To educate women beyond the classroom by providing opportunities for involvement, service, and leadership. These opportunities allow students to realize their individual and collective potential. In addition, we facilitate a vibrant cocurricular life by developing cultural and entertainment programming. To these ends, the Office of Student Programs provides guidance and assistance to support the efforts and activities of individual students, their organizations, and the entire campus community.

Director of Student Programs
John Laprade
Ext 2478

The Director serves as the general advisor to all student organizations on campus, especially media organizations, and through this role facilitates the planning of a diverse offering of social, cultural, educational, and recreational activities. John supervises the overall student co-curricular program and represents student issues and concerns to other administrators. 

John is responsible for producing the major concert events on campus and oversees management of the Blanchard Campus Center and the operations of the Information Desk and the Blanchard Art Gallery.

Associate Director of Student Programs
Beth Gibney Boulden
Ext 2478
The Associate Director serves as advisor to all established student organizations as well as individual students seeking to start an organization on campus. She is available to assist in group organization, leadership training, conflict resolution, activity and event planning, and promotion. The Associate Director works most closely with the SGA, The Network (all-campus programming board), the Llamarada (yearbook), the Family Weekend Committee, and coordinates the non-credit January Term Program. She collaborates with the Director in the production and promotion of major campus events sponsored by The Student Programs Office and coordinates with the Weissman Center for Leadership to implement a leadership development program available to all students.  

Assistant Director of Operations
Kris Bergbom
Ext 2459
The Assistant Director of Operations is responsible for the Production Management of all events in the Blanchard Campus Center and Chapin Auditorium, acting as the liaison between student organizations, performers, agents, and college departments in planning campus events and providing for all technical needs and staffing.

Administrative Assistant
Eileen Rakouskas
Ext 2048
The Administrative Assistant manages the daily operations and services of the office and provides administrative support.

Photographs by Beth Gibney Boulden