The Office of New Student programs relies on student staffing and professional staffing to fulfill our program and office objectives. The full-time professional staff are listed below.

You can reach any of our professional staff through our office phone number at 734-764-6413 or through email at onsp@umich.edu.

Joe Colangelo (he/him)

Interim Director, Office of New Student Programs
jvcola@umich.edu

Janet Hinz (she/her)

Administrative Coordinator
hinzj@umich.edu

John Rising (he/him) 

Business Systems Analyst
jrising@umich.edu

Orientation and Welcome to Michigan Programs

Joe Colangelo (he/him)

Associate Director 
jvcola@umich.edu

Jarel McRae (he/him)

Assistant Director
jarel@umich.edu

Stacey Parker (she/her)

Administrative Services Coordinator
parkersl@umich.edu

Pa Houa Xiong (she/they)

Orientation Program Specialist 
phx@umich.edu

University Mentorship and Transfer Connections

Sarah St. Amie (she/her)

Assistant Director, Program Director for Mentorship Program and Transfer Connections 
saralavo@umich.edu

Veteran and Military Services

Phil Larson, (he/him)

Associate Director, Program Director for Veteran and Military Services Program
pnlarson@umich.edu

Arts at Michigan

Joe Levickas (he/him)

Assistant Director, Program Director for Arts at Michigan 
levickas@umich.edu

Adrienne Frank (she/her)

Program Specialist
adfrank@umich.edu