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Position: Director, Academic Advising and Learning Center
Education: I completed my undergraduate degree in English Literature from the University of Puget Sound and my Masters in Education in College Student Services Administration from Oregon State University. I currently am pursuing my doctorate in Educational Leadership from Portland State University.
My research areas focus on foster youth, motivation, resiliency, advising and first-generation students. I present on these topics both nationally and internationally. I have been awarded the Gail Rola Memorial Award for Leadership with Passion and Integrity and also received the 2010 Outstanding Academic Advising Administrator award from NACADA The Global Community of Advising. Currently I am the Director of the Academic Advising and Learning Center at Western Oregon University. I am particularly drawn to first generation students and their transition into and through college as I was a first generation student myself.
 Tamie Saffell
Position: Associate Director, Academic Advising and Learning Center
Education: I received my B.S. in Elementary Education from Iowa Wesleyan College in Mt Pleasant, Iowa. I graduated with my M.A. in Student Development in Post-secondary Education from the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa.
Most of my research focused on the exploratory student and the process of choosing a major. In my current position at Western, I am able to combine my love of teaching by working with students entering the COE and my love of career exploration by working with exploratory students and teaching a Career Decision-making course. I began working at WOU in January 2006 as an academic advisor. In August 2008 I moved into the newly created Assistant Directors position. Currently I am the Associate Director of the Academic Advising and Learning Center.
Position: Bilingual Academic Advisor, Academic Advising and Learning Center
Education: I graduated with Magna Cum Laude honors from Portland State University with a B.S. in Liberal Studies and a Chicano/Latino Studies minor. I am currently enrolled in the Postsecondary Adult Continuing Education (PACE) Masters program at PSU with an emphasis on Student Services.
My experience working with students began at Chemeketa Community College where I worked in the Office of Student Life, first as a Student Ambassador, then as a College Recruiter for the College Assistance Migrant Program. I began working for WOU as a Spanish Bilingual Academic Advisor in February of 2009 and utterly enjoy it.
Position: Academic Advisor, Academic Advising and Learning Center
Education: I graduated from Western Oregon University receiving a Double B.S. Degree in Speech Communication and in Social Science with a minor in Humanities. I currently am pursuing my M.S. degree in Communication from Portland State University.
My experience in higher education began at WOU in the Academic Advising and Learning Center in April 2007 when I began working as a student, in the role of a Peer Advisor. Following graduation in December 2009 I was brought back into the Academic Advising and Learning Center as an Academic Advisor.
Position: Academic Advisor, Academic Advising and Learning Center
Education: I have a B.A. degree in Social Science from Minot State University (ND) and M.A. in Counseling from the University of North Dakota (UND)
My work experience in higher education includes a few years in admissions and registrar’s offices plus many years of academic advising. At UND, I advised undeclared freshmen and managed the Summer Registration Program before moving to the Center for Aerospace Studies to advise aviation students. The next 15 years were spent at the University of Alaska Anchorage advising undeclared students and directing the Advising and Counseling Center. I began working at WOU in August 2006. |
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