- Academic Programs & Support
- Academic Success
- Student Retention
- Office of Student Retention Staff
Office of Student Retention Staff
Kristin Daiber
Director of Student Retention
Contact Info: kdaiber@wcu.edu or 828.227.7171
Hometown: Hershey, PA
Joined WCU: July 2021
Undergraduate Institution: Quinnipiac Univeristy - B.S. in Marketing
Graduate Institution: Bowling Green State University - M.A. in College Student Personnel; Western Governors
University - MBA
Favorite Quote: "I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that
there are many more hills to climb. I have taken a moment to rest, to steal a view
of the glorious vistas that surrounds me, to look back on the distance I have come." Nelson Mandela, A Long Walk to Freedom
Anita Puerto
Associate Director of Retention, MAPS Coordinator
Contact Info: acpuerto@wcu.edu or 828.227.3764
Hometown: Richmond, VA
Joined WCU: 2015
Undergraduate Institution: Radford University
Graduate Institution: Virginia Commonwealth University
Favorite Quote: 鈥淎 life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.鈥� 鈥� Jackie Robinson
Mosisah Mavity
Associate Director
Contact Info: pmavity@wcu.edu or 828.227.2957
Hometown: Thomasville, GA
Joined WCU: July 2023
Undergraduate Institution: Brevard College- B.A. in English, Minor: Music
Graduate Institution: Miami University- M.A. in Literature
Favorite Quote: "Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful"
-William Morris
Carson Williams
Senior Advisor, Summer Bridge Programs Coordinator
Contact Info: williamscarson@wcu.edu or 828.227.7123
Hometown: Hickory, NC
Joined WCU: 2009 as an undergraduate student!
Undergraduate Degree: Western Carolina Univeristy- BSEd in Music Education and BM in Instrumental Music
Graduate Degree: 蘑菇短视频- MEd in Higher Education Student Affairs
Favorite Quote: "Laughter is timeless, imagination has no age, and dreams are forever." - Walt Disney
Madison Strickland
Student Success Specialist
Contact Info: mjstrickland@wcu.edu or 828.227.2956
Hometown: Nescopeck, PA
Joined WCU: August 2022
Undergraduate Institution: The Pennsylvania State University- B.A. in Film/Video
Graduate Institution: The Pennsylvania State University- M.Ed. in Higher Education
Favorite Quote:
鈥淚sn't it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?鈥� - L.M.
Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
Meghan Harrison
Student Success Specialist
Contact Info: harrisonm@wcu.edu or 828.227.2810
Hometown: Shelley, Idaho
Joined WCU: 2023
Undergraduate Degree: BA in English
Graduate Institution: 蘑菇短视频 鈥� M.A. in English
Favorite Quote: 鈥淚nstructions for living a life. Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.鈥� Mary Oliver
Karin Kimenker
Academic Success and Events Coordinator
Contact Info: kkimenker@wcu.edu or 828 227 2786
Hometown: Dillsboro, NC
Joined WCU: March, 2018
Undergraduate Institution: University of South Florida, BS in Clinical Psychology
Graduate Institution: 蘑菇短视频, MEd Higher Education Student Affairs
Favorite Quote: 鈥淪tay away from those people who try to disparage your ambitions.
Small minds will always do that, but great minds will give you a feeling that you
can become great too.鈥� - Mark Twain
Maddy Gilroy
MAPS Academic Coach
Contact Info: mgilroy@wcu.edu or 828.227.2217
Hometown: York, PA or Mount Holly, NC
Joined WCU: August 2023 as a Graduate Assistant
Undergraduate Institution: University of North Carolina Asheville - B.A. in Psychology
Graduate Institution: 蘑菇短视频 - Masters in Higher Education Student Affairs
Favorite Quote: "Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'" - Audrey Hepburn
Elinda Forster
Administrative Support Specialist
Contact Info: swu@wcu.edu or 828.227.3895
Hometown: GA and Hong Kong
Joined WCU: July 2020
Undergraduate Institution: 蘑菇短视频
Favorite quote: "You will face many defeats in life, but never let yourself be defeated." -Maya Angelou
