APUE Staff Listing

Marika Seigel

  • Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education
  • Dean of the Pavlis Honors College
  • Professor, Humanities

Research Areas

  • Educational Innovation
  • Rhetoric of Health and Medicine
  • Writing Program Administration

Specialties

  • Facilitate implementation of Michigan Tech’s undergraduate curriculum
  • Support ongoing growth in the Pavlis Honors College

Casey Nelson

  • Manager, Study Away and Abroad

Specialties

  • Provides leadership and oversight of Michigan Tech’s Study Away and Study Abroad programs
  • Development and management of domestic and international academic experiences
  • Student advising and support for study away and abroad opportunities
  • Collaboration with faculty and academic units on program development
  • Program assessment, compliance, and risk management
  • Promoting global learning and intercultural engagement

Steve Patchin

  • Project Manager, Essential Education Implementation

Specialties

  • Support eight Essential Education implementation working groups in achieving their project goals and deliverables
  • Manage the budget for Essential Education implementation, a Tech Forward Initiative
  • Help build and manage communications, connecting with internal and external campus/related community regarding Essential Education implementation, operation, and outcomes
  • Assist in the building of a corporate task force to support the launch and growth of the Essential Education implementation initiative
Cassandra Reed-VanDam

Cassandra Reed-VanDam

  • Essential Education Experience Manager

Specialties

  • Student-led experiential education
  • Community-based and participatory research
  • Facilitation for social change
  • Environmental justice and food sovereignty
  • Assistant Teaching Professor, Biological Sciences
  • Coordinator of Academic Advising, Office of the Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education

Links of Interest

Specialties

  • Teaching courses in human biology and professional development
  • Academic planning and student success
  • Providing professional development and resources for academic advisors