• Professional portrait of Amy Root
    Amy Root, M.S., M.A. (she/her) Alum
    Academic Skills Center

    Learning Center Specialist

  • Isabella Gross, M.F.A.
    Isabella Gross, M.F.A. (she/her/hers)
    English | College of Arts and Sciences

    Associate Lecturer

    Isabella (Bella) Gross was born and raised along the shores of Lake Michigan in Traverse City, MI. She loves crafts, K-pop, highland cows, and her chihuahua, Buttercup. She is the founder, editor, bookmaker, and in-house artist for And Then Publishing, a micro press focused on publishing handmade chapbooks primarily by poets from the Great Lakes region.

  • Professional portrait of Lauren Novak
    Lauren Novak, Psy.D. (she/her/hers)
    Counseling Services

    Psychologist

    Lauren is a pre-licensed psychologist with a PsyD in Clinical Psychology from Nova Southeastern University. Through her work in community mental health and inpatient settings, she has developed a collaborative and flexible therapeutic style that is person-centered and trauma informed. Lauren believes in the incredible power of human connection, empathy, and compassion to foster growth and resilience.

  • Professional portrait of Noah Terrell
    Noah Terrell, M.S., LPC-IT (he/him/his) Alum
    Counseling Services

    Clinical Counselor

    Noah is a Licensed Professional Counselor-In-Training. He views the counseling process as a collaborative effort between the counselor and client, and empowers clients to make confident decisions for their benefit. Placing a large emphasis on the counseling relationship, he works through a person centered, cognitive behavior therapy, motivational interviewing, and solutions-focused framework