St. Paul Administrative Cluster Personnel

The St. Paul Administrative Cluster office in Gortner 140 is open 8:00am to 4:30pm Monday through Friday.

Sara Eliason - PMB Graduate Program Coordinator

PMB graduate program management: support and advising for students and faculty; admissions and recruitment; funding, budget tracking and management; coordinate teaching assistant positions and other graduate-student appointments; arrange PMB annual retreat and new student orientation; maintain PMB courses, provide permission numbers, order books and distribute student-evaluation surveys. College-level graduate student support and process: examination committees, leaves of absences, time extendsions and Graduate Student Board.

Extension: 5-4222

Email: seliason@umn.edu

Flex Schedule: in-person Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday; remote Monday and Friday

Neal Jahren - EEB Graduate Program Coordinator

EEB graduate program management: support and advising for students and faculty, graduate recruitment and program retreat. EEB graduate program budget, including research, travel and special recruitment awards. Coordinate teaching-assistant positons and other graduate-student appointments. Maintain undergraduate courses for EEB, provide permission numbers, order books and distribute student-evaluation surveys. 

Extension: 4-6770

Email: jahr0015@umn.edu

Nadia Joseph - Administrative Associate

Front-desk support, package receiving and sending, list-serve updates, room and meeting scheduling, U Market ordering, undergrad class permission numbers, undergrad class scheduling, and seminar organization for BTI, EEB and PMB. 

Extension: 6-9853

Email: josep529@umn.edu 

Flex Schedule: in-person Monday through Friday

Michael Ouverson - CBS Finance Support Coordinator & MicE Graduate Program Coordinator

Departmental purchasing, employee reimbursements and general accounting requests for CBS departments. Graduate-program management for Microbial Engineering. 

Extension: 4-3347

Email: ouver005@umn.edu

Flex Schedule: in-person Monday, Tuesday and Thursday; remote Wednesday and Friday

Ruth Weleczki - CBS Project Specialist

Coordinate and manage annual review and P&T processes for BTI, EEB and PMB faculty; coordinate and manage faculty searches; visa navigation help for scholars; provide and oversee web and print communication for BTI, EEB and PMB seminars.

Extension: 4-1449

Email: rweleczk@umn.edu

Flex Schedule: in-person Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday; remote Monday and Friday

Annie Yetter - CBS Facilities Representative

Department facilities liaison for CBS faculty and graduate students, contact for U Card and key requests, building emergencies, autoclave issues, space-use updates and coordination of deliveries requiring FM assistance.

Extension: 5-8083

Email: ayetter@umn.edu

Flex Schedule: in-person 8:00am to 2:00pm Monday through Friday; remote 2:00pm to 4:30pm Monday through Friday

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