Student Services
Our Mission
By connecting Peru State College students to personalized support and academic success resources, the Center for Achievement and Transition Services (CATS) inspires engaged learning, fosters positive growth and well-being, cultivates investment in career goals, and motivates persistence in college.
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The Counseling Center at Peru State College offers confidential support and guidance to students facing various challenges, from academic stress to mental health issues. With experienced counselors and a range of services including individual counseling and workshops, students can find the help they need to thrive personally and academically.
The Disability Services Office at Peru State College is dedicated to ensuring equal access and support for students with disabilities. Through personalized accommodations and advocacy, the office empowers students to fully participate in academic and campus life.
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TRIO Student Success Services program provides personalized support and resources to eligible students, including first-generation college students, low-income individuals, and those with disabilities. Through mentorship, academic coaching, and workshops, TRIO empowers students to overcome barriers and achieve their educational goals. By fostering a supportive community and offering holistic support, TRIO Student Success Services plays a pivotal role in promoting academic success and personal growth at Peru State College.
The tutoring program at Peru State College offers invaluable academic support to students striving for excellence in their studies. Through one-on-one sessions and group workshops, experienced tutors provide guidance in various subjects, helping students to grasp challenging concepts and improve their skills. By fostering a collaborative learning environment and promoting academic success, the tutoring program plays a vital role in empowering students to achieve their educational goals at Peru State College.
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Student Services Events
Student Services Staff
Dr. Donna Menke Director of Student Services dmenke@peru.edu
Peggy Groff Student Intervention Coordinator pgroff@peru.edu
Janell Moore Licensed Student Counselor jmoore@peru.edu
Susan Abrahams Library Technician sabrahams@peru.edu
Dr. Marcy Adams Adjunct Faculty of Business madams@peru.edu
Suzie Adams Career Services Specialist sadams@peru.edu
Dr. Gul Ahmad Professor of Biology gahmad@peru.edu
Dr. Stephanie Albers Adjunct Faculty of Psychology salbers@peru.edu
Josh Anderson Adjunct Faculty of Art janderson@peru.edu
Amanda Bair Adjunct Faculty of Music abair@peru.edu
Ashley Baldassarre Associate Athletic Director abaldassarre@peru.edu
Mary Barrett Reference Librarian mbarrett@peru.edu
Devin Barth Licensed Student Counselor dbarth@peru.edu
Dr. Jacob Bartlett Professor of Music jbartlett@peru.edu
Blake Beaber Head Baseball Coach bbeaber@peru.edu
Dr. Eugene Beardslee Chief Information Officer gbeardslee@peru.edu
Lauren Beath Assistant Director - Financial Aid lauren.beath@peru.edu
Dr. Lisa Beaudion-Colwell Adjunct Faculty of Education lcolwell@peru.edu
Alyssa Beck Project Coordinator abeck@peru.edu
Kimmy Behrends Athletic Trainer kbehrends@peru.edu
Pam Bennett Adjunct Faculty of Anthropology pbennett@peru.edu
Mark Benson Adjunct Faculty of Music mbenson@peru.edu
Jacob Bents Maintenance Repair Worker III jbents@peru.edu
Nicolas Berry Athletic Trainer nberry@peru.edu
Dr. Greg Betts Adjunct Faculty of Education gbetts@peru.edu
Dr. Gina Bittner Professor of Education gbittner@peru.edu
Dr. Stacy Bliss Assistant Professor of Psychology sbliss@peru.edu
Kevin Blobaum Director of Distance Education kblobaum@peru.edu
Ashleigh Boeve Assistant Registrar aboeve@peru.edu
Rhonda Borrego Custodian rborrego@peru.edu
Heike Buchholz Custodian hbuchholz@peru.edu
Carrie Burnham Director - Student Activities and Programs cburnham@peru.edu
Eulanda Cade Director of Human Resources ecade@peru.edu
Paige Carlson Custodian pcarlson@peru.edu
Holly Carr Adjunct Faculty of Earth Science hcarr@peru.edu
Mike Carr Workforce Liaison mcarr@peru.edu
Cori Christiansen Adjunct Faculty of Psychology cchristiansen@peru.edu
Heath Christiansen Adjunct Faculty of Computer & Management Information Systems Heath.Christiansen@peru.edu
Dr. Anthony Citrin Professor of Education acitrin@peru.edu
Delyn Clifton Associate Chief Information Officer dclifton@peru.edu
Deb Clopton Laboratory Coordinator dclopton@peru.edu
Dr. Richard Clopton Professor of Biology rclopton@peru.edu
Renita (Toni) Closner Head Softball Coach rclosner@peru.edu
Greg Conz Security Officer gconz@peru.edu
Susan Craver Adjunct Faculty of Business scraver@peru.edu
Rachel Crook Assessment and Accreditation Coordinator rcrook@peru.edu
Dana Cummins Custodial Manager dcummins@peru.edu
Kenneth Curtis, MFA Assistant Professor of Art kcurtis@peru.edu
Dr. Vanessa Dahn Adjunct Faculty of Psychology vdahn@peru.edu
Dr. Lucus Dalinghaus Adjunct Faculty of Education ldalinghaus@peru.edu
Jenn Daly Assistant Director of Residence Life jdaly@peru.edu
Erik Davis Assistant Professor of Political Science edavis@peru.edu
Robert Dean Security Officer II rdean@peru.edu
Dr. Jesse Dorman Vice President for Enrollment Management jdorman@peru.edu
Zina Dotson Custodian zdotson@peru.edu
David Dowdy Maintenance Repair Worker IV ddowdy@peru.edu
Gabrielle Dupuis Assistant Coach (Volleyball) gdupuis@peru.edu
Dr. Todd J Earl Director of Admissions tearl@peru.edu
Ashleigh Eickhoff Campus Visits Coordinator aeickhoff@peru.edu
Dr. Michael R Evans President president@peru.edu
Lori Falcon Adjunct Faculty of Education lfalcon@peru.edu
Jon Firmature Director of Development jfirmature@peru.edu
Dr. Helane Folske-Starlin Associate Professor of Special Education hfolske-starlin@peru.edu
Laura Lea Fossenbarger Assistant Director - Admissions lfossenbarger@peru.edu
Hunter Frederick Maintenance Repair Worker II hfrederick@peru.edu
Kelly Furnas Custodian kfurnas@peru.edu
Dr. Greg Galardi Associate Professor of Business ggalardi@peru.edu
Dr. Kelli Gardner Associate Professor of Psychology kgardner@peru.edu
Jennifer Gartner Admissions Counselor jgartner@peru.edu
Roman Gentry Head Coach - Men's Basketball rgentry@peru.edu
Dr. Mary Goebel-Lundholm Professor of Business mgoebel-lundholm@peru.edu
Dr. Tara Gossman Adjunct Faculty of Education tgossman@peru.edu
Jaclyn Gray Assistant Coach (Softball) jgray@peru.edu
Ryan Gray Online Recruitment Manager rgray@peru.edu
Brad Griffin Instructor of Computer and Management Information Systems bgriffin@peru.edu
Peggy Groff Student Intervention Coordinator pgroff@peru.edu
Dr. Sheri Grotrian Professor of Business sgrotrian@peru.edu
Mr. Austin Guhde-Egger IT Analyst aguhde-egger@peru.edu
Okema Hale Office Assistant IV ohale@peru.edu
MaKenna Hammond Graphic Designer mhammond@peru.edu
Dr. Tanner Harrod Assistant Professor of Music tharrod@peru.edu
Ted Harshbarger Executive Director of Foundation tharshbarger@peru.edu
Deb Haveman IT Analyst dhaveman@peru.edu
Danny Hayes Instructor of Criminal Justice dhayes@peru.edu
Emily Herron Accounting Clerk III eherron@peru.edu
Mark Heywood Security Officer II mheywood@peru.edu
Dr. Charles Hicks Associate Professor of English chicks@peru.edu
Skye Hicks Academic Advisor shicks@peru.edu
Dr. Paul Hinrichs Dean phinrichs@peru.edu
Stephanie Holmes Director of Field Experiences | Certification Officer sholmes@peru.edu
Stephanie Huddle Instructor of Criminal Justice shuddle@peru.edu
Christy Hutchison, JD Adjunct Faculty of Business chutchison@peru.edu
Dr. Robert Ingram Associate Professor of Education ringram@peru.edu
Linda Jacobsen Adjunct Faculty of Business ljacobsen@peru.edu
Barbra Jones Accompanist bjones@peru.edu
Stephanie Jones Online Student Support Specialist Stephanie.jones@peru.edu
Dr. Vicky Jones Director - Assessment and Accreditation vjones@peru.edu
Curtis Karel IT Lead ckarel@peru.edu
Maxwell Kathol Instructor of Business mkathol@peru.edu
Kelcie Keeling Director - Marketing & Communications kkeeling@peru.edu
Dr. Ananta Khatri Assistant Professor of Psychology akhatri@peru.edu
Dr. Zach Killebrew Assistant Professor of English zkillebrew@peru.edu
Reggie Kindle Assistant Coach (Men's Basketball) rkindle@peru.edu
Madison Kindle Head Volleyball Coach mkindle@peru.edu
Dr. Kelly Kingsley Associate Professor of Education kkingsley@peru.edu
Dr. Lukas B Klicka Assistant Professor of Biology lklicka@peru.edu
Anna Krenk Office Assistant II akrenk@peru.edu
Lori Kuker Office Assistant IV lkuker@peru.edu
Dr. Ellie Kunkel Adjunct Faculty of Education ekunkel@peru.edu
Dr. Tammie Lang Adjunct Faculty of Business tlang@peru.edu
Rick Langstraat Adjunct Faculty of Business rlangstraat@peru.edu
Dr. Chris Lee Adjunct Faculty of History clee@peru.edu
Kirstyn Leffler Athletic Trainer kleffler@peru.edu
Becky Leininger Project Coordinator rleininger@peru.edu
Megan Lempka Director of Business Services mlempka@peru.edu
Dr. Grace Leu Assistant Professor gleu@peru.edu
Denise Lickteig Director - Financial Aid dlickteig@peru.edu
Henry Lickteig Assistant Director of Residence Life hlickteig@peru.edu
Marinda Liming Adjunct Faculty of English mliming@peru.edu
Laura Lippman Associate Professor of Theatre Arts llippman@peru.edu
Justin Long Custodian jlong@peru.edu
Brent Lottman Adjunct Faculty of Criminal Justice blottman@peru.edu
Dr. Frank Lynott Associate Professor of Health, Physical Education & Recreation flynott@peru.edu
Angela Mandl SSS Student Intervention Coordinator / Tutoring amandl@peru.edu
Richie Mangnall Maintenance Repair Worker III rmangnall@peru.edu
Charles Martin Custodian cmartin@peru.edu
Michael Martin Security Officer II mmartin@peru.edu
Dr. Jason Martinelli Adjunct Faculty of Earth Science jmartinelli@peru.edu
Laura Mather Project Coordinator lmather@peru.edu
Dr. Laura McCauley Associate Professor of Mathematics lmccauley@peru.edu
Deonte McReynolds Accountant dmcreynolds@peru.edu
Dr. Kelly Means Adjunct Faculty of Education kmeans@peru.edu
Veronica Meier Director of the Library vmeier@peru.edu
Brent Melvin Athletic Trainer bmelvin@peru.edu
Dr. Donna Menke Director of Student Services dmenke@peru.edu
Nathan Meyer Adjunct Faculty of Business nmeyer@peru.edu
Amy Mincer Administrative Assistant amincer@peru.edu
Beth Mitchell Office Assistant IV bmitchell@peru.edu
Cory Moen Director - Residence Life cmoen@peru.edu
Janell Moore Licensed Student Counselor jmoore@peru.edu
Susan Moore, MFA Associate Professor of Art smoore@peru.edu
Kelly Muthersbaugh Adjunct Faculty of Education kmuthersbaugh@peru.edu
Ken Myers Instructor of Math kmyers@peru.edu
Robert Neemann Custodian rneemann@peru.edu
Dr. Kathi Nehls Associate Professor of History knehls@peru.edu
Dr. Nathan Netzer Associate Professor of Chemistry nnetzer@peru.edu
Aiden Nichols Maintenance Repair Worker II anichols@peru.edu
Dr. Kristi Nies Associate Professor of English knies@peru.edu
Elisha Novak Adjunct Faculty of Sociology enovak@peru.edu
Dr. Turkan Ocal Assistant Professor of Psychology tocal@peru.edu
Phillip Ockinga Head Football Coach pockinga@peru.edu
Dr. Jay A Odum Adjunct Faculty of Criminal Justice jodum@peru.edu
Amy Oestmann Project Coordinator aoestmann@peru.edu
Amanda Oppel Chief Online Education Officer aoppel@peru.edu
Lisa Parriott Instructor of Computer and Management Information Systems lparriott@peru.edu
Kyle Percifield Adjunct Faculty of Criminal Justice kpercifield@peru.edu
Bradley Peters, MFA Adjunct Faculty of Art bpeters@peru.edu
Dr. Jason Phillips Assistant Professor of History jphillips@peru.edu
Michael Platt Director of TRiO mplatt@peru.edu
Kyle Pond Athletic Director kpond@peru.edu
Jennifer Ramos Adjunct Faculty of Biology jramos@peru.edu
Kim Regan Controller kregan@peru.edu
Nathan Rice Instructional Technology and Design Specialist nrice@peru.edu
Tom Riehle Maintenance Repair Worker III triehle@peru.edu
Jennifer Rieken Vice President for Administration and Finance jrieken@peru.edu
Bekka Rinne Marketing Coordinator brinne@peru.edu
Heather Rinne Registrar hrinne@peru.edu
Emily Roberts Online Recruitment Counselor eroberts@peru.edu
Laura Roberts Adjunct Faculty of Psychology lroberts@peru.edu
Jon Robertson Comptroller jon.robertson@peru.edu
Timothy Robertson Security Supervisor trobertson@peru.edu
Rachel Rolf, JD Assistant Professor of Business Administration rrolf@peru.edu
Dr. Brandon Ruehle Assistant Professor of Biology bruehle@peru.edu
Dr. Judith Ruskamp Professor of Education jruskamp@peru.edu
Dr. Darolyn Seay Professor of Education dseay@peru.edu
Angela Seidl Assistant Director - Human Resources aseidl@peru.edu
Amanda Sharp Retention Specialist asharp@peru.edu
Cole Sharp Adjunct Faculty of Business csharp@peru.edu
Shawn Sherman Instructor of Criminal Justice ssherman@peru.edu
Jennifer Sikora Financial Aid Specialist jsikora@peru.edu
Natalie Sisco Adjunct Faculty of Art nsisco@peru.edu
Dr. Dustin Smith Adjunct Faculty of Biology dsmith@peru.edu
Jason Smith Head Coach (Women's Basketball) jsmith@peru.edu
Ed Splichal Custodian esplichal@peru.edu
Isaiah Spruth-Janssen IT Specialist ispruth-janssen@peru.edu
Christian Stacy Admissions Counselor cstacy@peru.edu
Tanner Stallings Assistant Coach - Football tstallings@peru.edu
David Stelling Custodian dstelling@peru.edu
Megan Stone Online Student Support Specialist mstone@peru.edu
Christopher Stout Assistant Baseball Coach cstout@peru.edu
Michael Sybrant Assistant Coach (Women's Basketball) msybrant@peru.edu
Cassandra Tangen Instructor of Math, Director - Honors Program ctangen@peru.edu
Matthew Thielen Associate Vice President for Student Affairs mthielen@peru.edu
Elizabeth Thoendel Adjunct Faculty of Computer and Management Information Systems ethoendel@peru.edu
Brenda Trail Office Assistant IV btrail@peru.edu
Kathy Tynon IT Specialist ktynon@peru.edu
Susan Unruh PSC Foundation Office Assistant sunruh@peru.edu
Barb Vasiloff Adjunct Faculty of Education bvasiloff@peru.edu
Jeremiah Villeneuve Maintenance Repair Worker II jvilleneuve@peru.edu
Dr. Cristina Vlad Hayes Adjunct Faculty of Music chayes@peru.edu
Kira Vredenburg Student Services Navigator kvredenburg@peru.edu
Dr. Scott Walker-Parker Director of Instrumental Activities swalker@peru.edu
Nicolette Ware Licensed Student Counselor nware@peru.edu
Cody Warren Maintenance Repair Worker II cwarren@peru.edu
Dr. Wendy Waugh Vice President of Academic Affairs vpaa@peru.edu
Dr. Mark Weichel Adjunct Faculty of Education mweichel@peru.edu
Cassandra Weitzenkamp Instructor of Business cweitzenkamp@peru.edu
Dr. Dennis Welsh Professor of Chemistry dwelsh@peru.edu
Hope Weninger Adjunct Faculty of Business hweninger@peru.edu
Dr. Sara Westerlin Assistant Professor of Education swesterlin@peru.edu
Jackie Whisler Custodian jwhisler@peru.edu
Sean Wilkerson Football Coordinator - Defensive swilkerson@peru.edu
Marcella Wilroy Student Services Navigator mwilroy@peru.edu
Dr. Jody Woodworth Assistant Professor of Business Administration jwoodworth@peru.edu
Scott Woodworth Adjunct Faculty of Business swoodworth@peru.edu
Dr. Evi Wusk Assistant Professor ewusk@peru.edu
Mattie Nichols Financial Aid Specialist mnichols@peru.edu
Angela Mandl SSS Student Intervention Coordinator / Tutoring amandl@peru.edu