Burkart named associate director

Ellen Burkart, assistant director, Office of First Year Experience and Student Retention at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs, recently was promoted to associate director. In her new role, she will continue to work on a variety of initiatives to support student success and retention. She also will develop and coordinate the UCCS Parent and Family Partnership Program to support student success.

A member of the UCCS staff since 2007, Burkart initially served as administrative assistant for the Psychology Department and in 2008, she accepted the position of assistant director for the Office of First Year Experience and Student Retention. In that capacity, she worked to help first-year students develop skills to be more academically successful. Her actions included developing a series of study skills workshops, serving as adviser to the UCCS Peer Mentor Club and helping to coordinate the UCCS Early Alert program. Since 2009, she has taught ID1110 and for the past two years she has taught in the Freshman Seminar program.

Before joining UCCS, Burkart worked for the University of New Hampshire and Colorado State University. She earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Colorado State University.