Category: Get to Know

Get to Know: Steph Van Pay, Program Coordinator for the Part-Time MSW Program

Steph Van Pay (She, Her, Hers) Title: Program Coordinator for the Part-Time MSW Program How long in your current position? 5 ½ years How long at the school? 7 ½ years (including my MSW student days) What are the main reasons students, faculty, or staff would contact you for assistance? If they had any Part-Time MSW …

Get to Know: Jason Lee, Communications and Development Specialist

Jason Lee (He/Him/His) Title: Communications and Development Specialist How long in your current position? How long at the school? I’ve been at the school for almost four years; at UW for about 10. What are the main reasons students, faculty, or staff would contact you for assistance? I share news about the exciting work of …

Get to Know: Mackenzie Otterson, Graduate Coordinator and Office Administrator for the Part-Time MSW Program

Mackenzie Otterson (She/Her/Hers) Title: Graduate Coordinator and Office Administrator for the Part-Time MSW Program How long in your current position? How long at the school? I started working in my position and at the school back in March of this year, so this is my seventh month working here. What are the main reasons students, …

Get to Know: Russ Portier, Assistant to the Director

Russ Portier (He/Him/His) Title: Assistant to the Director How long in your current position? How long at the school? 1 year in current position; 10 years at the school. What are the main reasons students, faculty, or staff would contact you for assistance? I’m responsible for a number of administrative functions at the school, so …

Get to Know: Courtney Bingham, Admissions Coordinator

Courtney Bingham (He/Him/His) Title: Admissions Coordinator How long in your current position? How long at the school? 1 year overall What are the main reasons students, faculty, or staff would contact you for assistance? Current students can contact me if they need help navigating campus; the Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work resources as well as …

Get to Know: Aaron Raasch, University Services Associate 2

Aaron Raasch (He/Him/His) Title: University Services Associate 2 How long in your current position? How long at the school? 4.5 years in this position and at the school What are the main reasons students, faculty, or staff would contact you for assistance? I mostly have contact with faculty and staff who have questions about copy …

Get to Know: Belinda Velazquez, Senior Student Services Coordinator (and Academic Advisor)

Belinda Velazquez (She/Her/Hers) Title: Senior Student Services Coordinator (and Academic Advisor) How long have you been in your current position? How long at the school? I have been at the School of Social Work for 15 years What are the main reasons students, faculty, or staff would contact you for assistance? Main reasons why students, …

Get to Know: Amy Basel, Field Program Assistant

Part of a semi-regular series this fall on some of the people who work in the Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work. Amy Basel (She/Her/Hers) Title: Field Program Assistant ( but I like to say Field Program Administrator 😊) How long have you been in your current position? How long at the school? Since the …