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Office hours and contacts
Dean’s Office Summer hours
Monday – Friday
8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Suzanne and Walter Scott, Jr. Bioengineering Building, second floor
Contact information
Laurel Donahue
Office: (970) 491-1437; E-mail

Suzanne and Walter Scott, Jr. Bioengineering Building
700 Meridian Ave
1301 Campus Delivery
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1301
(970) 491-3366
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Current Student Resources
Future Student Resources
Departments and Programs
OFFICE OF THE DEAN
Dr. David McLean
Dean
Room 216 Scott Bioengineering Building
1301 Campus Delivery
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1301
Phone: (970) 491-3366
Laurel Donahue
Executive Assistant to the Dean
Room 222 Scott Bioengineering Building
1301 Campus Delivery
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1301
Phone: (970) 491-1437
laurel.donahue@colostate.edu
Dr. Melissa Burt
Assistant Dean for Diversity and Inclusion
Room 220 Scott Bioengineering Building
1301 Campus Delivery
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1371
Phone: (970) 491-8706
melissa.burt@colostate.edu
Dr. V. “Chandra” Chandrasekar
Associate Dean for International Programs
B117 Engineering
1373 Campus Delivery
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1373
Phone: (970) 491-7981
E-mail
Dr. Sonia Kreidenweis
Executive Associate Dean
Room 218 Scott Bioengineering Building
1371 Campus Delivery
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1371
Phone: (970) 491-8350
sonia.kreidenweis-dandy@colostate.edu
Dr. Kenneth Reardon
Associate Dean for Research
Room 344 Scott Bioengineering Building
1370 Campus Delivery
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1370
Phone: 970-491-6505
kenneth.reardon@colostate.edu
Mark Ritschard
Assistant Dean of Operations
Room 226 Scott Bioengineering Building
1301 Campus Delivery
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1301
Phone: (970) 491-7954
mark.ritschard@colostate.edu
Operations website
Dr. Karan Venayagamoorthy
Associate Dean of Academic & Student Affairs
Room 104 Scott Bioengineering Building
1301 Campus Delivery
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1301
Phone: (970) 491-2328
karan.venayagamoorthy@colostate.edu
Human Resources and Payroll
Renee Hirschenhofer
HR Manager
Room 215 Scott Bioengineering Building
1301 Campus Delivery
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1301
Phone: (970) 491-8657
Renee.Hirschenhofer@colostate.edu
Benette Wallace
HR Assistant
Room 204 Scott Bioengineering Building
1301 Campus Delivery
(970) 491-2934
benette.wallace@colostate.edu
Rebecca Leonard
Human Resources Technician
Room 224 Scott Bioengineering Building
1301 Campus Delivery
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1301
(970) 491-0045
Rebecca.Leonard@colostate.edu
Development Office
Mary Jarchow
Managing Director of Development
Room 208 Scott Bioengineering Building
1301 Campus Delivery
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1301
Phone: (970) 491-4389
mary.jarchow@colostate.edu
Beth Hallmark
Development Operations Coordinator
Room 212 Scott Bioengineering Building
1301 Campus Delivery
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1301
Phone: (970) 491-3849
beth.hallmark@colostate.edu
Caiti Glasgo
Associate Director of Development
Room 214 Scott Bioengineering Building
1301 Campus Delivery
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1301
Phone: (970) 491-2045
caiti.glasgo@colostate.edu
Colleen Reese
Associate Director of Development
Room 214 Scott Bioengineering Building
1301 Campus Delivery
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1301
Phone: (970) 491-2277
colleen.reese@colostate.edu
Communications Team
Emily Wilmsen
Director, Communications and Strategic Marketing
Room 214 Scott Bioengineering Building
1301 Campus Delivery
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1301
Phone: (970) 491-5000
emily.wilmsen@colostate.edu
Russell Dickerson
Web Content Specialist
Scott Bioengineering Building
1301 Campus Delivery
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1301
Phone: (970) 492-4851
russell.dickerson@colostate.edu
Office of Academic & Student Affairs
Dr. Karan Venayagamoorthy
Associate Dean of Academic & Student Affairs
Room 104 Scott Bioengineering Building
1301 Campus Delivery
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1301
Phone: (970) 491-2328
karan.venayagamoorthy@colostate.edu
Susan Benzel
Scott Scholars Program Coordinator
Room 120 Scott Bioengineering Building
1301 Campus Delivery
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1301
Phone: (970) 491-1058
susan.benzel@colostate.edu
Danielle Burdett
Denver Regional Outreach & Transfer Coordinator
Scott Bioengineering Building
1301 Campus Delivery
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1301
Cell: (970) 599-1802
danielle.burdett@colostate.edu
Drew Crouch
Director of Strategic Initiatives
Room 120 Scott Bioengineering Building
1301 Campus Delivery
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1301
Phone: (970) 491-2049
drew.crouch@colostate.edu
Estelle Davalos-McCabe
Administrative Assistant:
Academic and Student Affairs
Room 106 Scott Bioengineering Building
1301 Campus Delivery
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1301
(970) 491-4179
Estelledavalos.mccabe@colostate.edu
Jacqui Goldring
Manager of Undergraduate Recruitment Programs
Room 111 Scott Bioengineering Building
1301 Campus Delivery
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1301
Phone: (970) 491-0943
jacqui.goldring@colostate.edu
Claudia Hernandez
Outreach and Equity Coordinator
Room 102 Scott Bioengineering Building
1301 Campus Delivery
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1301
(970) 491-7088
Claudia.Hernandez@colostate.edu
Chase Jackson
Academic Success Coordinator
Room 108 Scott Bioengineering Building
1301 Campus Delivery
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1301
(970) 491-3778
chasen.jackson@colostate.edu
Teresa Simske
Program Coordinator
Room 120 Scott Bioengineering Building
1301 Campus Delivery
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1301
Phone: (970) 491-6220
Teresa.Simske@colostate.edu
Emily Valerioti
Scott Scholars Program Coordinator
Room 110 Scott Bioengineering Building
1301 Campus Delivery
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1301
(970) 491-3695
emily.valerioti@colostate.edu
Shannon Wagner
Director of Student Success Initiatives
Room 112 Scott Bioengineering Building
1301 Campus Delivery
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1301
Phone: (970) 491-0716
shannon.wagner@colostate.edu
Operations
Mark Ritschard
Assistant Dean of Operations
Room 226 Scott Bioengineering Building
1301 Campus Delivery
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1301
Phone: (970) 491-7954
mark.ritschard@colostate.edu
Operations website
Technical Infrastructure and Data Analytics Team
Jim Jensen
Director of Technical Infrastructure and Data Analytics
Room 319 Scott Bioengineering Building
1301 Campus Delivery
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1301
Phone: (970) 491-5356
jim.jensen@colostate.edu
Andrew Crane
Web Development and Programming
Room 319 Scott Bioengineering Building
1301 Campus Delivery
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1301
andrew.crane@colostate.edu
Rich Young
Web Development and Programming
Room 319 Scott Bioengineering Building
1301 Campus Delivery
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1301
rich.young@colostate.edu