The fact that Jennifer started her job at Stony Brook on Valentine’s Day seems fitting to her. “I love every day here,” she claims. And that’s mainly because, “every single day I get to help someone in some way. Even if it seems like a small thing, the information and support I provide helps students get to their goals. I can’t think of anything more satisfying than that.”

Jennifer divides her workday between phone time with students and parents, to talking to students in-person at the Student Union. She handles issues ranging from helping students meet transcript requirements, to registering for or dropping courses. She also schedules lectures and events for student participation at various on-campus venues.

She’s always liked putting her organizational skills to work and says she’s following in her mother’s footsteps, who worked on a local school’s administrative staff when Jennifer was growing up.

Following years of remote work at another university, she says “It’s very wonderful to be with students here now on this beautiful campus. I have a lot of friends who graduated from Stony Brook. And I’ve always had the highest respect and appreciation for all the programs the University offers, the diversity and the clubs. Mostly that it’s so ‘open’ and everyone is accepted for who they are. ”

She’s also thrilled to work at the relatively newly redesigned Student Union, where so many of the services students need and want are all under one roof. And she’s excited and ready “to dig into the nitty gritty” of helping students register this fall.

Asked what she considers the main thing she brings to us as a new colleague, Jennifer responds, “I like to bring color and sparkle. I like to keep it positive.”