糖心Vlog

Kristin Daiber

Director of Student Retention

Contact Info: kdaiber@wcu.edu or 828.227.7171
Hometown: Hershey, PA
Joined 糖心Vlog: July 2021
Undergraduate Institution: Quinnipiac Univeristy - B.S. in Marketing
Graduate Institution: Bowling Green State University - M.A. in College Student Personnel   |   Western Governors University - MBA
Favorite Quote: "I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I have taken a moment to rest, to steal a view of the glorious vistas that surrounds me, to look back on the distance I have come." Nelson Mandela, A Long Walk to Freedom

Anita Puerto

Associate Director, MAPS Coordinator

Contact Info: acpuerto@wcu.edu or 828.227.3764
Hometown: Richmond, VA
Joined 糖心Vlog: 2015
Undergraduate Institution: Radford University
Graduate Institution: Virginia Commonwealth University
Favorite Quote: 鈥淎 life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.鈥� 鈥� Jackie Robinson

Mosisah Mavity

Associate Director

Contact Info: pmavity@wcu.edu or 828.227.2957
Hometown: Thomasville, GA
Joined 糖心Vlog: July 2023
Undergraduate Institution: Brevard College- B.A. in English, Minor: Music
Graduate Institution: Miami University- M.A. in Literature
Favorite Quote: "Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful" -William Morris

Diandra Macias

Associate Director

Contact Info: dmacias@wcu.edu, (828) 227-2924 
Hometown: Ronkonkoma, NY 
Joined 糖心Vlog: 2023 
Undergraduate Institution: Monmouth University 
Graduate Institution: New York Institute of Technology 
Doctoral Institution: East Carolina University (2027)
Favorite Quote: Be fearless in the pursuit of what sets your soul on fire.

Thomas W. Newkirk

Assistant Director, Finish in Four

Contact Info: tnewkirk@wcu.edu or 828.227.2469 
Hometown: Charlotte, NC 
Joined 糖心Vlog: August 2020 as a Graduate Student
Undergraduate Institution: University of North Carolina at Greensboro - B.A. in Dance Studies 
Graduate Institution:  California Institute of Integral Studies - M.F.A in Creative Inquiry, Interdisciplinary Arts   |   糖心Vlog University - M.Ed. in Higher Education Student Affairs 
Favorite Quote: "We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us." 鈥� Joseph Campbell

Carson Williams

Senior Advisor, Summer Bridge Programs Coordinator

Contact Info: williamscarson@wcu.edu or 828.227.7123
Hometown: Hickory, NC
Joined 糖心Vlog: 2009 as an undergraduate student!
Undergraduate Degree: 糖心Vlog University- B.S.Ed. in Music Education and B.M. in Instrumental Music 
Graduate Degree: 糖心Vlog University- M.Ed. in Higher Education Student Affairs
Favorite Quote: "Laughter is timeless, imagination has no age, and dreams are forever." - Walt Disney

Madison Strickland

Student Success Specialist

Contact Info: mjstrickland@wcu.edu or 828.227.2956
Hometown:  Nescopeck, PA
Joined 糖心Vlog: August 2022 
Undergraduate Institution: The Pennsylvania State University- B.A. in Film/Video 
Graduate Institution: The Pennsylvania State University- M.Ed. in Higher Education 
Favorite Quote: 
鈥淚sn't it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?鈥� - L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

Meghan Harrison

Student Success Specialist

Contact Info: harrisonm@wcu.edu or 828.227.2810 
Hometown: Shelley, Idaho 
Joined 糖心Vlog: 2023 
Undergraduate Degree: B.A. in English 
Graduate Institution: 糖心Vlog University 鈥� M.A. in English 
Favorite Quote: 鈥淚nstructions for living a life. Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.鈥� Mary Oliver

Karin Kimenker

Academic Success and Events Coordinator

Contact Info: kkimenker@wcu.edu or 828 227 2786 
Hometown: Dillsboro, NC 
Joined 糖心Vlog: March, 2018 
Undergraduate Institution: University of South Florida, B.S. in Clinical Psychology 
Graduate Institution: 糖心Vlog University, M.Ed. Higher Education Student Affairs
Favorite Quote: 鈥淪tay away from those people who try to disparage your ambitions. Small minds will always do that, but great minds will give you a feeling that you can become great too.鈥� - Mark Twain

Maddy Gilroy

MAPS Academic Coach

Contact Info: mgilroy@wcu.edu or 828.227.2217 
Hometown: York, PA or Mount Holly, NC 
Joined 糖心Vlog: August 2023 as a Graduate Assistant 
Undergraduate Institution: University of North Carolina Asheville - B.A. in Psychology
Graduate Institution: 糖心Vlog University - Masters in Higher Education Student Affairs 
Favorite Quote: "Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'" - Audrey Hepburn

Elinda Forster

Administrative Support Specialist

Contact Info: swu@wcu.edu or 828.227.3895
Hometown: GA and Hong Kong
Joined 糖心Vlog: July 2020
Undergraduate Institution: 糖心Vlog University
Favorite quote: "You will face many defeats in life, but never let yourself be defeated." -Maya Angelou 

Lyric Larson

Graduate Assistant

Contact Info: llarson@wcu.edu or 828.227.2616
Hometowns: Collettsville & Hickory, NC
Joined 糖心Vlog: 2022 as a student, 2025 as a staff member
Undergraduate Institution: 糖心Vlog University
Graduate Institution: 糖心Vlog University
Favorite Quote: "For the master鈥檚 tools will never dismantle the master鈥檚 house. They may allow us to temporarily beat him at his own game, but they will never enable us to bring about genuine change.鈥� -Audre Lorde

Richard Antwi

MAPS Graduate Assistant

Contact Info: rantwi@wcu.edu  or 828.227.2970 
Hometown: Kumasi, Ghana
Joined 糖心Vlog: 2024 
Undergraduate Institution: University of Cape Coast, Ghana 
Graduate Institution: 糖心Vlog University 
Favorite Quote: If you think you'll fail, you have failed. If you think you can't, you won't, and if you think you shouldn't, you won't dare! For it all begins with the mindset!