Meet the Team & Brooks Directory
Meet the Dean's Office Team
Mark Schaub, Dean
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Julia Mason, Interim Associate Dean
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Kate Vanderdolk, Assistant Dean
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Abigail Mcclure, Administrative Assistant to the Dean
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Lenesha Aska, Office Assistant
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Samantha Rypstra, Office Coordinator
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Broooks Deans Office Distribution of Duties
Office Address: 224 Lake Ontario Hall
Email: [email protected]
Distribution of Duties:
- Brooks College Appointing Officer
- Strategic Planning and Implementation for College
- Oversight of and Support for College Programs
- University-Wide Interdisciplinary Initiatives
- Institutional Review Board (IRB) Approvals for Brooks Faculty
- Grant review and applications
- GVSU Budget Review Group (BRG)
- University Personnel Review Committee (Deans' Representative)
- Leadership Council Chair
- Liaison with College Personnel Committee
- Faculty & Staff Evaluation
- International Risk Assessment Committee
- Budget: Requests, Planning, Allocation
- Development & Fundraising
- Alumni Relations
- College and University Committees
- Member of Provost's Cabinet
- Kutsche Office Advisory Council (Ex-Officio)
- Padnos/Sarosik Center for Civil Discourse (PSCCD) Advisory Council (Ex-Officio)
- Liaison to Sustainable Agriculture Project Advisory Board
- Brooks College Representative at Events
- Annual Report
- Workload Planning, Management, & Accountability
Office Address: 224 Lake Ontario Hall
Email: [email protected]
Distribution of Duties:
- Inter-College & Unit Connections/Relations
- Facilities Management
- Liaison with Records for all Brooks curriculum changes and university initiatives
- Liaison with Supplemental Writing Skills Director and University Writing Skills Committee
- Strategic Planning data collection and analysis
- Self-Study and Assessment Review & Support
- Digital Measures Support
- Faculty Qualification Assurance Review & Support
- Collect, present, and interpret quantitative and qualitative data to assist the College and its unit with decision-making and annual reporting
- Negotiating Contracts, Leaves, and MOUs (including joint appointments, FMLA, phased retirement, reassigned time, etc.)
- Inclusion Advocate
- Liaison with College Curriculum Committee
- Faculty Development & Mentoring Programs
- Support Unit Head Development and New Faculty Development
- Coordinate new faculty hires within the College
- Brooks College Representative at Events
- Assist with Faculty & Staff Workload, Management, & Accountability
Office Address: 219 Lake Ontario Hall
Email: [email protected]
Distribution of Duties:
- Student Success & Support:
- Liaison with Brooks College Advising and OMNi to support new student advising, orientation, student recruitment and retention, and support to graduation.
- Liaison with the Brooks College Writing Center
- Liaison with external partners including OMNi/Adult & Continuing Studies and OMNi Career Services
- Student/Academic grievances
- Liaison with Records for Brooks College grading, registration issues, and university initiatives.
- Addressing student, faculty, and staff-related ADA requests.
- Late adds, permits, override support, and Incomplete grades
- First point of contact for unit heads and directors on Navigate student success and policy concerns/questions
- Coordination of Brooks College Alumni activities
- Lead on Marketing and Communication activity for Brooks College, including student recruitment and admissions activities, monthly newsletter, college website oversite, and social media coordination with Brooks units and programs
- Catalog Revision Support
- Curricular liaison to dual enrollment, direct credit, and programs outside of Brooks College
Office Address: 224 Lake Ontario Hall
Email: [email protected]
Distribution of Duties:
- Budget
- Oversee fiscal operations for Brooks College
- Budget requests/tracking
- Requisitions/approvals/transfers
- Approving travel and expense reports
- Personnel
- Faculty/staff search process
- Receive transcripts
- Issue contracts/appointment letters
- Support for personnel actions
- Joint appointments
- Sabbatical notices
- FARS/FWP collection
- Personnel issues
- Reassigned time reporting
- Adjunct overload
- Issue part-time contracts
- Facilitate borrow/lend forms
- Provide adjunct projections
- Dean's Calendar
- Dean’s special projects
- Provide budget/financial administration support for the Padnos/Sarosik Center for Civil Discourse
Office Address: 224 Lake Ontario Hall
Email: [email protected]
Distribution of Duties:
- Assistant to the Associate and Assistant Deans
- Associate Dean's Calendar
- Leadership Council Agenda, Minutes, & Support
- Provide event planning support
- Assist with Faculty Governance nominations, elections, and communications
- Support shared governance committees within the college, including taking minutes for standing committees as needed
- Hire, Train, and Supervise Student Workers
- Assist Deans with research/data collection to support college analytics, strategic planning, and reporting
- Assist with Brooks College strategic planning processes, assessments, accreditation, and related reports
- Support internal searches (Unit Head / Directors / Coordinators)
- Assist with FQA collection and processing
- Provide support for Supplemental Writing Skills Program, including tracking tasks and generating assessment reports
- Assist with Facilities planning
- Order supplies
Office Address: 224 Lake Ontario Hall
Email: [email protected]
Distribution of Duties:
- Maintain websites for the Brooks College of Interdisciplinary Studies (Brooks College) as well as other as needed. This includes working with a variety of faculty and staff to ensure web information is current.
- Plan and Provide support at various Brooks College events.
- Support the Assistant Dean in implementing marketing and communications strategies related to digital, social media, and multimedia content within the College.
- Interact with and monitor social media platforms for Brooks College
- Create and maintain database systems. Responsible for data entry, maintenance, management and report retrieval.
- Generate reports, presentation materials, spreadsheets and graphics, and other similar materials
- Compile and logically format statistical data and reports and distribute information for annual reports, Brooks College newsletters, faculty/staff awards, strategic planning, enrollment/faculty load, and other reports
- Assist with faculty and staff award nominations
- Conduct special projects and assist with events as directed
- Support and assign projects for student workers
- Alumni Outreach and Communications
- Serve as an office Coordinator for the Padnos/Sarosik Center for Civil Discourse
- Order supplies and complete other related duties as assigned
| Last Name | First Name | Department | Title | Office | Email Address | Phone Number | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VanKoevering | Troy | Brooks College Advising Center, Office of Sustainability Practices | Office Coordinator (PSS) | 260 LMH | [email protected] | 616-331-7366 | |
| Vélez Ortiz | Melba | Frederik Meijer Honors College | Professor | 130 HON | [email protected] | 616-331-0055 | |
| Verschaeve | Joseph | School of Interdisciplinary Studies (SIS) | Adjunct Faculty | Traverse City Campus | [email protected] | 616-331-3730 | |
| Wampler | Peter | Frederik Meijer Honors College | Professor | 134 NMH | [email protected] | 616-331-2834 | |
| Wang | Lei | School of Interdisciplinary Studies (SIS) | Visiting Faculty | 324 LOH | [email protected] | 616-331-8020 | |
| Ware | Melissa | School of Interdisciplinary Studies (SIS) | Adjunct Faculty | 324 LOH | [email protected] | 616-331-8020 | |
| Weber | John | Frederik Meijer Honors College | Borrowed Faculty | 213 PAD | [email protected] | 616-331-3065 | |
| Weekley | Ayana | School of Interdisciplinary Studies (SIS) | "Interim Program Director Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (as of 6/12/25); Associate Professor" | 215 LOH | [email protected] | 616-331-8173 | |
| Weibel | Deana | School of Interdisciplinary Studies (SIS) | Borrowed Faculty | 227 LMH | [email protected] | 616-331-3346 | |
| Wendland-Liu | Joel | School of Interdisciplinary Studies (SIS) | Associate Professor | 248 LOH | [email protected] | 616-331-8192 | |
| Wickham | Kary | Frederik Meijer Honors College | Honors Academic and Enrichment Advisor | 142A HON | [email protected] | 616-331-8155 | |
| Williams | Rebecca (Becky) | School of Interdisciplinary Studies (SIS) | Assistant Professor | 213 LOH | [email protected] | 616-331-8207 | |
| Williford | Mary | School of Interdisciplinary Studies (SIS) | SIS Program Assistant (Lead PSS) | 324 LOH | [email protected] | 616-331-3692 | |
| Wolverton | Maureen | School of Interdisciplinary Studies (SIS) | Senior Affiliate Faculty | 324 LOH | [email protected] | 616-331-8020 | |
| Woods | Allison | School of Interdisciplinary Studies (SIS) | Visiting Faculty | LOH 324 | [email protected] | 616-331-8601 |
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