Advising

Title: Director of Academic Advising & Student Success

Email: [email protected]

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Advisor for: Nursing

• Started at Spalding in: October 2018
• Majored in: B.A. in Psychology and Music; M.A. in Higher Education Administration
• Favorite PopTart: S’mores
• Proudest accomplishment(s): Running 3 half-marathons

Title: Associate Director of Academic Advising & Student Success

Email: [email protected]

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Advisor for: Creative Arts, Education, Undecided

• Started at Spalding in: July 2017
• Majored in: Industrial Engineering
• Best advice ever read/received: “Listen fully and fight the impulse to think of a response while the other person is speaking”
• Favorite singer/band: Earth, Wind, and Fire; Michael Jackson; Prince; Mary J Blige; Gladys Knight; Beyonce; H.E.R.; Sam Smith
• Favorite dessert: Ice cream
• Proudest accomplishment(s): Changing career paths from engineering to education
• 3 things to have on a desert island: source of drinkable water, cell phone w/ service, large utility knife

Title: Retention Specialist & Academic Advisor

Email: [email protected]

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Advisor for: Communication, Psychology

• Started at Spalding in: August 2022
• Majored in: BA in Liberal Studies & Psychology, MS in Social Work
• Best advice you’ve ever received: “Assume that everyone is trying their best”
• Favorite singer/band :The Avett Brothers, The Story So Far, Jon Bellion
• Favorite PopTart: Cherry
• Proudest accomplishment(s): Getting to be an aunt
• What are 3 things that you would want to have if you were stranded on an island? My dogs, iced coffee, and cell phone with service (to be able to leave when I want)

Title: Academic Advisor

Email: [email protected]

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Advisor for: Criminal Justice, Health Science, Social Work

• Started at Spalding in: August 2016
• Majored in: Communications
• Best advice ever read/received: “Today is Tomorrow’s Yesterday. Remember that tomorrow may not always be there, which makes today your focus and it only occurs once in your lifetime.”
• Favorite singer/band: “Too many to list! I love all genres but my favorite era is 80’s music.”
• Favorite PopTart: Frosted Brown Sugar Cinnamon and Frosted Hot Fudge Sundae
• Proudest accomplishment(s): graduating college and being a mother
• 3 things to have on a desert island: “If all life sustaining essentials were available, I would want my daughter, my cat, and my pillow; otherwise, I would opt for a hammock, fishing net, and a book.”