{"id":8,"date":"2021-12-22T16:46:36","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T22:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/services\/advising-success-center\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2026-11-03T09:04:50","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T15:04:50","slug":"our-staff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/services\/student-success-center\/our-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Contact & Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"

BSU Student Success Center Staff<\/h2>\n

Bemidji State University
\nDecker Hall 202
\nPhone: (218) 755-2038
\nEmail: advising@bemidjistate.edu<\/p>\n

Mailing Address:
\n1500 Birchmont Drive NE, #44
\nBemidji, MN 56601-2907<\/p>\n

\"Amanda<\/picture>Amanda Peters, M.S.<\/strong>
\nExecutive Director, Student Success Center
\nOffice: Decker Hall 201A
\nPhone: (218) 755-2031
\nEmail: amanda.peters@bemidjistate.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

Direct Reports to the Executive Director<\/h2>\n

\"Zak<\/picture>Zachary Johnson (Zak)<\/strong>
\nAssociate Director of Advising & Success Systems
\nAdvisor in the Sunderman College of Creativity, Enterprise and Place
\nPhone: (218) 755-2174
\nEmail: zachary.johnson@bemidjistate.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

\"Headshot<\/picture>Karen Stish<\/strong>
\nAssociate Director of Advising & RISE Program
\nAdvisor in the College of Sciences and Health
\nPhone: (218) 755-2066
\nEmail: karen.stish@bemidjistate.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

\"Headshot<\/picture>Christian Breczinski<\/strong>
\nAssociate Director of Accessibility Services & ADA Coordinator
\nPhone: (218) 755-3883
\nEmail: christian.breczinski@bemidjistate.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

\"Headshot<\/picture>Ruth Anspach (SCO)<\/strong>
\nOffice Manager & Test Proctoring Coordinator
\nPhone: (218) 755-4226
\nEmail: ruth.anspach@bemidjistate.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

Academic Core Advisors & Program Staff<\/h2>\n

Reporting to Zachary Johnson, Associate Director of Advising & Success Systems<\/h3>\n
\n

\"Headshot<\/picture>Ching Olson<\/strong>
\nAcademic Core Advisor & Retention\/Exploration Specialist
\nAdvisor in the Sunderman College of Creativity, Enterprise and Place
\nPhone: (218) 755-2872
\nEmail: ching.olson@bemidjistate.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

\"HeadshotMary Jo Chirpich<\/strong>
\nAcademic Core Advisor & Online Professional Education Programs Manager
\nAdvisor in the Sunderman College of Creativity, Enterprise and Place
\nPhone: (218) 755-3742
\nEmail: maryjo.chirpich@bemidjistate.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

\"Headshot<\/picture>Stephen Berard<\/strong>
\nAcademic Core Advisor & FYE Coordinator
\nAdvisor in the Sunderman College of Creativity, Enterprise and Place
\nPhone: (218) 755-2224
\nEmail: stephen.berard@bemidjistate.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

Reporting to Karen Stish, Associate Director of Advising & RISE Program<\/h3>\n
\n

\"Headshot<\/picture>Maria Bruggeman<\/strong>
\nAcademic Core Advisor & RISE Coach
\nAdvisor in the College of Sciences and Health
\nPhone: (218) 755-2406
\nEmail: maria.bruggeman@bemidjistate.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

\"Headshot<\/picture>Justin Walters<\/strong>
\nAcademic Core Advisor & RISE Coach
\nAdvisor in the College of Sciences and Health
\nPhone: (218) 755-2311
\nEmail: justin.walters@bemidjistate.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

\"Maureen<\/picture>Maureen Monson<\/strong>
\nAcademic Core Advisor & PSEO Registration Specialist
\nAdvisor in the College of Sciences and Health
\nPhone: (218) 755-2287
\nEmail: maureen.monson@bemidjistate.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

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BSU Student Success Center Staff Bemidji State University Decker Hall 202 Phone: (218) 755-2038 Email: advising@bemidjistate.edu Mailing Address: 1500 Birchmont Drive NE, #44 Bemidji, MN 56601-2907 Amanda Peters, M.S. Executive Director, Student Success Center Office: Decker Hall 201A Phone: (218) 755-2031 Email: amanda.peters@bemidjistate.edu Direct Reports to the Executive Director Zachary Johnson (Zak) Associate Director of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":9,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"bsu_hero":"","bsu_hero_on_children":false,"bsu_hero_height":"600","bsu_hero_video":"","bsu_hero_focal_point":"","bsu_hero_media":"","bsu_hero_display":"random","bsu_hero_slider_interval":5,"bsu_hide_from_navigation":false,"bsu_redirect_enabled":false,"bsu_redirect_url":"","bsu_redirect_target":false,"bsu_require_auth":false,"bsu_require_auth_usertypes":"","_bsu_seo_title":"","_bsu_seo_description":"","_bsu_robots_noindex":false,"_bsu_sitemap_priority":"","_bsu_og_title":"","_bsu_og_description":"","_bsu_og_use_hero":false,"_bsu_og_image":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-8","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/services\/student-success-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/services\/student-success-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/services\/student-success-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/services\/student-success-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/services\/student-success-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/services\/student-success-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":978,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/services\/student-success-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions\/978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/services\/student-success-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}