Southeast Community College

Rebecca Czaja-Stevens, Director of TRIO Programs
rstevens@southeast.edu
402)-228-3468x1361 or 1-800-233-5027x1361

My endeavors with the TRIO program began when I was a freshman at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. I joined the Student Support Services program there and I have been hooked on TRIO ever since. The TRIO program helped me in pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in social work and inspired me to purse a Masters degree as well.  In my spare time I enjoy running, biking, reading and spending time with my husband, Paul.

Lou Mittan, Student Support Services Assistant Director
mmittan@southeast.edu
1-800-642-4075x2766

I started with the TRIO/SSS program in December of 2001. I received my Bachelors degree in Vocational Education from the University of Nebraska in Lincoln and my Masters degree in Education and Counseling from Wayne State. I have taught in several primary and secondary schools in rural Nebraska and enjoyed working summers for The Nebraska Honors Institute and John’s Hopkins University’s Gifted Education Program. I love my position with TRIO and appreciate all the unique and interesting students I’ve had the opportunity to meet while at SCC. I enjoy traveling, gardening and sewing.

My favorite quote is:  Life is a Journey. In the end, each of us will be judged by our standard of life, not by our standard of living; by our measure of giving, not by our measure of wealth; by our simple goodness, not by our seeming greatness.

My work with the TRIO Program began in August of 2005. I really enjoy career and academic advising and working with the TRIO students at SCC. I also have experience at the secondary level as a guidance counselor. My background includes a Bachelor’s degree in Education at the University of Nebraska Lincoln and my Master’s degree in Educational Counseling at the University of Nebraska Kearney. Some of my other interests include photography, scrapbooking and spending time with family.

Favorite Quote:

Victor Frankl

Kandice Jurgens, TRIO Programs Office Assistant
kjurgens@southeast.edu
(402)-228-3468x1362 or 1-800-233-5027x1362

I am the TRIO Programs Office Assistant based on the Beatrice Campus, but my duties don’t stop there. I assist staff on all three campuses with the various mailings you receive and general office work. I am very familiar with what a community college has to offer, I graduated with an Associates Degree from ACCC in Iola, KS and then transferred to Northwest Missouri State. My husband and I live on a farm southwest of Odell with our two children, who I am very proud of. My life revolves around my children, you will usually find me chauffeuring my kids to dance, gymnastics, wrestling and the many-many other activities they are involved in. As you get to know me you will find I am a huge Husker fan. In my spare time (which is very seldom) I enjoy playing volleyball, gardening, scrapbooking, coaching my kids, and attending Husker games. I hope all of you enjoy your experience with TRIO!

I began working with TRIO in January of 2006 as a practicum student working on my Masters in Social Work at the University of Nebraska Omaha. Since then I have been on both the Lincoln and Milford campuses, and have most enjoyed meeting and getting to know the wide array of students TRIO serves. I have a Bachelors degree in Human Service Counseling from Wayne State College and will graduate with my Masters degree in August of 2008. In my spare time I most enjoy playing games and spending time with family and friends.

My favorite quote came from my high school track coach: If it was easy, anybody could do it!