Important Campus Staff to Remember
Student Life
Mike Jaromin Director, Student Activities, Dept. of Student Life
Oversees all Student Activities
Campus Center 130
Phone: 442-5566
mjaromin@uamail.albany.edu
D. Ekow King - Associate Director, Student Activities & Multicultural Affairs, Dept. of Student Life
The Student Life Liaison for all Jewish Groups you book events and programs through his office
Campus Center 130
Phone: 442-5566
dking@uamail.albany.edu
R. Scott Birge - Director of the Campus Center
His office controls all bookings in the CC
Campus Center 137
Phone: 442-5492
sbirge@uamail.albany.edu
Student Association
Campus Center 116
Phone: 442-5640
Debra DeSimony - Director of Food Services, University Auxiliary Services
Creates the meal plans, oversees Chartwells, the Vaad, and all other contract work on campus. Shes the office you need to bring in non-campus food for events.
University Administration Building
Phone: 518-442-5950
Email: Ddesimony@uamail.albany.edu
Career Development Center
Shirley Downey, Director
ULB 69 (follow the outside stairwell between the Main Library & the former Administration building. The CDC is located underneath, straight ahead on the bottom floor.)
Phone: 442-5515
sdowney@uamail.albany.edu
Residence Life
Laurie Garafola - Director of Residential Life
Orientation, Move-In weekend, resident concerns - her office will help to connect you if you have a program on the quads.
State Quad Tower (basement)
Phone: 442-5875
lgarafola@uamail.albany.edu
Holly Barker Flynn - Assistant Director of Residential Life / Parents and Staff Development
Holly has been an essential part of the Jewish Life Liaison program in terms of connection to Residential Life and Residential Life support.
State Quad Tower (Basement)
Phone: 442-5875
HBarker@uamail.albany.edu
Quad Office Numbers (where you need to go to book rooms for programs):
Alumni 442-5870 Colonial 442-5911
Freedom 442-5830 State - 442-5920
Empire - 956-6250 Indian - 442-5940
Dutch - 442-5900
CHARGE
CHARGE stands for "Celebrating ethnicity, Honoring our histories of struggle, Acting for change, Rising to higher humanity, Gaining empowerment, and Educating Self and community." They will help with multicultural events, flyering on the quads, and a TON of great resource information!
Indian Quad, Montauk Hall
Phone: 442-5840
charge@albany.edu
Health & Safety
Disable Student Services -
Nancy Belowich-Negron
Nancy works with disabled students and also coordinates the National Coalition Building Institute (NCBI) on campus.
Campus Center 137
Phone: (518) 442-5490
NBelowich@uamail.albany.edu
Douglas H. Kern - Deputy Chief of Police, Special Events and Planning
For any kind of large-scale event, or one deemed controversial, you will work with his office.
University Police Dept.
Phone: 442-3130
dkern@uamail.albany.edu
University Health Center
Leslie Lawrence, MD Medical Director/Staff Physician
Health and Counseling Building 1st floor
Phone: 442-5454 Emergencies: 911
University Counseling Center
Estelo Rivera - Director
Health and Counseling Building 2nd floor
Phone: 442-5800
erivero@uamail.albany.edu
Project SHAPE
Sexual health and peer education group
Carol Stenger, Coordinator for Health Promotion
cstenger@uamail.albany.edu
Middle Earth
Peer counseling, workshops, referrals, information
Dr. Dolores Cimini - Director
Phone: 442-5890
dcimini@uamail.albany.edu
Jewish Life
Kosher Kitchen
Denise, Dutch Quad Dining Services Coordinator (books all our Shabbat meals)
Josh Wildman, Mashgiach
Phone: 442-5978
Shabbos House
Mendel and Raizy Rubin
Chapel House
Phone: 489-8573
