• Professional portrait of Geri Krause
    Geri Krause, M.S., LPC-IT (she/her/hers) Alum
    Counseling Services

    Clinical Counselor

    Geri is an LPC-IT with degrees in Graphic Design and Clinical Mental Health Counseling. After years of parenting/art/design/music, she recognized her heart for people’s lives and completed grad school. Believing in the power of the mind to change our thoughts and behaviors, she employs a holistic well-being approach incorporating good self-care practices, which can be difficult during college as students adjust to a new normal.

  • Whitney Tabbert
    Whitney Tabbert (she/her/hers)
    Integrated Marketing and Communications

    Online Content Writer

    As part of the web team, I write and edit content across the UWEC website, specifically surrounding academics and recruitment. I can help you craft your messages for the web using UW-Eau Claire’s brand voice, the latest Blugold success stories and compelling images.

  • Maggie Hall
    Maggie Meyers Alum
    Admissions

    Admissions Counselor

    Works primarily with first-year students from Southern Wisconsin

    “The best part of my job is helping students and families learn how they can make their college dreams come true at UW-Eau Claire.”

  • Angie Rankin
    Angela Rankin, B.S., M.S. (she/her/hers)
    Admissions

    Assistant Director

    Works primarily with home schooled students, nontraditional students, and military veterans

    "I love helping students find their place at UW-Eau Claire and discover the amazing opportunities available to them as a Blugold.”

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    Mackenzie Huber (she/her)
    Integrated Marketing and Communications

    Content Strategist

    As the Content Strategist, I help make strategic decisions about storytelling and web content to achieve our recruitment goals and serve our primary audiences. I enjoy thinking about the people who read our stories and use our website, and I'm focused on how to best give them the information they need to complete the tasks important to them.

  • Zhia Lee
    Zhia Lee, B.B.A (she/her/hers) Alum
    Admissions

    Admissions Counselor

    Works primarily with multicultural students and first-year students from Western Wisconsin

    “Being able to support and impact students gives me great joy. I love being able to see students do what they want and to be able to experience all the opportunities that UWEC has to offer. I’m excited to be able to help students on their journey. “

  • Professional portrait of Alexandria Viegut
    Alexandria Viegut, Ph.D. (she/her/hers)
    Psychology

    Assistant Professor

  • Professional portrait of Rebecca Rudolph
    Rebecca Rudolph (she/her/hers)
    Counseling Services

    Masters Level Intern

    Rebecca is an intern with Counseling Services and is currently a Winona State University student pursuing a master’s degree in clinical mental health. Her approach to counseling includes incorporating a trauma-focused lens into cognitive behavioral, person-centered, and solution-focused therapies. She enjoys helping college students take ownership of their mental health by connecting them with the tools they need to thrive in their lives and empowering them.

  • Marcy Orwig
    Marcy Leasum Orwig, Ph.D. Alum
    Business Communication and Information Systems | College of Business

    Associate Professor

  • Gary Don
    Dr. Gary Don
    Music and Theatre Arts

    Professor Emeritus

  • Chi-Yu Hsu
    Dr. Chia-Yu Hsu
    Music and Theatre Arts

    Associate Professor of Music-Composition

  • Ryan Jones
    Dr. Ryan Jones
    Music and Theatre Arts

    Professor of Music History

  • Frank Watkins
    Dr. Frank A. Watkins
    Music and Theatre Arts

    Director of Choral Studies | Associate Professor of Choral Music Education

  • Riley McGrath
    Riley McGrath, Ph.D. (he/him/his)
    Counseling Services

    Director, Counseling Services | Psychologist

    Riley is a licensed psychologist and Director of Counseling Services. Riley utilizes a strength-based approach to counseling that draws from Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Positive Psychology, and Client-Centered frameworks. He has experience working with a variety of different presenting issues including identity related concerns, relationship difficulties, mood and anxiety disorders, adjustment concerns, substance abuse, career uncertainty, and disordered eating.

  • Margaret Weber headshot
    Dr. Margaret Weber (she/her/hers)
    History

    Lecturer

    Margaret Weber is a senior lecturer in History at the University of Wisconsin—Eau Claire. She received a doctoral degree in Rural, Agricultural, Technological, and Environmental History Program from Iowa State University in 2018. Weber has published articles and essays in Agricultural History, HNET, and Enterprise & Society, including 2020’s, “The Cult of Convenience: Marketing and Food in Postwar America.”