Staff

Four CAST staff members stand in front of the fountain in front of Meyer Library

Dr. Kelly S. Wood

Kelly Wood Associate Provost for Student Success
Executive Director, Center for Academic Success and Transition & Professor of Communication

KellyWood@MissouriState.edu
417-836-8343
Meyer Library 116

Provost Fellow for Student Success, Missouri State University, 2014 to present.
Department Head, Communication, Missouri State University, 2007 to 2011.
Associate Dean, College of Arts and Letters, Missouri State University, 2003 to 2005.

Teaching and Advising
- National Academic Advising Association, Faculty Advising Award, Region 7, 2012.
- Curtis P. Lawrence Excellence in Faculty Advising Award, 2012.
- MSU Master Advisor since 1996.

Tracey Glaessgen Associate Director, Center for Academic Success and Transition
Director, First-Year Programs

Doctorate in Educational Leadership, University of Missouri
Master of Arts in Writing (emphasis Rhetoric & Composition), Missouri State University
Master of Arts in English (emphasis Literature), Missouri State University
Bachelor of Arts in English, Missouri State University
Graduate Certificate, Conflict and Dispute Resolution, Missouri State University

National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition’s Outstanding First-Year Student Advocate, 2021
NACADA Graduate Student Scholarship, 2015
Wesley R. Habley NACADA Summer Institute Scholarship, 2010
NACADA Outstanding Advisor--Primary Role, 2009
Curtis P. Lawrence Excellence in Advising Award, 2009
MSU Master Advisor since 2006

Coordinator, Student Success Coaches

CBowles@MissouriState.edu

417-836-4260
Meyer Library 116

NACADA, The Global Community for Academic Advising, Region Division Representative, 2022-2024
NACADA Emerging Leaders Mentor, 2020-2022
NACADA Undecided and Exploratory Students Advising Community Chair, 2021-2022
NACADA Region 7 Chair, 2017-2019
Missouri State Staff Senate
Follow Your Passion Living Learning Community Partner

Jack Baumgart Student Success Coach

JackBaumgart@MissouriState.edu
417-836-4470
Meyer Library 116

MS, Industrial-Organizational Psychology, 2025, Missouri State University

- Graduate certificate in Conflict and Dispute Resolution
- Graduate certificate in Statistics and Research Design
BS, Research Psychology, 2023, Drury University
- Minors in Music and Community Health
AA, General Studies, 2020, Ozarks Technical Community College