Staff - Center for Academic Success and Transition

Dr. Kelly S. Wood

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

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

Education

PhD, 1995, The Ohio State University
MA, 1990, University of Dayton
BA, 1988, University of Dayton

Professional Experience

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.

Awards & Recognition

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.

Dr. Tracey Glaessgen

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

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

Education

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

Currently Teaching

GEP 101 First-Year Foundations
IDS 310 Leadership Seminar
SAE 723 Student Development Theory
SAE 726 Higher Education in the United States

Awards & Recognition

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

Christina Bowles

Coordinator, Student Success Coaches

CBowles@MissouriState.edu

417-836-4260
University Hall 115

Education

MS, Student Affairs, 2010, Missouri State University
MA, Religious Studies, 2005, Missouri State University
BA, Communication, 2003, Missouri State University

Currently Teaching

GEP 101 First-Year Foundations

Professional Experience

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