University of Montana names director of new Student Success Office

Sharon O’Hare was named executive director of the University of Montana’s newly created Office for Student Success http://www.umt.edu/catalog/cat/uac/default.html last week after serving as the office’s interim director for the past year.

O’Hare has also served as the director of UM’s Math Learning Center.

The Office for Student Success is not so much a new UM entity as it is a combination of existing university services meant to increase student retention rates, said Associate Provost Arlene Walker-Andrews.

O’Hare’s office will oversee such programs as the Undergraduate Advising Center and tutoring services like Study Jam, the Writing Center and the Math Learning Center.

Story by Kimball Bennion

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