Title: Senior Program Coordinator Department: Health Promotion and Wellness Where are you from? Arlington Heights, IL What brought you to Student Affairs? I joined Northwestern Student Affairs in August 2013 as a graduate social work intern in both CAPS and HPaW. I had experience with peer health education and psychoeducation with young adults prior to
Category: Staff Spotlight
Title: Staff Psychiatrist Department: Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) Where are you from? Pilsen (Chicago, IL) What brought you to Student Affairs? My area of interest is the young adult population or emerging adults. As a psychiatrist working in college mental health, this is the age when I can make the most impact in the
Title: Director Department: Special Projects Where are you from? Cleveland, Ohio, but I’ve lived in the Chicagoland area since 1976 What brought you to Student Affairs? I started as a temp working for Dorms and Commons, now known as Residential Services. I thought I was going to use my tuition benefit to become a teacher
Title: Resident Director Department: Residence Life Where are you from? Hiawatha, IA What brought you to Student Affairs? My passion for working with college students started in undergrad when I was a Resident Advisor. I wasn’t sure in what capacity I wanted to work with college students, so I pursued my MSW so I would
Name: Sharitza Rivera Title: Assistant Director Department: Student Enrichment Services What brought you to Student Affairs? I was working as a therapist in K-12 schools in Chicago. I felt frustrated that the work I was doing was helping a student survive, but not creating a larger impact on their life. I reflected on my own
Name: Joe Lattal Title: Assistant Director Department: Student Organizations & Activities Where are you from? Madison, Wisconsin What brought you to Student Affairs? Student Affairs is my third career. After finding another field unfulfilling, I decided to step away and reflect on where I thought I would be happiest professionally. Thoughts continuously returned to my
Name: Pawel Halemba Title: Maintenance Supervisor Department: Residential Services Where are you from? I moved to the U.S. from Poland when I was a teenager. Since then I always lived around Chicago. What brought you to Student Affairs? It was actually quite random, I saw the job posting online. Having extensive management background I thought
Name: Lucas Christain Title: Assistant Dean of Students and Director, Office of Student Conduct Department: Dean of Students Office Where are you from? Iowa What brought you to Student Affairs? Belonging brought me into student affairs. As a first gen student who struggled to find his place and often felt like an impostor, student affairs
Name: Eugenia Ortiz Title: Program Assistant Department: Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) Where are you from? Cicero, IL What brought you to Student Affairs? Ever since I started college, I began working in the Higher Education field and specifically in different roles among Student Affairs. I fell in love not only with the atmosphere but
Name: Chelsea O’Neil Karcher Title: Assistant Director of Social Justice Education Department: Campus Inclusion & Community Where are you from? Madison, WI What brought you to Student Affairs? I am so grateful for the opportunity to create spaces for connection, creativity, and transformation where students of all identities can thrive. Student Affairs is such a