Student Affairs

Student Affairs at Purchase College provides a wide array of programs and services that support students in their educational experience and enhance the quality of student life on the campus. Members of the Student Affairs staff are educators, programmers, counselors, and facilitators who are actively engaged in promoting student learning and development.

Student Affairs consists of the following offices, programs, and services:

  1. Campus Life:
    Residence Life | Student Life (Orientation, Campus Events, LEAD Center, Commuter Services)
  2. Office of Community Standards (refer to Appendix A)
  3. Office of Facilities Rentals (refer to Appendix D)
  4. Office of the Ombudsperson
  5. Physical Education, Recreation, and Athletics
  6. Purchase College Association
  7. Student Services:
    Academic Resource Center (Advising Center and Learning Center)
    Career Development Center | Counseling Center | Special Student Services | Student Health Services | Supported Education | Wellness
    @ Purchase

Office of Student Affairs
The Office of Student Affairs assists students with a variety of concerns, participates in the formulation of policies regarding non-academic aspects of the student experience, and maintains a close relationship with College-wide governing bodies and the Purchase Student Government Association. Other services include applications for medical or personal leaves of absence, voluntary withdrawals from the College, appropriate referrals throughout the College for educational concerns, and completion of transfer recommendation forms.

Students who experience difficulties with any aspect of their life at the College, or who have suggestions about making Purchase College a more satisfying place to live and work, are invited to contact the Office of Student Affairs, (914) 251-6030, saf@purchase.edu.

The Office of Student Affairs is located on the third floor of the Student Services Building. For additional information and updates during 2008–2010, visit www.purchase.edu/studentaffairs.

Administration

  • Robin Kaufman, Interim Vice President for Student Affairs/Associate Provost for Integrative Learning
  • Qui Qui Balascio, Associate Dean for Student Affairs
    and Project Director, Speak Out! Violence Against Women Grant
  • John Delate, Associate Dean for Student Affairs
    and Director of Residence Life
  • William Guerrero, Executive Director, Purchase College Association, Inc.
  • Regina Abdou, Director, Wellness @ Purchase
  • Jason Minh Alt, Director, Office of Student Life
  • Adrienne Belluscio, Administrative Director, Student Health Services
  • Stephanie A. Eversmann, Director, Facilities Rentals
  • Sonya Forrester, Associate Director, Residence Life
  • Melissa Jones, Conduct Officer, Office of Community Standards
  • Ronnie Mait, Coordinator, Special Student Services
  • Sandee Maung, Assistant Director, Office of Community Standards
  • Wendy Morosoff, Director, Career Development Center
  • Paul Nicholson, Ombudsperson
  • Ernie Palmieri, Director, Physical Education, Recreation, and Athletics
  • Glenn Pollack, Interim Clinical Director, Counseling Center
  • Nancy Reuben, Medical Director, Student Health Services
  • Bryan Roberts, Director, Academic Resource Center
  • Donna Siegmann, Coordinator, Supported Education

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