Meet Our Staff

Mike Ouert

Director of Admissions 

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Mike provides leadership to the Office of Admissions and manages new undergraduate student enrollment by developing marketing, recruitment and processes that reach over 100,000 prospective students from around the world annually.

Jennifer Kayser

Associate Director - Operations

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Jen manages the budget and billing processes for the Office of Admissions and assists the Director as needed.

Anders Groseth

Associate Director - Recruitment

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Learn more about Anders and his work within the Office of Admissions >>

 

Anders plans and coordinates travel for Admissions Counselors throughout Montana and the U.S. He also visits high schools, attends college fairs and meets with prospective students and families on campus. He also oversees our AdvoCat student tour guide program.

Dallas Dallman

Associate Director - Application Processing

Dallas directs the application processing team within the Office of Admissions. She also provides admissions counseling and academic support to high school students wishing to attend MSU under our Early Admissions program.

Shannon Bangen

Assistant Director - New Student Programs She/Her/Hers

Shannon oversees fall, spring, and summer new student Orientations, and coordinates our visit program, MSU Friday. 

Kristy Merdinger

Admissions Evaluator                 She/Her/Hers

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Jill Klinger

Admissions Evaluator                 She/Her/Hers

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Krista Huntsman

Admissions Evaluator
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Stacey Neve

Admissions Evaluator                 She/Her/Hers

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Tiffany Kostelnik

Admissions Evaluator                    He/Him/His

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Alyssa Simmons

Admissions Evaluator
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Tania Sonju

Admissions Evaluator
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Amy Huber

Admissions Evaluator
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Susan Reisch

Admissions Specialist                  She/Her/Hers

Gramme Sowell

Admissions Specialist

Katie Hearther

Admissions Specialist                            She/Her/They/Them

Elicia Palmer

Campus Visit Coordinator                                   She/Her/Hers

Elicia works with prospective students and their families to coordinate personalized campus visits to Montana State University. She also coordinates visits for a variety of student groups that visit MSU. She works closely with various members of the admissions staff, as well as faculty and staff across campus.

Holly Hillis

Program Coordinator                                          She/Her/Hers

Holly assists in the planning and organizing of all Orientation and MSU Friday programs and events.

Kristie Russette

Events & Promotions Coordinator     She/Her/Hers

Kristie coordinates all aspects of the recruitment mailing program and publication management for the Office of Admissions. Kristie also assists the Director of Admissions as needed.

Steve Burk

Enrollment Management Analysis

Steve is the technology specialist for the Office of Admissions. He oversees the Admissions website and coordinates digital systems and communication for prospective students.

Stephen Johnson

Systems Support Specialist

Stephen provides functional technical support for recruitment and admissions processes. Areas of support include prospective student communications, data collection, electronic data loads, data analysis and extraction, new software implementation, documentation and team member training.