Lindsey Sampsell

About Me

As the Undergraduate Academic Program Coordinator, I manage and maintain all student records for the undergraduate program in the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department.  I process drop/add forms, course substitutions and waivers, manage student advisers’ assignments, maintain the application process for Undergraduate Independent Research opportunities, and serve as a resource to faculty, staff, and students on policies, procedures, grades, degree requirements, and course requirements.
 
In addition to supporting the administrative needs for the undergraduate students, I build and maintain the Graduate and Undergraduate courses in LionPATH for the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Coordinate undergraduate student functions from New Student Orientation to graduation
   
• Provide information to students and faculty on BMB, MICRB, and BIOTC majors
   
• Assist the Associate Head for Undergraduate Affairs and Program Advisers
   
• Support academic advising activities for the department
   
• Provide advising resources to faculty, staff, and students
   
• Serve as a resource for faculty and instructors on policies, procedures, grades, degree audits, course requirements
   
• Process petition forms for course substitutions and waivers
   
• Approve majors/minors for graduation
   
• Manage application process for Undergraduate Research Opportunities
   
• Organize special events for undergraduates
   
• Assist with maintaining undergraduate web pages
   
• Generate statistical reports using iTwo, LionPATH, eSteward
   
• Facilitate undergraduate scholarships/endowment awarding
   
• Build and maintain Schedule of Courses for the department
   
• Assist with scheduling general-purpose classrooms
   
• Supervise office work study students, departmental proctors, and undergraduate teaching assistants