STUDENT AFFAIRS 5 ANNUAL REPORT Staff transitions Student Affairs welcomed Brittany Bell, Laine Converse, Michelle Dannen, Becky Kuch, and Melanie Neiber to an upgraded role, while saying goodbye to three colleagues during the 2022-23 year. Ms. Melanie Neiber was promoted to Senior Secretary for Residence Life and Student Involvement and Leadership in July 2022. Neiber had served as a secretary for Residence Life and Student Involvement and Leadership since February 2016. “Melanie is an invaluable support to our office. We are grateful for Melanie’s excellent service to Northern and happy all her hard work was recognized with this position upgrade,” said Marty Sabolo, Director of Residence Life and Dining Services. The promotion was called for in Key Result 194, “audit and adjust for additional duties assigned to the secretary for Residence Life and Student Involvement and Leadership” from the Student Affairs Strategic Plan (2021-2025). Ms. Brittany Bell was named Associate Director for Residential Education in June 2022. Bell was most recently the West Complex Director and Residential Education Coordinator at Black Hills State University. She has also served as a Community Engagement Coordinator at the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond, Okla., and has been accepted into the Interpersonal Leadership Ed.D. Program at Kent State University. Bell received her M.S. in Psychology from the University of Phoenix and a B.A. in Sociology from the University of Central Oklahoma. While at Black Hills State, Bell took a leadership role in developing a new resident assistant training program and developed a residential curriculum to augment programming efforts in the residence halls. Bell assumed this repurposed role consistent with Key Result 196 of the Student Affairs Strategic Plan (2021-2025). Mr. Laine A. Converse was named Residential Community Coordinator for Residence Education in October 2022. Converse earned his B.S.Ed. in History Education in December 2022 from Northern State University. He has worked in Residence Life at Northern for the last year and a half as a resident assistant, senior resident assistant, and has held numerous other student leadership positions, most recently as Vice President of the Student Government Association (2021-22). Converse hails from Omaha, Neb., and assumed this repurposed role consistent with Key Result 196 of the Student Affairs Strategic Plan (2021-2025). Ms. Michelle Dannen was named Residential Facilities Coordinator in October 2022. Dannen joined the team after many years of experience with the Brown County Register of Deeds’ Office and as a sales manager with Herberger’s. She is also a local Girl Scout Troop leader and captain of her Relay for Life team. She attended the Brown Institute of Minneapolis and Minnesota State Community and Technical College, Fergus Falls. Dannen hails from Fergus Falls, Minn., and assumed this repurposed role consistent with Key Result 196 of the Student Affairs Strategic Plan (2021-2025).
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