Happy Friday, COEHD!

Please join me in congratulating our Rock Star Student Development Specialists, @Jay Wells and @Michelle Muenich, as this month’s recipient of the Staff Senate ‘STAR Award’!  We are so proud of them and appreciate all of the great work they do in supporting our graduate students. Please see the full nomination letter below!

As Student Development Specialists for COEHD Graduate Programs, Jay and Michelle have truly kept the college running for the past 6+ months and continue to do so. As new employees earlier this year, they were the only two SDS's representing 6 departments: Counseling, Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching (ILT), Educational Leadership and Policy Studies (ELPS), Bicultural Bilingual Literacy (BBL), Educational Psychology, and Race, Gender and Sexuality Studies (REGSS). They got a new supervisor recently who they helped train on top of their many duties. While we are working our best to grow our team, they are still the only two current SDS's managing critical responsibilities for each of our departments including degree audits, admitting new students, fielding questions from prospective students, attending recruitment events, meeting with students, tracking milestones and processing all forms for the college- and they do it all with a positive attitude. They have even gone above and beyond in helping organize and improve processes that were in huge need of improvement. In addition to meeting the high demands of their role, they have made a significant impact on improving the morale and culture within the team and college. They have built strong relationships with both students and faculty across the college and we have received nothing but excellent feedback across the board. Their work has had a huge impact on our students and we hope that they know just how appreciated they are!

Congratulations again Jay and Michelle! Thanks for all you do!

Sincerely,

Nick DeGraw Glavac, M.S.Ed.

Assistant Director for Graduate Student Success

(210) 458-2723

The University of Texas at San Antonio

College of Education and Human Development