Sarah has been instrumental in developing the new position of first-year experience and outreach librarian at CSUB. She has worked to integrate the library and the teaching of research skills into more aspects of the campus, including athletics, transfer student programming and the First-Year Experience program. Sarah has taught dozens of one-shot library orientation sessions to undergraduate and graduate students and teaches library research skills labs to students taking English Composition every quarter. She has also been an instructor in the CSUB FYE program for the past two years.
Helping adult students find the right path continues to be one of the most exciting aspects of her many responsibilities at the University of South Florida. She is currently involved with adult students who are primarily transitioning from one career/degree to another. Just prior to her current position, Jody worked with adult students both within Student Affairs and Academic Affairs at Saint Leo. She created an online student affairs portal, orientation, and transitions course for their entire online adult student population. Through this experience, Jody learned a great deal about how adult learners utilize web-based services and how the web can be used to create a caring and supportive environment for them.
As a retired 20 year Air Force Veteran, and former director of a Job Corp Center, Coach Lemelle’s work in student development focuses on outside of the box strategies to foster high self-esteem, motivation, building leadership skills and academic achievement in students whom others have deemed hopeless. Dalton’s L.E.A.R.N. (Leadership, Education, Accountability, Respect, Nurture) concept helps young people to pursue their dreams and goals, and provides opportunities for future academic and personal growth that will further these dreams and goals. Through these strategies, Dalton founded, started and coached the men’s basketball program at Pulaski Technical College. Students in the program have exemplified the necessary academic and non-academic tools to be successful in school, home, and the community.
Since Dr. Armenti’s arrival at California University in 1992, applications have increased by 90 percent, average SAT scores have increased by 95 points, FTE enrollments have increased by 30 percent, and four-year graduation rates have increased by 80 percent. Many new academic programs have been initiated, including Master of Social Work, Master of Arts in Teaching, Master of Science in Multi-Media Technology, sports management, graphic design, computer engineering technology, criminal justice, and legal studies. Angelo’s leadership has led to other accomplishments as well, including the creation of an athletic hall of fame, completion of the college’s first capital campaign, adoption of a university bill of rights, formation of a new governance structure, introduction of a new general education curriculum, and construction of several new institutional buildings.
Bob Massa is responsible for electronic and print publications, college positioning, and marketing and public relations. Prior to assuming his position at Lafayette, Bob served as vice president for enrollment management and college relations at Dickinson College and dean of enrollment at Johns Hopkins University. He has published widely in books and journals in the field of college admissions and enrollment management and is active as an instructor and journal editor in national organizations for admissions and financial aid professionals.
Linda launched the Portland Alumni Career Services program in fall 2008. Besides working with students and recent UO graduates to help them initiate job searches and form professional connections, Linda works to connect employed UO alumni to the career center to provide advice, share their knowledge, and identify potential employees. Linda just completed her term as a member of the UO Alumni Association Board of Directors and currently serves as a founding board member of WaterAfrica, a non-profit focused on raising awareness and funds for clean water in Africa.
Karen oversees a team of 15 analysts that conduct research and assign credit rating to more than 750 colleges, universities, and other not-for-profit organizations in the United States. She is a member of the rating committee for the higher education and not-for-profit, healthcare, and state rating teams and has direct analytical responsibility for a diverse portfolio of institutions, including Ivy League universities, large public university systems, complex academic medical centers, and nationally prominent, not-for-profit organizations. Karen has authored publications on topics including governance and management of US universities, rating migration trends in the higher education sector, and privatized student housing and debt capacity. Karen received her B.A. in political science from Brown University and an M.P.A. from the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin. Prior to joining Moody’s, she worked at the Georgia Institute of Technology and interned at Monsanto.
