Panel: Student Success Coaching
Panel: Student Success Coaching
Coordinator:
Susan Warner, Manager, SUNY Online Student Supports
Co-Presenters:
Danyelle O’Brien serves as the Director of Extended Learning, Innovation, and Teaching Excellence (ELITE) at Alfred State College of Technology. The Center for Extended Learning, Center for Online Learning, and Center for Innovation and Teaching Excellence (CITE) make up the teams serving primarily non-traditional learners, faculty professional development, and student support of online programs. Under her collaborative leadership, programming has expanded to include microcredentials, AI training and development, dedicated online student success coaching, and online program development. Serving as the current Chair for the Directors of Online and Distance Learning Environments (DOODLE), Danyelle supports collaboration, mentorship, and professional development related to distance learning across the SUNY system.
Jeff Dugan, Assistant Director of Online Learning at Finger Lakes Community College.
Emily Kuhne is currently an Academic Coordinator for SUNY Plattsburgh‘s School of Business and Economics. Supporting online students as robustly as traditional on-campus students, her main mission is to ensure a smooth educational experience for adult learners and other “non-traditional” students enrolled in online programs. Before her work at SUNY Plattsburgh, Emily was a part of SUNY Online’s Degrees at Scale initiative, which fostered and enhanced her interest and passion for Online Student Support. She currently serves on the leadership team for the SUNY-wide ‘Online Student Success Collaborative’ Community of Practice, uniting student support professionals across different SUNY campuses to discuss common challenges, benefit from each other’s expertise, and co-create best practices for a holistic approach to online student support. Outside her professional life, Emily enjoys home-improvement projects, cooking, and laughter-filled game nights with friends and family.
