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Nancy L. Harper, Ph.D.
Project Director of the Alcohol Education, Research, and Training Laboratories (ALERT), Professor of Organizational and Health Communication, and former Dean of Social Sciences at GVSU.

Dr. Harper has 27 years experience as a university faculty member, including 17 years in university administration. She has authored books on communication theory and on the unique “clusters” approach to academic and career advising.

She has also conducted research and published monographs on these topics and on applied organizational and media communication. Dr. Harper specializes in the study of persuasive communication.

 

Professor Karen Libman, MFA
Associate Professor of Theatre in the School
of Communications


Professor Libman directs and teaches courses in directing, acting, theatre for social change, and theatre for young audiences/theatre education.

She conceived the Family Audiences series for Nebraska Repertory Theatre in Lincoln, NE, and the Outreach Theatre Program, a peer theatre group, at UNL. She has a variety of national directing credits.

 

Andy Beachnau, Ed.D.
Director of Housing/Health Services

Mr. Beachnau is responsible for the overall leadership and administration for the on-campus housing system. Dr. Beachnau has been at GVSU since 1982 and has been involved in a variety of alcohol education programming initiatives for resident students.

He also teaches in the graduate program in College Student Affairs Leadership for the School of Education at GVSU.

 

Brenda Reeves, Ph.D.
Director of Health, Recreation and Wellness

Ms. Reeves is responsible for the planning, implementation and evaluation of all campus wellness programs and services.

She has a diverse background in health education and promotion which includes hospital-based, community, corporate and university experiences.

 

Diana Pace, Ph.D.
Director of University Counseling

Mrs. Pace is responsible for a staff of licensed psychologists who serve the 18,500+ students enrolled at GVSU.

She oversees the trainers who offer the Alcohol College Education program to students who have been cited for alcohol offenses.

She and her counselors meet in one-on-one assessment sessions with students and her office provides extended counseling to students who are problem drinkers or alcoholics.

 

Eric Klingensmith
Post-Doctoral Resident in Clinical Psychology at GVSU's Counseling and Career Development Center

Mr. Klingensmith's clinical interests and expertise include stress management, crisis management, disaster mental health, critical incident stress management, health and wellness psychology, and personal development.

He is the lead facilitator for the Counseling Center’s ACE Program and is a certified TIPS (Training for Intervention Procedures) trainer.

 

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