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
- Assistant Director for College Pathways
- 1101 Centennial Hall
- llauderdale@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.8928
Specialty areas:
Pre-College Programs, Lawton Grant, Peer Tutoring
- Student Leadership Development Program Coordinator
- Centennial Hall
- jbanjiram@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.8833
Specialty areas:
Multicultural Student Organizations (MSOs), Leadership opportunities, 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:
AERIE LLC
Lawton Grant
- Administrative Assistant II
- 1105 Centennial Hall
- ecervantes@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.8226
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!
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 and sexuality education
Holistic wellness
Peer education
Spring 2025 Office Hours
OMSS: Wednesdays from 2:30pm-4:30pm
Or by appointment in 404 Wimberly Hall (Spring 2025 relocation due to Graff Main Hall HVAC project)
- Counselor
- 2106 Centennial Hall
- ivaldezespinoza@uwlax.edu
Specialty areas:
Anxiety, depression, academic skills, and sleep problems
- Student
- bostwick1601@uwlax.edu
- Financial Aid Counselor
- 218 Cartwright Center
- htalbot@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.8645
Specialty areas:
Financial Aid Liaison for Office of Multicultural Student Services (OMSS), Student Support Services (SSS), and Fostering Success for Independent Scholars (FSIS); Academic Success Institute (ASI); GEAR UP; Lawton Grant, Native American/Tribal Grants; Talent Incentive Program (TIP)
- Coordinator of Second Year Experience
- 406A Wimberly Hall
- tpetherbridge@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.8931