RaDonna Aymong
Office Manager
RaDonna was hired in the Environmental Studies Program August 2006, but her relationship with the University of Oregon dates back to 1998. She has over 30 years of budget and accounting experience with the past 24 years spent working in education. RaDonna is the person to talk to if you have questions about budgets, payroll, grants, travel, and class scheduling. When she is not handling daily inner workings in the Environmental Studies Office she can be found enjoying her pets, gardening, riding bikes, or camping with her family.
Alissa Manske
Undergraduate Program Coordinator
Alissa received her BA (Environmental Studies and Political Science) from Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota, and joined the Environmental Studies Program in fall 2002. As Undergraduate Coordinator, a few of Alissa’s tasks include advising prospective and undeclared students, ordering textbooks for faculty and GTFs, planning the ENVS commencement ceremony, and clearing students for graduation. In her spare time, she enjoys traveling, hiking with her German Shepherd, Eva and watching NBC crime dramas.
Gayla WardWell
Graduate Program Coordinator
I’m the first point of contact for any questions about our Master’s and PhD programs. I share information with prospective students, coordinate the administrative admissions process, and shepherd our graduate students through their programs, ensuring they meet all requirements for obtaining the degree. I also coordinate the GTF (graduate teaching fellows) appointment process. I came to the university in 1999 via a circuitous route that lead from my home state of Vermont to the island of Kauai and then to Oregon. I have worked in various capacities in manufacturing, direct mail advertising, human resources, retail, public relations, and higher education, which is where I found I belonged all along. I’ve been the graduate program coordinator for nine years now, which is my absolute record for job longevity. As an adult learner, I obtained my BA in Humanities from Johnson State College in Vermont and my MA in Humanities from California State University at Dominguez Hills. I’m a poet, vegan, walker, spiritualist, animal lover, forest dweller and former motorcycle mama whose secret wish is to live in Europe.
Alyse Nielsen
Office Assistant