Our people
A page within Multicultural Student Services
Director
- Multicultural Student Services Director
- 1111 Centennial Hall
- vsanchez@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.8834
Specialty areas:
Multicultural Student Organizations
Leadership & Career Development
Academic & Financial Retention
Intercultural Development
Our Staff
- Assistant Director for Retention
- Centennial Hall
- rhawkins@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.8228
Specialty areas:
Lawton Grant; Peer Tutoring; High-Impact Practice Design and Delivery; Assessment; Multicultural Student Engagement
- Student Leadership Development Program Coordinator
- Centennial Hall
- jbanjiram@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.8833
Specialty areas:
Multicultural Student Organizations (MSOs), Leadership opportunities, Leadership workshops, Event planning, Policy and procedure guidance.
- Pre-College Services Coordinator
- 1101 Centennial Hall
- skuhl@uwlax.edu
Specialty areas:
Pre-College Programs
NASA
- Retention Specialist
- 1101 Centennial Hall
- lzou@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.8827
Specialty areas:
Lawton Grant, Peer Tutoring
- Retention Specialist
- 1101 Centennial Hall
- nxiong2@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.8824
Specialty areas:
Offer social support and personal guidance to OMSS students who are recipients of the Lawton Grant.
Act as the primary advisor for the AERIE LLC, a cohort consisting of 20 first-year students and 4 Peer Mentors.
Partners in Residence
- Violence Prevention Specialist
- 406D Wimberly Hall
- bmcconaughey@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.5126
Specialty areas:
MY OFFICE IS LOCATED IN WIMBERLY HALL ROOM 406B FOR SPRING SEMESTER 2025!
Pride Center Office Hours: Tuesdays from noon to 2:00
Multicultural Student Services Partner in Residence Hours: Wednesdays from 2:30 to 4:30
- Student Wellness Coordinator
- 406B Wimberly Hall
- ibeach@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.8977
Specialty areas:
Sexual health education, holistic wellness, peer education
Spring 2025 Office Hours:
Wednesdays from 2:30pm-4:30pm in OMSS (1101 Centennial Hall), or by appointment in 404 Wimberly Hall
- Counselor
- 2106 Centennial Hall
- ivaldezespinoza@uwlax.edu
Specialty areas:
Anxiety, depression, academic skills, and sleep problems
- Student
- bostwick1601@uwlax.edu
- Financial Aid Counselor
- 215 Graff Main Hall
- htalbot@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.8645
Specialty areas:
General Financial Aid, Student Support Services and Fostering Success Campus Partner, Lawton Grant and OMSS Campus Partner, Native American/Tribal Grants, GEAR UP Grants, Talent Incentive Program Grants
- Coordinator of Second Year Experience
- 406A Wimberly Hall
- tpetherbridge@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.8931
Current events
7 p.m. Sat, March 29
21st Annual Drag & 4th Annual Art Show
Come Celebrate Gender, Performance, and the Queer Community
Multiple dates (6 upcoming)
Wellness Wednesdays in OMSS
Office hours with the UWL Student Wellness Coordinator
10 to 11:30 a.m. Thu, April 3
Self-Care for Activists
Social Justice Week 2025