The Ombuds Blog: Washington University in St. Louis Names First Staff Ombuds

September 14, 2015

Washington University in St. Louis Names First Staff Ombuds

WUSTL has expanded its Ombuds program with the addition of its first Ombudsperson for Staff, Jessica Kuchta-Miller, who starts today. comes She to comes to the new position from the University of Colorado Boulder, where she was the Associate University Ombuds for the past two years. Kuchta-Miller offices on the main WUSTL campus and the medical campus. Kuchta-Miller will join Linda Nicholson, who has been the Ombuds for faculty since September 2012. (WUSTL News.)

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hina3339/14/2015 11:37 AM
Congrats Jessica!
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