Spartan Undergraduate Experience Strategy

Associate Dean 
Undergraduate Student Success Strategic Initiatives
mart1742@msu.edu

Dr. Martin works with colleagues across campus to support student success while also advocating for faculty, educator and staff success. Her lived experience and career in higher education spans 3 decades, beginning as a University of Michigan first-generation student from a rural community in southern Michigan. It was during her roles as dining hall student worker and resident assistant that Amy became aware that not all students had similar experiences to hers, or the ability to fund their educations, and that marginalized students experienced significant barriers to their success. Amy completed a master’s degree in college student counseling from Eastern Michigan University while working full time as a hall director, and graduated in 2014 with a doctoral degree in higher education policy and leadership from the University of Maryland (College Park). Amy continues to reflect on how her identities as a white, cisgender, feminist, woman, parent, grandparent and academic administrator shape her standpoint on the world. She values and advocates for the inclusion of many voices and perspectives in any work the institution engages in around student success and sees the Spartan Undergraduate Experience Strategy as a way to highlight the important research and work of colleagues across campus.

University Innovation Alliance (UIA) Fellow
Student Success Project Manager
wasek@msu.edu 

Wasek has been leading the project management of the MSU Learning Goals Initiative. Collaborating with project leads and campus stakeholders, the Undergraduate Learning Goals (ULGs) initiative team has drafted redesigned 15-year-old ULGs.

Wasek has also been contributing to the coordination of campus-wide Student Success Strategic Initiatives (SSSI) led by the Office of Undergraduate Education. He brought our dream to life through a newly launched web page that highlights and archives the hard work of campus-wide initiatives, provided integrated project frameworks to help us define and understand the role of the group, and supported us in the development of shared responsibilities and collaboration processes.

Wasek brings ten years of experience in strategic planning and project management. He has designed and delivered 56 impactful projects across education, innovation, and global development - including initiatives with NASA Space Apps Challenge and the United Nations. He holds a STEM-designated MBA in Data Analytics from MSU’s Broad College of Business, graduating Summa Cum Laude.