Staffing changes in store for Dean of Students offices

The Offices of the Dean of Students will have several familiar faces working in its units this fall.

Kevin Helmkamp, formerly of University Housing, joins ODOS as interim associate dean, responsible for overseeing the Associated Students of Madison, Vets 4 Vets, International Student Services, the McBurney Disability Resource Center, Greater University Tutoring Service and the Diversity Education Program.

Cathy Trueba has been named director of the McBurney Disability Resource Center. Trueba returns to UW–Madison after a year in a similar role at Dartmouth College.

Aaron Brower, professor and faculty director of the Bradley Learning Community, will begin work this fall as special assistant for academic affairs for interim dean Lori Berquam.

Brower will be working on a long-term redefinition of the mission and goals of ODOS around the values of the Wisconsin Idea, and particularly on building more connections between academic affairs and student affairs.

The search for a permanent dean will resume this fall with the naming of finalists and campus visits.