Choeden Lama Assistant Director of Center for Student Diversity, Empowerment, and Community/Assistant Dean of Students

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Choeden P. Lama (she/her/hers) in June assumed her role as the new assistant director of the Center for Student Diversity, Empowerment, and Community (DEC) at Saint Michael’s College. Choeden will assist in many facets of the Center including holistic student advising, event programming, training student-employees, advising student clubs and organizations, and supporting the Director of DEC Sarah Childs. She graduated in 2020 from the University of Vermont (UVM) where she received her B.S. in psychological sciences and was involved extensively in the Mosaic Center for Students of Color, essentially the UVM equivalent of DEC. Through the Mosaic Center, Choeden was a student leader of the Asian Student Union and Jazbaa South Asian Dance Group, in addition to being a member of other identity student organizations. Post-graduation, she held two additional positions, one with the Champlain Housing Trust and the other with the Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity (CVOEO).
(posted July 2022)