Staff

Meet our Student Activities staff.  Feel free to contact us or swing by our office to say hello! We're located in suite 251 in the University Union.

Carolyn J. Harris, M.S.

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Director of Student Activities

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Responsibilities Include:

  • Providing strategic guidance and visioning for the Office of Student Activities including: signature campus programming, student organizations, campus traditions, student leadership
Strengths: Relator, Includer, Developer, Maximizer, Empathy, Communication

Kelly Carpenter

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Assistant Director of Leadership

Kelly Carpenter

Responsibilities include:

  • Responsible for planning, developing, and implementing a comprehensive leadership program for students
  • Supervises the Coordinator of Student Organizations and the Coordinator of Leadership
  • Collaborates with campus partners to plan and support student leadership development initiatives
  • Chairs the Student Leadership Committee and the Student Affairs Leadership Awards Committee
Strengths: Input, Achiever, Intellection, Developer, Communication

Qiana Boyd

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Assistant Director of Campus Programming

Qiana Boyd

Responsibilities include:

  • Supports and provides direction for the strategic planning of signature campus programming, such as Homecoming
  • Supervises the Coordinators of Campus Programming
  • Collaborates with campus partners to plan and support purposeful programming, such as Sexual Assault Awareness Month events
  • Co-chairs Welcome to TU committee and coordinates all social programming

Blair Higgs

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Administrative Assistant

Responsibilities include:

  • Preparing and administering departmental budget
  • Supporting the Director of Student Activities 
  • Supervising student staff at the front desk
  • Serves as office manager for Student Activities

Chris Rindosh, M.S.

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Coordinator of Student Organizations

Chris Rindosh

Responsibilities include:

  • Delivering training and providing support for TU's student organizations, student organization officers, and advisors
  • Connecting students to involvement opportunities and is the primary campus administrator for Involved@TU 
  • Facilitating the creation of new student organizations on campus 
  • Serving as advisor to the Homecoming Committee and SGA Election Commission
Strengths: Adaptability, Maximizer, Self-Assurance, Responsibility, Arranger

Shemiah Dickens

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Coordinator of Student Leadership

Shemiah Dickens

Responsibilities include:

  • Developing and implementing the three-tier Tigers Lead leadership certificate program as well as affiliated leadership programming, such as the Leadership Lunch series
  • Conducting assessments of workshops, programs, and individual student learning 
  • Provide leadership education opportunities to student organization members
Strengths: Connectedness, Relator, Empath, Intellection, Discipline

Bethany Bloom

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Coordinator of Campus Programming

Bethany Bloom

  • Coordinates large-scale signature events and social programming series
  • Advises the Campus Activities Board and plans TigerFest
  • Collaborates with campus partners to plan and support purposeful programming
Strengths: Futuristic, Strategic, Relator, Deliberative, Discipline

Afkar Alwakil, M.S.

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Coordinator of Campus Programming- Marketing and Outreach

Afkar Alwakil

Responsibilities Include:

  • Development, coordination, and implementation of department marketing strategy
  • Creation of department marketing and outreach materials
  • Support traditional signature events for the Office of Student Activities & collaborations with Athletics
Strengths: Relator, Maximizer, Deliberative, Intellection, Belief

Abbey Frey

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Graduate Assistant of Student Organizations

Responsibilities include:

  • Assist the Office of Student Activities Assistant with the creation, evolution, and execution of the vision of student organization management and development
  • Assist with and be knowledgeable about the Involved@TU system
  • Assist with planning, promoting and registration of Student Involvement Fairs and Student Group Summits
Current Graduate Program: Master's in Environmental Science

Gianna Antone

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Graduate Assistant of Marketing and Design

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Responsibilities include:

  • Lead 4-6 Student Activities Marketers in the creation, implementation, and evaluation of marketing initiatives
  • Assist with the creation of video and other social media content for the Office of Student Activities accounts
  • Assist with coordinating tabling and distribution of marketing materials
Current Graduate Program: Master's in Marketing Intelligence

Samantha Burke

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Graduate Assistant of Student Leadership

Responsibilities include:

  • Assist with the creation, evolution, and execution of the vision of leadership development 
  • Plan, coordinate, market, implement, and evaluate Leadership programs such as Tigers Lead and Leadership Lunch
  • Lead 3-4 undergraduate Student Leadership Consultants (SLCs) who assist with leadership workshops and initiatives on campus 

Megan Guthrie

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Graduate Assistant of Campus Programming

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Responsibilities include:

  • Assist with the creation, execution, and assessment of events
  • Lead team of 3-5 undergraduate Campus Programming Assistants
  • Assist with advising the Campus Activities Board
Current Graduate Program: Doctor of Audiology (AuD)