Meet Our Staff
Connect With Us
At Montana State University, you will find great people every step of the way to help
you during your collegiate experience. Meet our staff below, and please don't hesitate
to contact us with any questions. You can also reach our main office at 406-994-2452, or admissions@montana.edu.
Leadership
Mike Ouert
Anders Groseth
Dallas Dallman
Shannon Bangen
Alyssa Simmons
Associate Director - Operations
Admissions Counselors
Andromeda Abarr
Admissions Counselor
Charly Allmer
Admissions Counselor
Admissions Evaluators
Our Admissions Evaluators are responsible for admitting freshman and transfer undergraduate students to Montana State. In addition, they research and evaluate academic coursework, transfer credits, and provide academic support and counseling to students and families in conjunction with other MSU faculty and staff.
Our Admissions Evaluator alpha groups have recently changed. Please check below to ensure you're contacting the correct staff member.
Cyndie Deurmeier
Admissions Evaluator
New Incoming Freshmen & Transfers:
Student last names Aa - Bt
Laynee Carda
Admissions Evaluator
New Incoming Freshmen & Transfers:
Student last names Bu - Em
Michelle Holt
Admissions Evaluator
New Incoming Freshmen & Transfers:
Student last names En - Hd
Zane Wofford
Admissions Evaluator
New Incoming Freshmen & Transfers:
Student last names He - Ld
Molly Stewart
Admissions Evaluator
New Incoming Freshman & Transfers:
Student last names Le - Nd
Grace Ellen Ide
Admissions Evaluator
New Incoming Freshmen & Transfers:
Student Last Names Ne - Rn
Greg Owens
Admissions Evaluator
New Incoming Freshmen & Transfers:
Student last names Ro - Su
Amy Huber
Admissions Evaluator
New Incoming Freshmen & Transfers:
Student Last Names Sv - Zz
Admissions Specialists
Our Admissions Specialists are responsible for welcoming campus visitors, handling information from prospective student inquiries, and assisting with the campus visit program.
Nikole Drummond
Admissions Specialist
Campus Visit Program Coordinators
Our Campus Visit Coordinators work with prospective students and their families to coordinate personalized campus visits to Montana State University, as well as organizing visits for a variety of student groups that visit MSU.
Johanna Moore
Campus Visit Coordinator
Shelby Jackson
Campus Visit Coordinator
New Student Programs
Our New Student Program team works in conjunction with the Associate Director of New Student Programs to support the operation and coordination of large-scale events and programs in the Office of Admissions. This includes our MSU Friday campus preview days, STATE Days, the Montana Counselor Tour, and our New Student Orientation programs. You can contact the Orientation team by calling 406-994-2827 or by emailing orientation@montana.edu.
Erin Dockins
New Student Programs Specialist
Karlee Walker
New Student Programs Coordinator
Ellie Dunn
New Student Programs Coordinator
Promotions & Technology
Nick Blakeslee
Nick is the technology specialist for the Office of Admissions. He oversees all technical systems for the Office of Admissions.
Eric Kapalka
Systems Support Specialist
Eric provides functional technical support for recruitment and admissions processes. Areas of support include prospective student communications, data collection, electronic data loads, data analysis and extraction, new software implementation, documentation and team member training.
Rachel Towery
Communications and Promotions Coordinator
Want more information about MSU? We're here to help.
If you have questions, please don't hesitate to reach out to us! You can email our
staff at admissions@montana.edu, or call us Monday - Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm MT at 1-888-MSU-CATS.