Meet the Team

Jennifer Fisler

Dean

jfisler@messiah.edu 717-796-1800 ext. 6715

Parker Palmer, in his book The Courage to Teach, asserts the purpose of education saying, "... all can win and none need lose, [where] 'winning' means emerging from the encounter with a larger sense of self than one brought into it, in which we learn that the self is not a scrap of turf to be defended but a capacity to be enlarged." (Palmer, 1998, p. 39)

Rebekah Ostby

Director of Operations & Finance

rostby@messiah.edu 717-796-1800 ext 2755

• Winding Hill location facility & equipment management
• SGPS Budget management and forecasting
• SGPS Adjunct contracts
• SGPS Commencement Committee

Lyndsay Grimm

Coordinator of Student Services

lgrimm@messiah.edu 717-796-1800 ext 2980

• General student support for graduate students
• Questions about resources available to graduate students
• Academic accommodations
• Graduate student organizations and student events
• Housing, meal plan, textbook, health insurance questions
• Leaves of absences 
• Graduate student services website management

Ed Wichrowski

Senior Associate Registrar, School of Graduate and Professional Studies

ewichrowski@messiah.edu 717-796-1800 ext 7347

• Student records, academic policy and curriculum management
• Academic standing (probation, dismissal)
• Academic policy petitions
• Banner and DegreeWorks curriculum updates
• Semester schedule of classes and student registration
• Final grade processing and student academic history
• Semester and part-of-term set-up of database systems

Nancy Markley

Assistant Registrar, School of Graduate and Professional Studies

nmarkley@messiah.edu (717) 796-1800 ext. 2114

• Program and track/concentration changes, registration and grade changes, advisor assignments 
• Transfer credit processing
• National Student Clearinghouse enrollment and degree transmissions
• Certification for completion of degree and certificate requirements
• Student withdrawal and leave of absence
• Student enrollment and degree verification
• Address and name changes

Nak Chhoeung

Graduate Student Financial Services Coordinator and Senior Counselor

nchhoeung@messiah.edu 717.796.1800 ext 2710

• Administers and oversees Graduate Student Financial Services
• Financial aid process questions for students and families
• Financial aid eligibility review, awarding, and adjustment
• Billing, discount, and deferred tuition payment program
• Financial Aid Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) review
• Return of Title IV funds
• Ensures compliance with regulations, policies, and procedures

Bryan Stout

Technical Coordinator and Graduate Student Financial Services Counselor

bstout@messiah.edu (717) 766-2511 x7210

• Assists graduate students in receiving the proper finanical aid
• Ensures operational proficiency