Department Staff

Lori Boucher,  student services specialist

• Assistant to director of graduate studies

• Monitors student degree progress and counsels students on policies & procedures, including providing direction on approved curriculum and program specific requirements to meet degree requirements

• Manages curriculum process for the department

• Provides student data reporting

• Coordinates Graduate Student Events (Orientation, Research Day & Commencement)

Amanda Nelson, communications and marketing manager

• Communications strategy and marketing

• Web development, blog, and social media

• Newsletter

• Department media contact

Rochelle Hammer, department administrator

• Assistant to department chair

• Human resources consultation

• Oversight of department budget and review and approve departmental purchases

• Purchases approval

• Contracts

• Scholarship and fellowship awards

• Intranet, handbook

• Policy & procedure consultation

• Space management

Purchasing and operations assistant

• Reimbursements & payments

• Purchasing

• PCard reconciliation

• Textbooks

• Supplies & copies

• Facilities rep

• Keys & UCard access

• Manages Department Chair's calendar

Sharon Sawyer, academic support specialist (CE, PsyF, QME)

• Assists with graduate student admission and orientation for psychological foundations of education (PsyF), quantitative methods in education (QME) and counselor education (CE)

• Processes grade changes for PsyF QME, and CE, processes textbook and desk copy requests for PsyF QME, and CE instructors and TAs

• Schedules PsyF/QME & CE courses

• Permission numbers for PsyF/QME & CE coursese

• SRTs and independent study grades

• Program coordinator support

Sara Burrington, academic support specialist (ASL, School Psych, SpEd)

• Assists with graduate and undergraduate student admission and orientation for school psychology, special education and ASL

• Processes grade changes for school psychology, special education and ASL

• Processes textbooks and desk copy requests for instructors and TAs for school psychology, special education and ASL

• Schedules Special Ed, School Psychology, and ASL courses

• Permission numbers for ASL, School Psych and Special Ed courses

• SRTs and independent study grades

• Program coordinator support

Alicia Vegell, HR liaison

• Basic HR questions

• Payroll

• Time sheets

• Hiring & searches

• Performance reviews

• Promotion & tenure

Angi Aune, Finance professional

• Review and approve financial documents for the department and sponsored research projects

• Work with department staff to reconcile payroll distributions

• Work with Principal Investigators by providing financial information and forecasting for future spending

• Provide regular budget updates to department staff and principal investigators regarding their sponsored projects