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Mark Rameker
Name

Mark Rameker

Senior Director

Residence Life

Office

201 Johnston Commons
University Park. PA 16802

Education
  • Undergraduate
    Psychology, University of Wisconsin - LaCrosse

  • Graduate
    Student Affairs Administration, Ball State

  • Terminal
    Doctorate in Higher Education, Penn State

Professional Passions

Mark is originally from the great state of Wisconsin. He has worked at four institutions of higher education; Ball State University, San Diego State University, University of California - San Diego, and the Pennsylvania State University. He has extensive experience with crisis response, leadership development, equity and inclusion initiatives, human resources, and living-learning environments at each institution.

Mark has been a university judicial officer at San Diego State University and at Penn State. He also had oversight for the residential conduct process at the University of California - San Diego and the Penn State - University Park campus.

Mark truly enjoys the development of students and staff. Providing opportunities for students to learn through out of the classroom experiences and gain skills to help them throughout their life is a true passion.

Mark’s research interests include: Senior level administrative decision-making in Student Affairs, Alcohol issues in Higher Education, Legal issues in Higher Education, Living-Learning communities, and Cocurricular development and implementation.

Personal Interests
  • Spending time with family
  • Traveling
  • Snorkeling
  • Scuba diving
  • Surfing 
  • Woodworking
Shelby Wieners
Name

Shelby Wieners

Senior Associate Director

Residence Life

Office

201 Johnston Commons
University Park, PA 16802

Blasi, Lisa
Name

Lisa Blasi

Senior Assistant Director, Commonwealth Campuses

Residence Life

Office

201 Johnston Commons
University Park. PA 16802

Education
  • Undergraduate
    Marketing, Pace University, NYC

  • Graduate
    Human Resource Management & Marketing Management, Pace University, NYC

Professional Passions
  • Supervision
  • Leading others through personal and professional paths
  • Finding passion and purpose in the work that we do
Personal Interests
  • Family
  • Reading
  • Walking
  • Laughing
Meeghan Hollis
Name

Meeghan Hollis

Senior Associate Director, Commonwealth Campuses

Residence Life

Office

201 Johnston Commons
University Park, PA 16802

John Hurst
Name

John Hurst

Assistant Director

Residence Life

Office

115 Warnock Commons
University Park, PA 16802

Melanie Bigalke
Name

Melanie Bigalke

Associate Director

Residence Life

Office

134 Johnston Commons
University Park, PA 16802

Name

Virginia Luehrsen

Coordinator, Living Learning Communities

She, Her, Hers

Residence Life

Office

134 Johnston Commons
University Park, PA 16802

Thom, Kelly
Name

Kelly Thom

Office Manager

Residence Life

Office

201 Johnston Commons
University Park, PA 16802

Education
  • Undergraduate
    Human Development and Family Studies, Penn State
Professional Passions
  • Teaching
  • Learning
  • Professional development
Personal Interests
  • The outdoors, especially when they're sunny!
  • Visiting with family and friends
  • Helping others
  • Self-development
  • Martial arts
  • Reading
Lisa Ciprich
Name

Lisa Ciprich

Administrative Support Assistant

Residence Life

Office

201 Johnston Commons
University Park, PA 16802

Mindy Tate
Name

Mindy Tate

Administrative Support Assistant

She, Her, Hers

Residence Life

Office

201 Johnston Commons
University Park, PA 16802

Name

Jesse Urbano

Administrative Support Assistant

Residence Life

Office

201 Johnston Commons
University Park, PA 16802

East Halls

Sean Agnew
Name

Sean Agnew

Associate Director

Residence Life

Office

134 Johnston Commons
University Park, PA 16802

Education
  • Undergraduate
    Secondary Education, Penn State

  • Graduate
    Student Affairs in Higher Education, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Professional Passions
  • Strengths development and education
  • Staff supervision
  • Staff recruitment
  • Building renovations/improvements
  • Developing staff and staffing plans
Alexander James
Name

Alexander James

Area Coordinator

Residence Life

Office

134 Johnston Commons
University Park, PA 16802

Education
  • Undergraduate
    Communications, Coker University

  • Graduate
    College Student Personnel Services and Administration, University of Central Arkansas

Professional Passions
  • Working with students
  • Diversity, equity, and inclusion
  • Programming
  • Networking
Personal Interests
  • Music/DJing
  • Basketball
  • Video games
  • Cartoons
  • Movies
  • Computers
Erin Stanton
Name

Erin Stanton

Assistant Director

Residence Life

Office

134 Johnston Commons
University Park, PA 16802

Education
  • Undergraduate
    Cellular and Organismal Biology, Lock Haven University
     
  • Graduate
    Student Affairs and Higher Education, Indiana State University
Carmen Campagnolo
Name

Carmen Campagnolo

Financial Coordinator

Residence Life

Office

201 Johnston Commons
University Park. PA 16802

Amber Schraff
Name

Amber Schraff

Administrative Support Assistant

Residence Life

Office

134 Johnston Commons
University Park, PA 16802

Name

Atari Jarrett

Coordinator

She, Her, Hers

Residence Life

Office

134 Johnston Commons
University Park, PA 16802

Name

Audrey Murray

Office Manager

Residence Life

Office

134 Johnston Commons
University Park, PA 16802

Name

Emmy Reitz

Coordinator

She, Her, Hers

Residence Life

Office

134 Johnston Commons
University Park, PA 16802

Name

Mark Trexler

Coordinator

He, Him, His

Residence Life

Office

134 Johnston Commons
University Park, PA 16802

Name

Matthew Busch

Coordinator

He, Him, His

Residence Life

Office

134 Johnston Commons
University Park, PA 16802

Walter Milhoan
Name

Walter Milhoan

Coordinator

He, Him, His

Residence Life

Office

134 Johnston Commons
University Park, PA 16802

Kalee Schotsch
Name

Kalee Schotsch

Coordinator

Residence Life

Office

134 Johnston Commons
University Park, PA 16802

Le'Quetta Rideout
Name

Le'Quetta Rideout

Assistant Director

Residence Life

Office

134 Redifer Commons
University Park, PA 16802

North, West, White Course Halls

Name

Jon Becksvoort

Assistant Director

Residence Life

Office

115 Warnock Commons
University Park, PA 16802

Chaparro, Caitlyn
Name

Caitlyn Chaparro

Senior Coordinator

Residence Life

Office

115 Warnock Commons
University Park, PA 16802

Education
  • Undergraduate
    Nutrition and Food Science, Montclair State University

  • Graduate
    Higher Education, Montclair State University

Professional Passions
  • Working with first-year students
  • Staff recruitment
  • Title IX and Service Learning
Personal Interests
  • Spending time with my goldendoodle
  • Playing tennis
  • Knitting
  • Painting
  • Cross stitching
Name

Heather Gage-West

Coordinator

She, Her, Hers

Residence Life

Office

115 Warnock Commons
University Park, PA 16802

Name

Nicole Yatison

Office Manager

She, Her, Hers

Residence Life

Office

117 Waring Commons
University Park, PA 16802

Cindy Stattel
Name

Cindy Stattel

Administrative Support Assistant

Residence Life

Office

115 Warnock Hall
University Park, PA 16802

Education
  • Undergraduate
    Music Education, Indiana University - Bloomington

  • Graduate
    Music Education, Shenandoah University
    (In Progress)

Professional Passions
  • To do the best job possible in my Administrative Assistant position in North Residence Life
  • Supporting the RA process here at University Park
Personal Interests
  • Gardening
  • Flower arranging and crafts
  • Cats
  • Photography
  • Singing
  • Conducting
  • I'm trying to get back into crocheting!
Rory Szwed
Name

Rory Szwed

Coordinator

He, Him, His

Residence Life

Office

117 Waring Commons
University Park, PA 16802

Greg Tyrrell
Name

Greg Tyrrell

Coordinator

Residence Life

Office

109 Weston Community Center
University Park, PA 16802

Pollock Halls

Laura Perry
Name

Laura Perry

Associate Director

Residence Life Residence Life

Office

123 Pollock Commons
University Park. PA 16802

Jared Hammond
Name

Jared Hammond

Assistant Director

Residence Life

Office

123 Pollock Commons
University Park, PA 16802

Education
  • Undergraduate
    Marketing, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

  • Graduate
    Student Affairs in Higher Education, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Professional Passions
  • Student engagement: engaging students as they learn, grow, and navigate their college experience.
  • Professional Supervision: Working with professional staff to develop through their professional career to utilize their strengths to have a positive impact.
Personal Interests
  • Spending time with my partner and our two children, gardening
  • Going on walks to enjoy nature and the sunshine
Name

Colby Yu

Coordinator

Residence Life

Office

123 Pollock Commons
University Park. PA 16802

Education
  • MS, Carnegie Mellon University
  • BS, Carnegie Mellon University
Elle Higgins
Name

Elle Higgins

Coordinator

She, Her, Hers

Residence Life

Office

123 Pollock Commons
University Park. PA 16802

Name

Kelly Chaff

Coordinator

She, Her, Hers

Residence Life

Office

123 Pollock Commons
University Park. PA 16802

Nick McKim
Name

Nick McKim

Coordinator

Residence Life

Office

123 Pollock Commons
University Park. PA 16802

Alvaro De La Cruz
Name

Alvaro De La Cruz, Jr.

Senior Assistant Director

Residence Life Center for Social Change and Belonging

Office

204 Boucke Building
University Park, PA 16802

South Halls

Laura Perry
Name

Laura Perry

Associate Director

Residence Life Residence Life

Office

123 Pollock Commons
University Park. PA 16802

Swank, Kathleen
Name

Kathleen Swank

Assistant Director

She, Her, Hers

Residence Life

Office

202 Redifer Commons
University Park, PA 16802

Education
  • Public Relations and Leadership Studies, University of South Carolina
  • Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, University of Missouri
Professional Passions
  • Student Leadership 
  • Communications 
  • Engagement 
  • Student Development & Training 
  • Professional Staff Development & Engagement
Personal Passions
  • Reading 
  • Reality TV 
  • Technology 
  • Networking 
  • Family 
  • Traveling to Maine
Pavlick, Jill
Name

Jill Pavlick

Assistant Director

Residence Life

Office

202 Redifer Commons
University Park, PA 16802

Education
  • Undergraduate
    Communications Sciences & Disorders, Penn State

  • Graduate
    Masters in Student Affairs in Higher Education, Slippery Rock University

Professional Passions
  • Residence Life
  • Working with Student Athletes
  • Working with LGBT+ students
Personal Interests
  • Spending time with my family
  • Cooking
  • Going to Penn State and Pittsburgh sporting events
Howard, Ashley
Name

Ashley Howard

Coordinator

Residence Life

Office

202 Redifer Commons
University Park, PA 16802

EDUCATION
  • Undergraduate
    Business Management, Canisius College
     
  • Graduate
    Higher Education and Student Affairs Administration, Canisius College
Liu, Kira
Name

Kira Liu

Living Learning Community Coordinator

She, Her, Hers

Residence Life

Office

202 Redifer Commons
University Park, PA 16802

Name

Ann Rodden

Senior Coordinator

Residence Life

Office

202 Redifer Commons
University Park, PA 16802

Name

Chris Wounderly

Coordinator

He, Him, His

Residence Life

Office

202 Redifer Commons
University Park, PA 16802

Name

Jaclyn Smith

Coordinator

She, Her, Hers

Residence Life

Office

202 Redifer Commons
University Park, PA 16802

Name

Owen Bazigian

Coordinator

He, Him, They, Them, Theirs

Residence Life

Office

202 Redifer Commons
University Park, PA 16802

Amanda Weaver
Name

Amanda Weaver

Office Manager

Residence Life

Office

123 Pollock Commons
University Park. PA 16802

Education
  • High School
    Bald Eagle High School
Professional Passions
  • Sustainability
  • Working on manuals for OM's and work-study students
  • Teaching new RAs, coordinators and work study students the ropes of the office
  • Learning anything new that comes along
Personal Interests
  • Crocheting
  • Square dancing
  • Karaoke
  • Reading
  • Crafting
  • Playing games with family and friends
Name

Kurt Young

Administrative Support Assistant

Residence Life

Office

202 Redifer Commons
University Park, PA 16802