STUDENT AFFAIRS 6 ANNUAL REPORT Ms. Kelly Weismantel was named Assistant Director for Student Accessibility Services in April 2022. She was a staff counselor at Northern from 2010 until 2022. During her tenure, she has worked individually with students on a variety of issues impacting their daily lives. She has experience in grant writing, prevention programming, and Title IX coordination and investigations, as well as threat assessment. She trains staff and students on topics pertinent to the college population and is a Prime for Life instructor. Before her employment at Northern, Weismantel worked at area social service agencies, focusing on working with families and adolescents and providing case management to young adults as they aged out of foster care. During her career, she has worked to ensure all students acquire the skills and knowledge to be successful in all aspects of life. Ms. Erin M. Olson began her role at Northern in 2017 as the Counseling Services program manager, then transitioned into coordinating Prevention Services, which was established in 2021. She departed campus in July 2021 to serve as the Retention Officer and FYS Coordinator at Lake Area Technical College. Lake Area Tech is a public community college in Watertown, S.D. Founded in 1965, Lake Area Tech was the first technical school to be established in South Dakota and serves approximately 1,877 undergraduate students (2018–19). Olson earned a Bachelor of Science degree in political science from South Dakota State University and Master of Business Administration from Walden University. During her time at Northern she led the NSU Campus and Community Coalition, the Biennial Review Committee, was the Distinctive Partnerships Pillar Team co-facilitator, and was the AwareWolves student organization advisor. Olson has experience in suicide and sexual assault prevention and substance misuse diversion and served as a Title IX investigator. “Erin was instrumental in the rebranding of Prevention Services and will be dearly missed,” said Sean Blackburn, Dean of Students. Ms. Amy Untereiner served as Director of Dining Services with Aramark Higher Education from July 1, 2019, until July 23, 2021. Untereiner gained 21 years of dining service experience working at Dakota Wesleyan University, Northern, Presentation College and Southeast Community College in Lincoln, Neb., before ultimately returning to Northern as the director. Untereiner has a Bachelor of Arts degree in criminal justice from Dakota Wesleyan University. With her years of experience, Untereiner provided key insight for residential dining, retail locations, and catering to ensure our campus community received exceptional customer service, great food, and an overall great dining experience. Untereiner left Northern and Aramark to pursue a new opportunity with another food service provider. “We appreciate Amy’s service to Northern and wish her the best of luck in her new opportunity,” said Marty Sabolo, Director of Residence Life and Dining Services. Mr. Mat Muston served as the Assistant Director of Residence Life from July 2020 until August 2021. Muston is an alum of Northern and has multiple years of experience in residence life. He spent time in Ohio and Missouri before returning to Northern. Through the years he has held different titles, from complex director to interim director of housing. In recent years, Muston helped create committees and programs to assist student engagement, student staff advancement and development, and safety. Muston earned a Bachelor of Science in environmental sciences at Northern, and a Master of Education in educational administration degree from the University of Sioux Falls. He moved to Fargo, N.D., in September 2021 to pursue a new opportunity with Aldevron, a world-class service organization specializing in nucleic acid and protein production, antibody development, and custom service with operations in the United States and Europe. “We wish Mat the best of luck in Fargo and with his new opportunity,” said Marty Sabolo, Director of Residence Life. Staff Transitions, continued…
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