Orientation & Transition Programs

Meet the Staff

Orientation & Transition Programs Staff

Our office is comprised of hard-working staff and student employees. Read on for more information on our professional staff or click on the links in the list below to meet our student employees:

Meet the First Year Peer Coaches

Meet the Orientation Leaders

Meet the Staff

Terry Hill, M.P.A

Title: Director of Orientation & Transition Programs

Email: terryh@uw.edu

Responsibilities:

  • Department oversight
  • Work with the OTP Student Advisory Council
  • Program Assessment
  • Sponsorship

Carrie Newman, M.S.

Associate Director of Orientation Programs

Email: newmanc2@uw.edu

Responsibilities:

  • Husky Connections
  • Parent & Family Programs
  • Online Orientation (UWB101)
  • Welcome Week

Emily Leonard

Title: Transition Program Manager

Email: leonardn@uw.edu

Responsibilities:

  • First Year Peer Coaching Programs

Stephanie Mardahl, M.Ed.

Title: Orientation Program Manager

Email: stephm12@uw.edu

Responsibilities:

  • First year and transfer Advising & Orientation Programs
  • First Generation New Student Network
  • Welcome Desk

Linh Thai

Title: Program Manager for Veteran and Military Community Programs

Email: leon2004@uw.edu

Responsibilities:

  • Veteran and military community support programs
  • Management of the Veteran & Military Community Center (VMCC) UW1-011

Subhash Saravanan

  • Title: Peer Coach Undergraduate Intern
  • Year: Junior
  • Major: Computer Science and Software Engineering
  • Minor: Computer Business Administration
  • Responsibilities:
    • Peer Coach Management and Development
    • Meta-Major Event Planning

Bridget Paik

  • Title: Purple Team Orientation Intern
  • Year: Senior
  • Major: Mathematics
  • Responsibilities:
    • Assist in supervision of the Purple Orientation leader team
    • Assist in planning and implementation of all A&Os
    • Create schedules and training of orientation leaders

Gelila Bekele

  • Title: Gold Team Orientation Leader
  • Year: Junior
  • Major: Mathematics
  • Responsibilities:
    • Assist in supervision of the UW1 Welcome Desk
      • Create shift coverage schedule
    • Assist in oversight of Gold Team Orientation Leaders
    • Update desk resources and work with campus partners