Starting in the summer of 2013, Leslie Bleamaster, III has been working with faculty, students, facilities services, and the administrative and technical staff to coordinate support of teaching and research spaces of ten STEM departments and disciplines (Biology, Chemistry, Geosciences, Neuroscience, Physics & Astronomy, Psychology, Computer Science, Engineering Science, Mathematics, and the Animal Care and Resource Center) housed within the CSI. In addition, Leslie is responsible for the development and implementation of a new 21st century approach to department/faculty support, whereby independent department boundaries have blurred in attempts to promote, if not force, interdisciplinary collaboration.
Since 2008, David Ribble has been the lead faculty member (faculty shepherd) in charge of planning and designing the $127 million Center for the Sciences and Innovation at Trinity University. He has worked with consultants, architects, contractors, and numerous STEM departments of Trinity University in this effort. David is also a participant in Partnerships for Undergraduate Life Science Education (PULSE), a national effort to reform life science education. He regularly conducts external reviews of Biology Departments at private undergraduate institutions around the country to help them design purposeful curriculum relevant to the 21st century.
Stacey oversees a vibrant peer mentoring program designed to create a seamless and holistic transitional experience for new and transfer students. She has experience working with orientation, freshman seminar, first-year reading programs, parent and family programs, large scale programming, leadership initiatives, enrollment management, and living-learning communities. Stacey earned her master’s degree in community and college counseling from Longwood University. She is especially interested in the impact of parents and families on the transitional experience of new students.
Ken was named the university’s vice provost in January of 2013. As vice provost, he provides institutional leadership on issues related to strategic planning and institutional effectiveness and the accomplishment of goals through academic budgets, space plans, and instructional space renovation and improvement. He also oversees the Office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness, the Office of Assessment and Evaluation and the Center for Survey Research. Ken has served Virginia Tech as a university budget manager, finance officer for the provost, and associate provost. Ken has both chaired and staffed multiple committees charged with overall improvement of special sessions operations at Virginia Tech. He holds a PhD in Educational Leadership from Virginia Tech. Other AI contributions: Podcast – Conversations That Matter: Approaching the Academic Calendar More Creatively
Jayne oversees retention programs at ECU, a public institution with over 21,000 undergraduate students. In this role, Jayne coordinates the advising collaborative with over 50 professional advisors, oversees student support programs, and identifies new initiatives to improve retention and graduation rates. Jayne co-chairs a faculty/staff research group at ECU which studies the impact of their Early Alert and Connect process and has presented these findings at regional and national conferences. Jayne has over twenty-five years’ experience in higher education in teaching, advising and administrative roles.
Eric, principal and director of the student life studio at Ayers Saint Gross, is a national leader in the design of facilities for higher educational institutions, both domestically and abroad. With 27 years of experience, Eric is dedicated to the design and management of residential, dining, fitnesss, and student union facilities on campuses. His projects stretch from graduate housing at Education City, Doha, Qatar to West Texas A&M to Minnesota State University to University of Miami and the Universities of North Carolina and Virginia. Among Eric’s most notable projects are six new freshman residence halls and an admissions building at Emory University that have earned LEED Gold and Silver certifications. In addition to design, he undertakes strategic planning and programming for most of the student life facilities completed by the firm. Eric Moss frequently serves as a subject matter expert, having made more than 20 presentations for the Association of College and University Housing Officers – International (ACUHO-I), the preeminent professional association that supports and promotes the collegiate residential experience. Most recently, Eric authored an ACUHO-I on-line course for residence life professionals.
Through her research and data analysis, Carly Hendrix Mullins has been an integral part of UNT’s default prevention team since its inception in 2010. She has written much of UNT’s procedural documentation for managing student defaults, and she oversees staff training for lending and default prevention. Carly’s diverse knowledge of financial aid has served a vital role in streamlining UNT’s direct loan and state lending processes.
Ashley Hennigan is a community manager and communication strategist based in upstate New York. She is assistant director of social media strategy at Cornell University serving Alumni Affairs and Development. Prior to joining the social media team at Cornell, Ashley spent more than five years in Enrollment Management and Career Services at Rochester Institute of Technology. Ashley speaks about college admissions, communication and media technologies, and higher ed web strategy at regional and national conferences including NACAC, NYSACAC, HighEdWeb, PSUweb, Academic Impressions, .eduguru Summit, and others.
Suzanne Petrusch is honored to have joined Presbyterian College in June of 2016. For the past 12 years, she served as the Vice President for Enrollment Management at St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, where she oversaw the Offices of Admission, including Graduate & Adult Enrollment Services; Financial Assistance; Enrollment Marketing; and Student Retention. She focused on organizational change, professional development, data-driven enrollment strategies, marketing and communication, and the strategic use of financial aid in order to achieve transformation. Among markers of the division’s success, Suzanne notes the 28 percent increase in the size of the first-year class, the first enactment of a deposit wait list, and improvements in persistence of first-generation students. Further, the University realized a gain of 18.2% in the four-year graduation rate within 10 years. Suzanne’s move to San Antonio followed 15 years of progressive responsibility at the University of Dayton where she served as the Assistant Vice President for Enrollment Management. Among her favorite responsibilities at UD, she counts successfully coordinating and implementing the marketing and communications plans for the enrollment management division, integrating media and new technologies, and being charged with re-engineering the University’s graduate student marketing and admission operations. Prior to joining the […]
Joel is currently in his seventh year as the Assignment Manager for UT Housing at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. In his role he oversees contracting, assignments, billing, occupancy management, commuter students, contract releases, and a number of other, smaller areas associated with those larger ones. Before coming to Knoxville, Joel was a residence hall director at SUNY Cortland and at University at Albany. During this time he also completed his master’s degree in Education Administration and Policy Studies. In addition to his duties at UT Housing, he also serves as the staff advisor for the Lambda Student Union and is a longstanding member of the Chancellor’s Commission for LGBT People.
