First Year Programs

Meet the Staff

Connect with FYP professional staff, Student Assistants, and Student Coordinators.

Program Emails

Advising & Orientation — uwao@uw.edu
First-year Interest Groups (FIGs) — figs@uw.edu
General Inquiries — fyp@uw.edu
Commuter & Transfer Commons — ctcuw@uw.edu

               

Dawg Daze — dawgdaze@uw.edu
Course Management — cluster@uw.edu
First-Year Engagement & FY Networks — fyengage@uw.edu

Staff

Please hover over each picture to view focus areas. Our team also collaborates with the Student Academic Services Digital Engagement Team.

Meghan Coletta, M.Ed

Sr. Program Manager, First-Year Curriculum (PM-C)

Sarah Henderson, M.Ed

Program Manager, Operations & Student Transition Support (PM-O/STS)

Analise Iwanski, M.Ed

Program Manager, Communications & Engagement (PM-CE)

Emily Kolby, Ph.D.

Director, First-Year Curriculum & Engagement (D-CE)

Chloe Jiselle Laney, BA

Program Systems Specialist (PSS)

Emma Peterson, BA

Program Specialist

Courtney Saben, M.S. Ed

Associate Director, Advising & Orientation (AD-AO)

Em Smith, MSW, LICSW

Program Manager, First-Year Engagement (PM-FYE)

Halee Trinidad, M.A.

Program Manager, First-Year Academic Partnerships (PM-AP)

Mikki Ulaszewski M.Sc

Associate Director of Communications & Engagement

Nick Wedler, MSW

Program Logistics Manager (PLM)

LeAnne Jones Wiles, MPA, SHRM-SCP

Executive Director, First Year Programs & Strategic Initiatives (ED)

Student Assistants & Student Coordinators

Amy Decaire

Student Assistant

Angelina DePano

Student Assistant

Zahmiya James

A&O Program Student Coordinator

Yuena Kim

Student Assistant

Emely Lara-Dominguez

A&O Systems Student Coordinator

Elisa Markevitch

Student Assistant

Jaz Pang

Student Assistant

Noga Rahat

A&O Logistics Student Coordinator

Mouhamed Tandia

Student Assistant

Emily Williams

Student Assistant

Anne Tan

Communications and Engagement Student Coordinator

Saesha Wadhwa

Dawg Daze Student Coordinator

Learn More

Meet our FIG Leaders and Orientation Leaders. View our former team members to remain connected.