First-gen Success Stories
Our students have the support of the following faculty and administrators (and more!) who serve as examples of individuals who were once in their shoes as first generation college students:
Julie Burkholder
Business management and marketing student from Elkhart, Indiana
Lisa Hale
Associate Professor of Education
Elizabeth Hennon Peters
Associate Professor of Psychology
Su Jin Jeong
Director of the Institute for Public Health / Associate Professor
Marisa Patterson-Knox
Administrative Assistant for Languages and Cultures, Archaeology, and First Year Seminar
Todd Matteson MA, MFA
Department Chair, Associate Professor of Art
Samantha Nelson
Accounting student from Poplar Bluff, Missouri
Alex Ortiz
2021-22 President, Student Government Association
Mari Plikuhn
Director of Sociology Programs and Director of the Gerontology Center
Rob Shelby
Vice President for Talent & Community and Chief Inclusion & Equity Officer
Danielle Williams
Collection Development / Electronic Resources Librarian / Professor
Kimberly Zamora
Exercise science student from Round Lake, Illinois
- Dr. Vincent Campese, Associate Professor/Psychology and Director of Neuroscience Program
- Dr. Jared Fulcher, Associate Dean, School of Engineering and Computer Science
- Dr. Cris Hochwender, Professor/Biology
- Mr. Ralph Larmann, Professor Emeritus of Art
- Ms. Leanne Nayden, Lecturer, Coordinator of Student Teaching
- Christopher M. Pietruszkiewicz, President
- Dr. Elizabeth Powell, Associate Professor/Biology
- Dr. Diana Rodríguez Quevedo, Associate Professor of Spanish
- Dr. Jim Ware, Professor Emeritus of Religion
- Dr. Katie Whetstone, Clinical Associate Professor of Physical Therapy
