ACCESS BELONGING ENGAGEMENT SUCCESS

resulting in the students personal and professional goals achieved; moving students forward toward their successes as people, employees, and leaders

Pillars Of Education

Organization Map

The offices in the Division of Student Affairs are separated into four departments: Enrollment Services, Student Life, Student Transitions & Success, and Student Planning & Administration.

Counseling & Psychological Services

Disability Resources for Students

Housing & Residence Life

Student Advocacy & Support

Student Conduct & Academic Integrity

Student Involvement & Leadership

Student Health

University Y Student Center

STUDENT LIFE

Admissions

Registrar

Student Financial Aid & Scholarships

Veteran & Military Resource Center

ENROLLMENT SERVICES

VICE CHANCELLOR FOR STUDENT AFFAIRS

STUDENT

TRANSITIONS & SUCCESS

DIVISION OF STUDENT AFFAIRS

STUDENT PLANNING & ADMINISTRATION

Administration Facilities Finance

Human Resources

Marketing & Communications

Development & Education

Generation Student Initiatives

Student & Family Programs

Pathways to Promise

Pre-Collegiate Programs

About Student Affairs

Meet The Team

The Division of Student Affairs is comprised of over 75 professional staff and more than 120 student employees.

Executive Leadership Team

Mentha Hynes-Wilson Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs

Dr. Bernard Anderson Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Life

Shannon Carr Assistant Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Services

Amanda Figueroa Senior Director for Student Transitions & Success

Sean Schmidt Assistant Director of Student Planning & Administration

Anna Chatman Executive Assistant to the Vice Chancellor

LEADERSHIP TEAM

Ramon Borunda Associate Director of Residence Life

Andrea Coker-Anderson Registrar

Megan Cooley Associate Director of Admissions Recruitment

Ryan Davidson Resident Director

Victor Flores Associate Director of Disability Resources for Students

Elizabeth Hansen Director of Student Involvement & Leadership

Stephon Harris Associate Director of New Student & Family Programs

Conor Leary Assistant Director of Student Involvement

Tori Hill-Ouhl Director of Student Financial Aid

Roseann Martinez, LCSW Assistant Director of Student Advocacy & Support

Juanita Murillo Garcia Director of Veteran & Military Resource Center

Dr. Cassandra Nichols Director of Counseling & Psychological Services

Yanira Pacheco Ortiz First Generation Student Initiatives Coordinator

Surtida Shelton Director of Student Conduct & Academic Integrity

Myria Stevens Associate Director of Admissions Operations

Dawn Williams Assistant Director of Career Development & Education

Navia Winderling Assistant Director of Admissions Marketing & Communications

Our Roadmap

Our roadmap provides a summary of each quarter and what we focused on.

Summer 2021 The Pack Is Coming Back

In Summer 2021, the Division of Student Affairs progressed toward the goal of moving forward and coming back to campus. Supporting the well-being of staff and students was and is our greatest priority. We hosted a weekly Welcome Back to Campus brown bag discussion to help with the return to campus. The purpose of the session was to provide an avenue for staff to ask questions, give updates, and provide feedback regarding returning to onsite work and to receive our best answers during this changeable period. The forum was guided by a Welcome Back to Campus anonymous survey that captured staff’s thoughts about returning to onsite work, benefits of having worked remotely, feelings of excitement and anxiety during this transition, and more. The survey results helped inform decisions and actions as well as allowed leadership to inquire with others for more information to give staff and students resources offered beyond Student Affairs.

During this time, Student Affairs also completed its first cohort of training led by the Center for Ethical Leadership focusing on pursuing equity in a moral framework and co-creating a more antiracist culture across the Student Affairs Division and UW Tacoma.

Autumn 2021

Meeting Students Where They Are And Creating A Sense Of Belonging

Autumn 2021 started with our annual Student Affairs Retreat where we invited Dr. Bernadette Han to lead us in a discussion about returning to campus and potential unconscious expectations of how things should be. This included helping us look at this transition using the psychology of change to unfreeze -> change -> refreeze to help us bridge the world and find a new norm. Using this strategy, Student Affairs went on a journey of exploration on how to best transition back to campus, seeking input across the Division. A lot of energy was spent on reimagining how to deliver good programs and services in a hybrid environment, providing accommodations of virtual and face to face opportunities and options to meet students both in person and online.

Important to every staff member in the Division of Student Affairs is that students feel supported in the process of transitioning to a new norm and feel a sense of belonging and purpose while pursuing their degrees at the University of Washington Tacoma. Using this mindset, we have begun the process of looking ahead at the next 5 years and exuding our energy around creative thought and strategic planning, establishing our new way forward.