Meet the Team

Dean
Jennifer Fisler
Dean
jfisler@messiah.edu 717-796-1800 ext. 6715
Parker Palmer, in his book The Courage to Teach, asserts the purpose of education saying, "... all can win and none need lose, [where] 'winning' means emerging from the encounter with a larger sense of self than one brought into it, in which we learn that the self is not a scrap of turf to be defended but a capacity to be enlarged." (Palmer, 1998, p. 39)

Director of Operations & Finance
Rebekah Ostby
Director of Operations & Finance
rostby@messiah.edu 717-796-1800 ext 2755
- Winding Hill location facility & equipment management
- SGPS Budget management and forecasting
- SGPS Adjunct contracts
- SGPS Commencement Committee

Coordinator of Student Services
Lyndsay Grimm
Coordinator of Student Services
lgrimm@messiah.edu 717-796-1800 ext 2980
- General student support for graduate students
- Questions about resources available to graduate students
- Academic accommodations
- Graduate student organizations and student events
- Housing, meal plan, textbook, health insurance questions
- Leaves of absences
- Graduate student services website management

Senior Associate Registrar, School of Graduate and Professional Studies
Ed Wichrowski
Senior Associate Registrar, School of Graduate and Professional Studies
ewichrowski@messiah.edu 717-796-1800 ext 7347
- Student records, academic policy and curriculum management
- Academic standing (probation, dismissal)
- Academic policy petitions
- Banner and DegreeWorks curriculum updates
- Semester schedule of classes and student registration
- Final grade processing and student academic history
- Semester and part-of-term set-up of database systems

Assistant Registrar, School of Graduate and Professional Studies
Nancy Markley
Assistant Registrar, School of Graduate and Professional Studies
nmarkley@messiah.edu (717) 796-1800 ext. 2114
- Program and track/concentration changes, registration and grade changes, advisor assignments
- Transfer credit processing
- National Student Clearinghouse enrollment and degree transmissions
- Certification for completion of degree and certificate requirements
- Student withdrawal and leave of absence
- Student enrollment and degree verification
- Address and name changes

Graduate Student Financial Services Coordinator and Senior Counselor
Nak Chhoeung
Graduate Student Financial Services Coordinator and Senior Counselor
nchhoeung@messiah.edu 717.796.1800 ext 2710
- Administers and oversees Graduate Student Financial Services
- Financial aid process questions for students and families
- Financial aid eligibility review, awarding, and adjustment
- Billing, discount, and deferred tuition payment program
- Financial Aid Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) review
- Return of Title IV funds
- Ensures compliance with regulations, policies, and procedures

Technical Coordinator and Graduate Student Financial Services Counselor
Bryan Stout
Technical Coordinator and Graduate Student Financial Services Counselor
bstout@messiah.edu (717) 766-2511 x7210
- Assists graduate students in receiving the proper finanical aid
- Ensures operational proficiency