CNS Student Success Center
The CNS Student Success Center serves undergraduates of all majors in the College of Natural Sciences by assisting them with general academic policies and procedures such as choice of major, late adds, course and semester withdrawals, course repeat options, academic discipline, and referrals to other offices on campus.
We send out a newsletter every other Wednesday during the semester to all of our students. Please check your UMass email to access it for important information about the academic calendar, events, scholarship opportunities, and announcements.
The dean and advisors are available for appointments in person and via Zoom and for cnsadvisingcenter [at] umass [dot] edu (questions by email). We will reply to telephone messages as quickly as we can, but may not be able to on the same day.
Please check your email spam folder regularly (especially if you are expecting a reply that you haven’t received) as it is a known problem that some of our emails go to junk mail. Identify and move non-junk messages to your inbox so your email program can learn which messages are not junk.
Contact the CNS Student Success Center
CNS Student Success Center
220 Morrill II
(413) 545-1969
cnsstudentsuccess [at] umass [dot] edu (cnsstudentsuccess[at]umass[dot]edu)
CNS Student Success Center Directory
Brenda Barlow
Brenda Barlow is an assistant dean for the College of Natural Sciences Advising Center.
Janet Bordwin
Janet Bordwin is the director of the College of Natural Sciences' Career and Professional Development Center.
Sean Burke
Sean Burke is an assistant director of the College of Natural Sciences' Career and Professional Development Center.
Elizabeth Connor
Professor
Elizabeth Connor is the associate dean for undergraduate education for the College of Natural Sciences and a professor of biology.
Logan Dunnigan
Logan Dunnigan is the senior academic advisor and assistant director of New Student Orientation & Transitions
Catherine Eden
Catherine Eden is the director of the Pre-Med/Pre-Health Advising Office.
Casey Gaw
Casey Gaw is an assistant director in the College of Natural Sciences' Career and Professional Development Center.
Leo Hwang
Leo Hwang is the Associate Dean of Inclusive Excellence.
Jared Kustra
Jared Kustra is a career advisor in the College of Natural Sciences' Career and Professional Development Center.
Rhys Livingstone
Rhys Livingstone is the associate director of the Pre-Med/Pre-Health Advising Office.
Craig McNally
Craig McNally is the director of Student Success and Diversity in the College of Natural Sciences.
Syde Orange-Desabrais
Syde Orange-Desabrais is the associate director of Student Success and Diversity in the College of Natural Sciences.
Danielle Reardon
Danielle Reardon is the assistant director of the Pre-Med/Pre-Health Advising Office
Karen Schimmel
Karen Schimmel is the manager of administration and outreach for the Undergraduate Advising Center in the College of Natural Sciences.
Amy Sliwa
Amy Sliwa is the assistant director of Student Success and Diversity in the College of Natural Sciences.
Quinn Van Develde
Director, CNS Proctoring Center
Quinn Van Develde is an office manager for the CNS Undergraduate Advising Center.
