- Academic Programs & Support
- Academic Success
- Student Retention
- Office of Student Retention Staff
Office of Student Retention Staff
Kristin Daiber
Director of Student Retention
Contact Info: kdaiber@wcu.edu or 828.227.7171
Hometown: Hershey, PA
Joined WCU: July 2021
Undergraduate Institution: Quinnipiac Univeristy - B.S. in Marketing
Graduate Institution: Bowling Green State University - M.A. in College Student Personnel; Western Governors
University - MBA
Favorite Quote: "I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that
there are many more hills to climb. I have taken a moment to rest, to steal a view
of the glorious vistas that surrounds me, to look back on the distance I have come." Nelson Mandela, A Long Walk to Freedom
Anita Puerto
Associate Director of Retention, MAPS Coordinator
Contact Info: acpuerto@wcu.edu or 828.227.3764
Hometown: Richmond, VA
Joined WCU: 2015 (was an intern in 2014)
Undergraduate Institution: Radford University
Graduate Institution: Virginia Commonwealth University
Favorite Quote: 鈥淎 life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.鈥� 鈥� Jackie Robinson
Carson Williams
Senior Advisor, Coordinator - Summer Bridge Programs
Contact Info: williamscarson@wcu.edu or 828.227.7123
Hometown: Hickory, NC
Joined WCU: 2009 as an undergraduate student!
Undergraduate Degree: Western Carolina Univeristy- BSEd in Music Education and BM in Instrumental Music
Graduate Degree: 甜瓜视频app- MEd in Higher Education Student Affairs
Favorite Quote: "Laughter is timeless, imagination has no age, and dreams are forever." - Walt Disney
Mosisah Mavity
Associate Director
Contact Info: pmavity@wcu.edu or 828.227.2957
Hometown: Thomasville, GA
Joined WCU: July 2023
Undergraduate Institution: Brevard College- B.A. in English, Minor: Music
Graduate Institution: Miami University- M.A. in Literature
Favorite Quote: "Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful"
-William Morris
Madison Strickland
Student Success Specialist
Contact Info: mjstrickland@wcu.edu or 828.227.2956
Hometown: Nescopeck, PA
Joined WCU: August 2022
Undergraduate Institution: The Pennsylvania State University- B.A. in Film/Video
Graduate Institution: The Pennsylvania State University- M.Ed. in Higher Education
Favorite Quote:
鈥淚sn't it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?鈥� - L.M.
Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
Sidar Sahin
MAPS Academic Coach
Contact Info: ssahin@wcu.edu or 828.227.2217
Hometown: Izmir, Turkey
Joined WCU: 2020
Undergraduate Institution: Beloit College
Graduate Institution: Loyola University, Chicago
Favorite Quote: "Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever
we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect."
Chief Si'ahl, Duwamish
Elinda Forster
Administrative Support Specialist
Contact Info: swu@wcu.edu or 828.227.3895
Hometown: GA and Hong Kong
Joined WCU: July 2020
Undergraduate Institution: 甜瓜视频app
Favorite quote: "You will face many defeats in life, but never let yourself be defeated." -Maya Angelou
