Staff

Senior Program Coordinator

Professional Development Coordinator

Senior Academic Advisor

UTeach Academic Advisor for Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, Seniors, and Teaching Option Students

Nicole serves as the Senior Academic Advisor in the College of Natural Sciences UTeach Program advising students and coordinating scholarships and teaching certificates.

Prior to joining UTeach, Nicole was a Success Coach in the School of Natural Sciences at St. Edward’s University were she coached and advised undergraduate students, supervised graduate student interns, served as Honors Program Liaison, and instructed the Effective College Learning course for students on first-time academic probation and the Pre-Health Professions First Year Seminar.

Nicole is a graduate of the Student Affairs in Higher Education Master's Program at Texas State University. Prior to entering the higher education field, she worked as a journalist at the Austin American-Statesman newspaper after earning a Bachelor of Science in Journalism at Texas State as a proud Terry Scholar.

A favorite quote:

"The beautiful thing about learning is no one can take it away from you." -B.B. King.

Melanie Saffer

Academic Program Coordinator

Samantha Jones

Writer/Editor

Dixie Valdez

Professional Development Manager

Ashley Welch

Data and Evaluation Lead

Ashlee Neumann

Network Support Lead

Lindsay Hammond

Expansion Site Coordinator

Lindsay Hammond serves as UTeach Expansion Site Coordinator, providing support to our national university partners as they work to implement the UTeach program.

Lindsay most recently spent five years at the National Math and Science Initiative (NMSI), where she served as UTeach Program Manager. Prior to her time at NMSI, she worked on education initiatives at the George W. Bush Institute and managed the Laura Bush Foundation for America’s Libraries. Lindsay’s early career experiences include work on Capitol Hill, as well as on numerous political campaigns.

After spending a few years at Texas Tech University, she graduated from Angelo State University with a B.A. in Communication.

Lindsay enjoys spending time outside with her husband and two young children — preferably enjoying a craft brew — when it isn’t too hot!

Cate Logan

Administrative Associate

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