affirm and support students. Shaz is an accomplished program leader - developing, implementing, innovating, and sustaining programming at the University of Chicago for 20+ years. He previously served as the Executive Director of Education Partnerships & Student Civic Engagement in the University's Office of Civic Engagement (OCE). Shaz has led program teams in student civic engagement, nonprofit capacity building, digital equity, and PK-12 Education. For almost a decade, Shaz led the Neighborhood Schools Program, which partners with local schools to give University students the opportunity to provide direct education and enrichment to pre-K to 12th-grade students. He was the founding director of the Community Programs Accelerator, which helps equip nonprofits that serve the South Side with tools and resources to fulfill their unique missions. He has led OCE's strategy around Student Civic Engagement and led the University's Community Service Center team. Most recently, Shaz worked to develop educational partnerships to advance inclusive innovation in the STEM fields. Beyond the University, Shaz served in the US Peace Corps in South Africa, was named a Leadership Greater Chicago Fellow (2019), and serves on the boards of MetroSquash and EasterSeals serving Chicagoland and Greater Rockford. Shaz holds a Bachelor's degree in Sociology and a Master's in Computer Science from the University of Chicago. Shaz's commitment to improving the work of our programs will ensure that all programs effectively grow students' academic abilities, strengthen their social and emotional learning, and equip them to thrive in high school and beyond.
Leads strategy and day-to-day operation of all programs at High Jump, including the flagship campus-based Scholars program, new neighborhood-based Community Scholars program, and the Alumni Scholars program extension. Also, supervises program recruitment with an eye toward growth and equity in access while ensuring that High Jump’s community continues to affirm and support students.
LGC Fellow Since 2019
The University Community Service Center (UCSC) has reported up to me within the Office of Civic Engagement in some fashion since 2019. I have literally been in the interim director role on two occasions - January-July 2019 and September 2021-June 2022. In both those years, we took major steps forward in our orientation programming while searching for a new director.
http://civicengagement.uchicago.edu/features/nsp-and-ucsc-celebrate-milestone-anniversaries-for-student-civic-engagement/