STUDENTSERVICES.WAYNE.EDU - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Senior Associate Director of Housing
Biography
Brian Fitzgerald is the Senior Associate Director of Housing and Residential Life and Associate Director of Facilities. He supports the facilities and operational needs of the various units in Student Auxiliary Services. Additionally, he serves as a contract liaison with Aramark, the university's dining service partner, and Corvias, the university's housing partner. He works closely with Facilities Planning and Management with a focus on mutual areas of support and sits on their leadership team.
Brian received his B.A. in public administration and M.S. in criminal justice from Michigan State University and has an earned doctorate in educational leadership from Eastern Michigan University. He also holds a commercial building management certificate from Washtenaw Community College.
He worked at Eastern Michigan University for 27 years, progressing through the ranks of university housing, with interim assignments as the chief judicial officer and director of custodial, grounds, transportation and waste management. He then served three years at the University of Michigan as an associate director of housing facilities. Outside of his work in student affairs and facilities, he is an adjunct faculty member in higher education at Eastern Michigan University and Concordia University in Ann Arbor.
Brian came to Wayne State University in 2016 as the Corvias partnership was developing and construction was beginning on Anthony Wayne Drive Apartments. He supervised the housekeeping and maintenance functions in student housing until Corvias assumed management of those activities. Now he monitors the key performance indicators and supports Corvias' partnership with the University.
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Job Titles:
- Director of Residence Life
Biography
Nikki is the Director of Residence Life and oversees daily residential student service, support, and success. The residence life team supervises the resident advisor and desk assistant staff. Nikki serves on a number of university groups including the Behavioral Interventions Team, Student Success Collaborative, and is a Title IX Deputy Coordinator. She also leads the First Year Residential Experience (FYRE) task force.
Nikki holds a bachelor's degree from Grand Valley State University and a master's in college student development from Kansas State University. She has worked professionally in various housing operations, residence life, and student affairs positions for the last 13 years and has an expertise and vested interest in crisis response/support and removing systemic barriers to student success. Nikki came to Wayne State with an excitement to lead a strong, educational, and sustainable residence life program with hopes of living on campus becoming a hallmark experience for Warriors.
Job Titles:
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