Early Bird

Arrivals and departures

Welcome to new faculty and staff; farewell to those moving on to new opportunities.

By Lindsey Coulter

July 16, 2019

Metropolitan State University of Denver’s recent hires:

Jeffrey Barr, Data Management Assistant, Office of Institutional Research

Rita Case, Director, Veteran and Military Student Services            

Miguel Huerta, CARE Case Manager/Epic Scholars, Student Life Office

Adriana Kilday, Academic Advisor and Retention Specialist, College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

Carson Koinzan, Master of Health Administration Student Services Assistant, Health Administration

Hannah Karr Martin, Clinical Placement Manager, Nursing

Heather Messer, Counselor, Financial Aid

Jordan Morgan, Facility Operations and Marketing Specialist, Campus Recreation

Bessie Nolan, Peer Mentoring Specialist, Orientation

Tanya Rogowsky, Human Resources Associate, Human Resources

Monica Anne Simpson, Interim Case Management Assistant, Student Life Office

Mark Wilson, Emergency Preparedness Manager, Facilities Planning

MSU Denver’s recent departures:

Lizbeth Eileen Acosta, Counselor, Financial Aid   

Jessica Arnfelt, Administrative Assistant, Human Services              

Bruce Christian, Associate Professor, Aerospace Science (transitional retirement)

Kelsey English, Assistant Director, Alumni Relations         

Douglas Graves, Staff Psychologist, Counseling Center     

Susan Gills, Director of Individualized Supervised Practice Pathway, Nutrition

Marilyn “Cookie” Hetzel, Professor, Theatre (transitional retirement)

Julie Lucas, Special Projects Manager, Strategy, Marketing and Communications 

Linda Marangia, Ph.D., Professor, Sociology and Anthropology (transitional retirement)

Thomas McInerney, Ph.D., Professor, History      

Alisha Mills, Health Career Navigator, Social Work Masters Programs       

Patricia Nickel, Individualized Degree Specialist, Center for Individualized Learning            

Kaitlin Pace, Office Manager, Vice President of Academic and Student Affairs       

Dennis Smith, Junior Course Developer, Center for Teaching, Learning and Design             

Kathryn Vonstein, Clinical Placement Manager, Nursing