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Jeff Koerber (he/him), OTS Technology Support Desk

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Jeff Koerber (he/him), OTS Technology Support Desk

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Assist students with tech issues

Supervise student employees

Advocate for students during projects/internal discussions

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Student success advocate

Facilitate inter-divisional coordination and collaboration for growing Supplemental Instruction program

Encourage professional growth and build confidence in student employees

Could lead: Sustainable time management techniques for students, & tips for structuring collaborative feedback meetings with student employees to ensure they feel empowered and supported as they continue growing in their role.

I would love to learn more about how to provide tailored support for neurodiverse students and foster more student-to-student community building within on campus programs.

I am incredibly excited to attend this Unconference and look forward to seeing everyone there!

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Photo for Unconference 2025 Padlet Board

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He looks cute but can be quite mischievous.

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I joined AARC as an academic advisor for reenrollment after working in the Registrar's office for 2 years. This role has not just been new to me, but also to Towson! It's been wonderful to work with students interested in reenrolling along with my FYE, ARP, and AW cohorts.

I'm looking forward to strong discussions and taking time to get to more of the wonderful staff at TU who help our students!

My strengths are organization, creative problem solving, and being a dog mom to my pup, Loki!

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She/her

Research & Instruction

Welcoming, ideally making learning feel fun & approachable

Mostly see Education (grad and undergrad) and TSEM students

Could lead: intro to our collection of children's and ya books; extreme Google mapping so you always know if you are near a good restaurant, bakery or thrift store.

Topic I'd like to see: How to figure out funding for collaboratively planned creative events when budgets are tight

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Erica Lokshin (she/her)              Health Promotion 

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Erica Lokshin (she/her)              Health Promotion 

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Provide accurate, accessible, and student-centered health education

Provide opportunities for students to reflect on their well-being journeys

Foster student growth and development through professional opportunities (peer education, GAs, internships, student employment)

Co-leading: Community of Care

I am interested in supporting individual and community well-being. Taking time to reflect on how settings, systems, and policies impact change.

Want to know: How we can strengthen relationships across the university to continue to support and foster holistic well-being and sense of belonging.

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Crossing this item off my bucket list during a spur of the moment road trip last summer.

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April Myers (she/ her)    Tutoring and Learning Center

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April Myers (she/ her)    Tutoring and Learning Center

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-administrative

-purchasing

-organizational wizardry

I'm pretty new to working in higher ed but some unconventional topics I could lead: Parenting discussion with different ages, stages, abilities, and needs. Leading in scouts (both kinds). Event planning. Local activities. Being a chef (let's share a recipe or cooking technique).

Some topics I would love to see: Stratus or Command Center HD tips, EVERYTHING about university employment (especially your TU experiences), guiding student employees to future success, book club (what have you been reading?), anything that can expand my consciousness as a human being.

Bonus Haiku:

university

dynamic outdoor spaces

lush campus in bloom

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a recent art project with a Mary Oliver quote "you do not have to be good"

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empowering students

encouraging reflection

holding safe spaces

Co-leading: community of care

I am interested in supporting sustainable student and staff wellbeing, how we can tap into our creativity at work

I am excited to learn along side everyone!

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Jen "AARC Sunshine Coordinator" drew this amazing picture of me when I earned my Masters degree in February.

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Lucero Espinal (she/her) Academic Advising Retention & Completion AARC

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Lucero Espinal (she/her) Academic Advising Retention & Completion AARC

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Hello! My name is Lucero (pronounced lou-seh-row). I am an academic advisor with the AARC team in Cook Library. I recently finished my first year at TU in April. Work with first-year students, open majors, those on academic warning/probation, and I am the liaison for the Freshmen Transition Program (FTP). I can lead topics about first-generation college students and insight about incoming first-year student profiles (I graduated during the pandemic and taught middle/high school before going into advising). One topic I would like to see is how to engage students who are struggling with social expectations and mental health.

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Hello! My name is Kameron and I work in TU's Academic Advising, Retention and Completion Office. I began working at TU in September of 2024 as AARC's Front Office Coordinator. Next week, I'll be moving into a new position with AARC - Academic Advisor for Transitioning Students.

Could Lead/Discuss: I am still new to higher education, but I do enjoy discussing my experiences working with transitioning students. I think an interesting topic of conversation that I have explored in the past is the process of entering higher education as a student. How do we develop students' confidence in navigating an entirely new world like higher education?

Interested In: I am interested in learning more about anything AI instruction/training related as it concerns students - I have a background in teaching English, both at the high school and university level. I am also interested in listening to everyone's experiences working with students, and perhaps gaining some knowledge on how student communities are formed.

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Emiel Brown (they/them) Library Associate for Digital Initiatives

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Emiel Brown (they/them) Library Associate for Digital Initiatives

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I work with the digital materials and collections in Cook's Special Collections and University Archives. Collaborating with our student workers and working with materials donated by students to the University Archives.

Interested in: connecting with student groups, working with primary sources and non-traditional materials, bringing TU history into the curriculum, cool scenarios for digital resources.

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Going up the incline!

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At my MoCo Community Advocacy Institute graduation!

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program coordination

student employee supervision

Interested in: student & staff wellness, student employee & staff professional/personal development

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Imagining a life where I'm a traveling sommelier - a librarian is basically the same thing.

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Jasmine Malone (she/her) - Digital Archivist (SCUA)

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Jasmine Malone (she/her) - Digital Archivist (SCUA)

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What I do: Currently creating a digital preservation solution for Cook Library.

Students: Rarely work with them, but want to engage via instruction!

Want to see: bottom-up approaches to information literacy pedagogy, community building for early career professionals

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Woman with red hair standing in a vinyard

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My favorite morning? Drinking coffee reading an ebook with a blanket on the couch snuggling my dogs. Up front and center is bulldog Gimli; squeezed against my side is Boston terrier mix Kairi.

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Brittni Ballard (she/hers), Learning Technologies Librarian

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Brittni Ballard (she/hers), Learning Technologies Librarian

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How I do what I do: Radical candor. Don't be boring. Playful puns and pet photos. Who I do it with: I work with asynchronous learners first and foremost, so I don't often know them and they don't often know me. Those I do work with synchronously tend to be graduate students and distance learners.

What I could lead a topic on: Critical digital pedagogy; digital accessibility; digital reading and annotation; disability justice; ethical edtech; facilitating meaningful hybrid and online meetings; Gen AI.

What I want to learn: What are looking forward to in the new year? What are you working on that brings you joy? What are you most proud of this past year? How do you stay connected with colleagues in times of overwork and grief / distressing world events? What are students asking about, and how do they ask?

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Brittni has shoulder length wavy brown hair with blue green bangs. She sits on a couch with her two dogs curled up on her lap.

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Work with: First-Generation Disruptors, B-MORE Change Agents, All of 'em

How we work: Collaborative & Interactive Learning Experiences

Could Lead/Looking to Collab: First-Gen Supports - How and Why? , Gen One Week 2025 - Let's Collab, Renaissance or Cowboy Carter?

Want to See/Support: Intentional partnerships b/w academic and student affairs, First-Gen student needs/wants for your area

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She/her

Listen - Learn - Collaborate - Help

I work with Health Professions majors, guiding them toward graduation and assisting with major changes, registration, degree plans, referrals across campus, and much more.

Could Lead: Finding strategies to get students to be more engaged

Want to see: Conversations/strategies around difficult advising conversations, switching majors and helping students to succeed

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My very favorite off-guard photo of myself (thanks Marketing & Communications) attending the BTU Partnership Awards this past fall.

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She/her

Leadership - Community - Development

What I do: I work to support students in exploring themselves and their leadership capabilities through a program called Tigers Lead.

Could lead: leadership development for student employees- how self-development and exploration make a student clearer, more focused, and more impactful to your office

Want to do: I still feel new to TU so looking to get further connected with other spaces I don't normally have the pleasure of interacting with. I'll be arriving in the afternoon on Friday, so if you'd like to reach me prior to me coming, please email :)

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any pronouns

Publishing & Open Scholarship Librarian/Psychology Librarian

A lot of what I do doesn't involve directly with students outside of research consults/instruction, but I'd like to change that

Could lead: open educational resources/no-cost textbook initiatives

Want to see: student-led resource creation/how to engage students (in being leaders in creation/adoption of aforementioned open educational resources)

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At a visitor center in PA with my sister and my visitor-center-enthusiast Father

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She/her

Evening supervisor for Access Services

What I do: I supervise. In the evenings!

Also on the library's DEIA committee and the sustainability committee - interested in sustainability and justice

Want to know: How to connect with other staff and faculty and support students in light of current events; How to develop resiliency and networks of care; How to navigate the changing knowledge landscape of AI and how this will affect civic engagement and media literacy in the future

Could lead: Meet and greet for those interested in discussing our work and communities in relation to current events

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(She/her) Administrative Assistant and Sunshine Coordinator in the Academic Advising, Retention and Completion Office. I love to meet new people (and we all know TU has the best people ever). I am ready to collaborate and have some fun!

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Looking pensive at a coffee shop in Pittsburgh

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she/her

Head of Library Teaching + STEM Librarian

empowering students to become more confident researchers

Could lead: transparent / inclusive / compassionate teaching strategies; digital accessibility; AI in research and teaching (though I am by no means an expert on that yet!)

Want to see: examples of successful peer-led education programs, how AI is coming up in other academic support services throughout campus (I'm especially interested in hearing about experiences with students using AI for proofreading), community building for online classes / services

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Elisabeth sitting in a reddish brown chair that is much too large for her, staring off into the distance with a pensive expression. She is wearing bright purple shoes and a loud navy blue coat with colorful birds on it, and she has polka dot sunglasses resting on top of her head.

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I realized that I did not have any selfies on my new phone, so here's a scenic view of my office.

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Research & Instruction Librarian, brand new to both TU & Maryland

What I do: Teach research skills and help students become more confident at navigating the information landscape.

Could lead: something to do with AI ethics and/or bias, or I could share my experiences working in higher ed in a state where DEI was illegal.

Want to know: How people in TU are responding/adapting to Our Currently Ongoing Historical Moment, and where I can lend a hand. I also just really want to meet folks from across campus.

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Jockey’s Ridge State Park Creating Moments That Make Memories! (Largest Sand Dune on East Cost) 

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Stephen Willems: (He/Him), Accessibility & Disability Services

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Stephen Willems: (He/Him), Accessibility & Disability Services

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Action-Oriented Art & Accessibility

My Work: I work alongside students with disabilities, facilitating accommodations, education initiatives, and connections across campus to support community care and belonging.

Could Lead:

·         Disability, Accessibility, and Identity: Understanding the intersectionality and difference.

·         Using Art to Affirm Identity

·         Student Center Programming Practices

Topic(s) you’d like to see: I am looking for co-conspirators to help carve out and create physical spaces on campus that foster the identity and community of students with disabilities while learning how I can be a better campus partner among like-minded people with purpose.

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OC early morning boardwalk ride with my biker chicks!

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she/her

CBE/Student Academic & Career Advising

academic advising, mentoring, program management, external partnerships

Students I see most often? Rad ones!

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We don't deserve our pets, even the really spoiled ones like Oshin (she/her).

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Brian Jara (he/they) • Inclusive Excellence Education & Support (IEES)

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Brian Jara (he/they) • Inclusive Excellence Education & Support (IEES)

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1) Drive-by involuntary education

2) Opt-in to public sessions

3) Students involved in reported bias incidents

4) Grab bag: they find us or are referred to us

Could lead or collab on: dialogue skill-building; aligning peer education programs to institutional priorities (belonging +); student success isn't something we do TO students, but WITH

Would love to see: crowd-sourcing a de-siloed student success manifesta / mantra / mission statement

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she/they

Safe space for all brains

to learn and thrive together.

Empower. Build trust.

Could lead: ways to build community and implement neuro-inclusive practices

Want to know: How we can strengthen and grow our neurodiverse constellation on campus to help students, faculty, and staff feel affirmed and supported in who they are.

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Keiwana Perryman (she/her), Center for Student Diversity

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Keiwana Perryman (she/her), Center for Student Diversity

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First Gen, Diversity, Storytelling, WOO

Could lead: Ways to build community, leadership development

Want to know: Looking for campus partners willing to get in some good trouble amplifying DEI initiatives from a different perspective.

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My daughter and I rooting for TU Basketball

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she/they

embedded tutors

always sparking confidence

mod'ling leadership

favorite things: reading sci-fi, listening to music, gardening, hiking, organized resistance

Could lead: Building campus community

Want to find: ideas for advertising programs, new collaborators, partners in resistance

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she/her

loves to read, wants more tattoos, has no chill whatsoever

Could lead: when and how to document personnel issues

Want to know: networking skills, what other departments are up to, if anyone is up for collaborating on book displays

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in my element at White Limozeen in Nashville

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she/her

firstgen, student-driven everything

could lead: ADHD-friendly project management

want to know: all about peer ed programs