• Education for Leadership and Stewardship
• Event Planning Support and Resources
• Advocacy for Student Voice
• Student Organization Advising
• Mentor students for active participation in a diverse and inclusive community
• Non-credit J-term courses and programming
• Support for Student Initiatives
• Programming of Campus-Wide Events
• Event Production & Stage Crew Services
• Family and Friends Weekend Coordination
• Blanchard Campus Center & Chapin Auditorium Management

Director of Student Programs
John Laprade
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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.Additionally John advises The Network (all-campus programming board),and directs the non-credit January Term Program.

Assistant Director of Student Programs
Joshua Nelson
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Joshua serves as advisor to all established student organizations as well as individual students seeking to start an organization on campus. He is available to assist in group organization, leadership training, conflict resolution, activity and event planning, and promotion.

The Assistant Driector works most closely with the SGA, the Llamarada (yearbook), the Family and Friends Weekend Committee, and the Commuter Student Organization. He 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
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The Assistant Director of Operations is responsible for the Production Management of 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.

Kris also coordinates the Friday Night Live Programming Series, directs the Dean of Students TABOO dialog series, and works as an integral part of the various Cultural Heritage Month Planning Committees, and the Orientation Steering Committee.

Currently Kris serves as a staff representative to the Advisory Committee on Multicultural Community and Campus Life, and advises True Colors (LGBTQ Student Organization).

Administrative Assistant
Jaime DeCaro Birk
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The Administrative Assistant manages the daily operations and services of the office, including the hiring, supervision and ongoing training of the student employee office staff.

Jaime is also responsible for office purchasing and record keeping, maintaining office and Org databases, managing the Campus Center vendor program, and maintaining the office website.

Event Coordinator
Tamika Smith
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The Event Coordinator works directly with student event planners to assist them with the event registration process in order to make sure plans are compliant with campus policies, meet campus deadlines, and will get the benefit of campus support services. Tamika is also available to advise students at every step of the event planning process.

Photographs by Beth Gibney Boulden, Jenna Parzivand, Tamika Smith