Please welcome Christina Laird, the new administrative assistant to the vice president for student affairs. Laird is relatively new to the Portland area, having moved here four years ago from Auckland, New Zealand. Prior to joining the University of Portland team she worked at Marylhurst University as the Director of Events. Christina’s background is in event management, general administration and project management. She’s worked in both the education and economic development sector.
For more information contact the student affairs office at x8532 or studentaffairs@up.edu.
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The student affairs division has announced the appointment of Andrew Weingarten as director of residence life. Weingarten most recently served as director of residence life at Manhattan College in Riverdale, New York. He has eight years of experience at Manhattan College, a Lasallian institution, serving in a number of roles from assistant residence hall director, housing operations coordinator, area coordinator, assistant director of residence life for judicial affairs, and assistant director for housing & operations to director of residence life. Andrew has served on the Title IX coordinator’s advisory committee and has investigated and adjudicated Title IX cases, he has supported students of concern through the college’s CARE team, he has experience with Green Dot Bystander Intervention programs, and he has implemented assessment programs to support and improve student retention. He will begin his new duties on Monday, September 3.
Eliot Altschul has been hired as the new assistant director for counseling and training at the Health and Counseling Center. He is a licensed clinical psychologist and has been in practice for over 25 years. He has most recently served as director of counseling at Clark College in Vancouver and prior to that position, he served as director of training at Humboldt State University in Northern California. He will begin on August 2.
The Division of Student Affairs invites all faculty and staff to come to the Pilot House and wish Will Meek a warm farewell on Friday, March 3, from 4–6 p.m. Meek will be leaving his position as assistant director of counseling in the Health and Counseling Center at spring break. He will become the director of counseling and psychological services at Brown University in Providence, R.I. Let’s thank Will for his tireless efforts to care for our students, his work with Active Minds, a student club dedicated to mental health on campus, and for innovations in maximizing mental health resources for students, including oversight of the expansion of psychological services through a new counselor-interns program.
