Spotlight Feature
Shannen Domecq
Student Support Specialist
How long have you worked for Stout Online?
I have been with the university since fall 2014 completing my Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design and Interactive Media. I have worked for Stout Online since fall 2016.
What is your current role in Stout Online?
My current role is to service students as their on-campus representative. I advocate for the progression of the learner and seek to support them throughout their educational endeavors, whether that is taking the time to listen to their ambitions, assembling an approach to help them fulfill their goals or directing them to resources they can implement throughout their journey. I also work closely with program directors to assess needs and manage retention rates.
What do you like most about working with the online programs?
Having the opportunity to assist students in achieving success is what I like best about working with the online programs. Finding ways to share insight and make connections with others is also highly important to me.
Is there other professional information you would like to share?
Before my current position, I was a student-employee with the Stout Online instructional design team. That was an opportunity to actively participate in my campus community, and interact, relate and learn from staff and faculty who I would not otherwise have known having been just a student.
Looking back now, the more I have taken part in the initiations that my department has put forth, the fonder I have grown of my colleagues and the work environment that the Grad School and Stout Online provides.
What place in the U.S. would you most like to visit and why?
As an early childhood ambition of mine, I have always wanted to travel to each of the United States to discover all the diversity that rests in my home country.