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Lorna Altstetter
Student Services Assistant, Fellowships
lornamae@umich.edu
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1029 Tisch Hall
734-647-6205
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Lorna maintains graduate student financial support data, processes fellowship/GSI awards, and monitors the multi-year financial support packages as well as Rackham Merit Fellowships for History and Anthroplogy & History graduate students. She also coordinates the financial application process, and works closely with the Director of Graduate Studies, the Graduate Coordinator, and the Fellowships Chair/Committee to determine fellowship awards and appointments. Students should contact Lorna with any questions they have related to their specific funding package. Lorna also handles supply ordering.
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Sheila Coley
Curriculum Coordinator
sheilaw@umich.edu
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1029A Tisch Hall
734-647-4882
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Sheila coordinates a variety of activities related to History curriculum planning and works closely with the Associate Chair. She assists faculty with creating new courses and revising existing ones. She is also responsible for the accounts related to History Honors awards, and processing awards for recipients. Sheila has oversight of the main office and serves as back-up to the Administrative Manager.
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Diana Denney
Graduate Coordinator
dianad@umich.edu
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1029P Tisch Hall
734-764-2559
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Diana's primary responsibility is to troubleshoot any problems graduate students may have, particularly in relation to academic progress and/or funding. Diana acts as the liaison between the Director of Graduate Studies and the graduate program staff. She works closely with the Director of Graduate Studies, the graduate student services assistants, and Rackham to resolve issues as expeditiously as possible. Students may direct questions about program requirements and procedures to Diana. She will help ensure that students are making adequate progress to degree and taking the appropriate steps to maximize funding opportunities, both inside and outside of the department. Diana also serves as direct liaison for the Anthropology & History doctoral program.
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Kathy Evaldson
Undergraduate Program Coordinator
evaldson@umich.edu
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1029 Tisch Hall
734-647-6209
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Kathy provides undergraduate students with advice, support, and up-to-date information about the history concentration and minor programs. She holds advising appointments and assists the concentration advisors, coordinates the History Honors Program, arranges graduation events, and maintains the undergraduate web site and email group. She also assists the Curriculum Committee and Phi Alpha Theta, the undergraduate student group.
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Terre Fisher
Program Administrator: MEMS and STS
telf@umich.edu
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2713 Haven Hall
734-763-2066
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Terre coordinates the interdisciplinary Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS) and Science, Technology & Society (STS) programs, where she assists the directors and program faculty, maintains websites and email groups, organizes events and visits, as well as providing support and gateway information for the MEMS and STS undergraduate and graduate programs.
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Connie Hamlin
Executive Secretary to Chair and Associate Chair
chamlin@umich.edu
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1029K Tisch Hall
734-763-2289
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Connie handles general matters of departmental administration, including faculty promotions, award nominations, and position searches.
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Karen Higgs-Payne
Business Administrator
khiggs@umich.edu
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1029M Tisch Hall
734-763-2342
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Karen handles business and financial functions of the department. These include managing sponsored and non-sponsored research projects, multi-project funds and daily operations budget; preparing financial reports; analyzing financial data; processing expense reports and reimbursements; investigating and correcting discrepancies and irregularities; processing journal entries; reconciling departmental purchasing cards.
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Dawn Kapalla
Academic Secretary
dkap@umich.edu
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1029 Tisch Hall
734-764-6306
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Dawn is responsible for the general needs of the faculty, including course-related materials and professional correspondence. She is part of the undergraduate support team and oversees the student office assistants.
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Kathleen King
Graduate Admin Assistant, Records & Admissions
kmking@umich.edu
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1029 Tisch Hall
734-764-6358
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This position is the coordinator for the admissions and recruitment process for the History Department. This position tracks student milestone completion, and maintains graduate student records. Students should contact with any administrative questions regarding their academic record, program requirements/procedures, and to schedule foreign language examinations, preliminary examinations, and the prospectus and dissertation defenses. This position works closely with the Director of Graduate Studies to ensure that students are making adequate progress to degree, and serves as the liaison for the joint History & Women's Studies Ph.D. program.
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Melanie Panyard
Events Coordinator
melp@umich.edu
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1029 Tisch Hall
734-615-0874
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Melanie focuses on event planning and support, colloquium and guest speakers, and provides assistance to the faculty development officer by processing gifts, maintaining donor database and thank you letters. She is available to assist with conference planning.
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Diane Wyatt
Administrative Manager
dwyatt@umich.edu
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1029L Tisch Hall
734-936-3021
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Diane’s many responsibilities include budget management; preparing the department budget; faculty, staff and temporary appointments; and supervision of the office staff. She also serves as liaison between the Department and College; interprets University and College policies; oversees research, salary and gift accounts; and handles sabbatical and leave requests and other HR processes.
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