Malissa Larson, Director
Hello! I am the Director of the Office of Disability Services. I attended Western Oregon University (then named Western Oregon State College) for my undergraduate degree as well as my master's degree. I graduated with my undergraduate degree in American Sign Language/English Interpretation in 1997. My family then moved out of state for a few years and I returned to WOU in 2000 as the Accommodations Coordinator/Staff Interpreter. In Fall of 2003 I started my master's degree in Rehabilitation Counseling with an emphasis in Deafness at WOU and graduated in June 2005. Before returning to Western, I worked for a brief time as a mental health counselor for Deaf and Hard of Hearing adults and a Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor. I started as the Director of Disability Services in January 2008. Professionally I would like to become as versed as possible in a variety of disabilities and learn how to best provide services for each person in the post-secondary education environment.
Susie Friberg, Interpreter Coordinator
Susie Friberg holds a BS in Secondary Education: English from Boise State University and a Masters of Science in Deaf Education from Western Oregon University. Currently she is RID Certified: NIC and K-12. This is her 6th year at Western as the Interpreter Coordinator. Professional goals include broadening her knowledge of the Interpreting field in terms of Community, Medical, Mental Health and Post-Secondary needs.
Earlee Kerekes-Mishra, Accommodations Coordinator
Earlee holds a Bachelor of Science in Communication Studies and a Certificate in Conflict Resolution from Oregon Institute of Technology, and a Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership from Gonzaga University. She has been with the Office of Disability Services since January of 2008.
Mollie Loving, Administrative Program Assistant
Mollie has worked at Western for 30 years. (Yes, back when it was the Oregon College of Education.) My first ten years I worked in the Special Education Division, the next ten in Career Services, and the most recent ten in Disability Services.
Peter Flora, Staff Interpreter
Peter graduated from Western Oregon University with a Bachelor degree in ASL/English Interpreting in 2007, and has been working at WOU since 2006.
Myk Rose, Staff Interpreter
Myk graduated from WOU in 2008 with a Bachelor degree in ASL/English Interpreting and has been working at WOU as an Interpreter dince September 2008. He has passed his EIPA written and performance and hopes to become NIC certified within a couple of years.
Sarah Hewlett, Staff Interpreter
Sarah holds a BS in Special Education and Rehabilitation/Educational Sign Language Interpreting from the University of Arizona. She has worked in a variety of interpreting settings, but the majority has been education. She started working at WOU at the start of Fall 2009.
Interpreter Coordinator, Susie Friberg and Staff Interpreters Sarah Hewlett, Peter Flora and Myk Rose at WOU's 2011 Commencement Ceremony.
