TRiO Programs - SSS

Meet the TRiO Student Support Services Staff

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.

The following quote sums up my appreciation of TRIO: “Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.” – Booker T. Washington

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.


Barb Rothwell, Counselor/Advisor
rhowe@southeast.edu
1-402-228-3468x1228 / 1-800-233-5027x1228

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:

“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing; the last of human freedoms – to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.”

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!


Jodi Gabel, Counselor/Advisor
jgabel@southeast.edu
1-402-761-8235/ 1-800-933-7223 ext. 8235

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!


For more information contact our TRIO representatives:


TRiO/SSS Beatrice:
Rebecca Czaja-Stevens, MSW, Director  rstevens@southeast.edu
Kandice Jurgens, Office Assistant kjurgens@southeast.edu
Barb Rothwell, MS. Ed., Counselor brothwell@southeast.edu

Hoover Hall West Wing
4771 West Scott Rd, Beatrice NE 68310
1-800-233-5027 Ext. 1361, 1228 or 1362

TRiO/SSS Lincoln/ESQ:
Lou Mittan, MS. Ed., Assistant Director mmittan@southeast.edu
Room H-1
8800 O St, Lincoln NE 68520
1-800-642-4075 Ext. 2766
(ESQ by appointment only)

TRiO/SSS Milford:
Jodi Gabel, Counselor jgabel@southeast.edu
Eicher Technical Center – Room 100Q
600 State St, Milford NE 68450
1-800-933-7223 Ext. 8235