Staff

Marika Seigel

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

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