Student Success Navigators
Lakeland's student success navigators are here to help you complete your college mission. Please contact us with any questions about Lakeland's Learning Center, our services or to get in touch with a student success navigator!
Schedule an appointment with a student success navigator via myLakeland ScheduleIt to take advantage of:
- tutoring
- writing center
- academic study skills coaching
Visit our contact page to get in touch with any of our student success navigators, or schedule an appointment via myLakeland ScheduleIt.
Joee (pronouns she/her/her's) is a student success navigator at Lakeland's Learning Center. Basically, she is an extra resource for students when they have questions or concerns about academics, campus resources or the college experience in general. College is a magical place where people are empowered through learning, meaningful connections are made and minds expanded. However, it can also be difficult to navigate, especially when everything is new. Joee's job is to give students a point of contact when they need answers or feel lost. She helps students with study skills, note taking, time management, reading comprehension, writing, organization and other skills that help them to be successful in all their academic endeavors. Although she loves helping students in any capacity, her true loves are English and writing, and being able to see students develop these crucial skills, whether their work is creative or academic.
Joee graduated with degrees in English creative writing and German at Marshall University and moved to Cleveland two years ago to do an AmeriCorps year as a success coach at Lakeland. She ended up getting the opportunity to stay and continue her work in the learning center. She is further pursuing her love of writing, earning a master's degree in creative writing (nonfiction) through the Northeastern Ohio Masters of Fine Arts (NEOMFA) program.
Fun Facts: Aside from reading and writing Joee loves to run (and must do it daily rain or shine or else she's grumpy). She enjoys anything outdoors, which Cleveland seems to think is a big joke eight months out of the year. She's a dedicated cinephile who cannot wait sit down in a movie theater. She also has an addiction to popcorn and buying clogs. Her biggest motivation is the students she has the privilege of working with!
Christy received her master's of education in instructional technology from John Carroll University. She received her undergraduate degree, B.A. in mathematics from Boston College. Currently Christy teaches a variety of math courses at Lakeland. She tutors various groups of students across campus to empower them to conquer their math fears, and she works as a math placement specialist to proactively help students prepare for the math placement test. She hopes to help many more students be successful in reaching their academic goals.
Fun Facts: Christy enjoys outside with her family doing activities such as swimming, hiking and skiing among other things. She also enjoys cooking as well as eating the food.
Join Christy's Women's Math Empowerment tutoring group! We meet twice every week during fall and spring semesters.