Meet the Viking Mentor Team
Our team is made up of Assistant Directors who lead a group of Viking Mentors—peer leaders who are paired with every new student at Augustana. You can find out who your Viking Mentor is by checking your FYI-101 course in Arches. If you're a transfer student, look at your LSC-300 section to see your match.
You’ll meet your Viking Mentor on the first day of Welcome Week. From there, they’ll be a friendly, trusted resource and guide throughout your entire first year.
Diya Adhikari
Assistant Director
Senior
Data Analytics, Accounting
Eli Aldana
Viking Mentor
Junior
FYI-Work
Business Administration-Management
Rhiannon Allison
Assistant Director
Junior
Communication Sciences and Disorders
AJ Banks
Viking Mentor
Junior
FYI-Culture
Kinesiology
Mehdi Bekkali
Viking Mentor
Sophomore
FYI-Eating-03
Computer Science, Mathematics
Nia Berndt
Viking Mentor
Sophomore
FYI-Eating-02
Sociology and Anthropology
Roman Bilanicz
Assistant Director
Junior
Finance, Economics
MaKena Biltoft
Viking Mentor
Sophomore
FYI-Honors-03
Accounting, Business Analytics
Kiana Breuer
Viking Mentor
Junior
FYI-Black Rage
Neuroscience, Biochemistry
Ali Buchanan
Viking Mentor
Senior
FYI-Truth
Pre-Medicine
Elle Byambadorj
Viking Mentor
Sophomore
FYI-Brains
Political Science
Liam Christian
Viking Mentor
Junior
FYH-Honors-04
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Mia Diabira
Viking Mentor
Junior
LSC-Transfer-03
Science Education, Biology
Zak El Boukhari
Viking Mentor
Junior
FYI-Globalization
Data Science, International Business-Marketing
Ian Empen
Viking Mentor
Senior
FYI-Together
Environmental Studies, Geography
Anna Erickson
Viking Mentor
Junior
FYI-Ideas
Communication Sciences and Disorders, Psychology
Sophie Evans
Viking Mentor
Junior
FYI-Difference
Communication Sciences and Disorders, Spanish
Sutton Gaines
Assistant Director
Junior
Communication Sciences and Disorders, English
Jay Gebremedhin
Viking Mentor
Senior
LSC-Transfer-01
Accounting
Akla Gebreselassie
Viking Mentor
Senior
FYI-Environment
Neuroscience, Accounting
Hamdiyya Hamidu
Viking Mentor
Junior
FYI-Free
Geography, Graphic Design
Maggie Kelley
Viking Mentor
Sophomore
FYI-Honors-02
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Theresa Kowalkowski
Viking Mentor
Junior
FYI-Justice
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Carter Lavold
Viking Mentor
Sophomore
FYI-Climate
Environmental Studies
Jude Lucero
Viking Mentor
Junior
FYI-PACE Who
Political Science
Jesus Martinez
Viking Mentor
Sophomore
FYI-Schools
Mechanical Engineering
Mallory McBride
Viking Mentor
Sophomore
FYI-Disability
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Jaylen McGill
Viking Mentor
Sophomore
FYI-PACE Identity
Accounting
Carrie Mills
Viking Mentor
Sophomore
FYI-Citizenship
Political Science, Economics
Stephanie Nieves
Viking Mentor
Sophomore
FYI-Media
Psychology, Biology
Selina Osebre Yawson
Viking Mentor
Sophomore
FYI-Leaders
Computer Science, Accounting
Hendrix Palmgren
Viking Mentor
Sophomore
FYI-Know Thyself
Exploring majors
Bre Roach
Viking Mentor
Junior
FYI-Emotions
Psychology, Public Health
DJ Roberts
Viking Mentor
Junior
FYI-Honors-01
Theatre Performance, History
Paty Saavedra
Viking Mentor
Sophomore
FYI-Comedy
Psychology, Business
Angela Smudzinski
Viking Mentor
Senior
FYI-Education
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Avery Spacek
Assistant Director
Junior
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Aiden Swann
Viking Mentor
Junior
FYI-Transfer-01
Kinesiology
Yeabsra Tamire
Viking Mentor
Senior
FYI-Attention
Neuroscience, Biology
Prizma Valdivia
Viking Mentor
Sophomore
FYI-Languages
Biochemistry
Abril Vila Gil
Viking Mentor
Sophomore
FYI-Identity
Psychology, Marketing
McKenna Wassel
Viking Mentor
Junior
FYI-Precious Life
History Education
Tommy Weber
Viking Mentor
Junior
FYI-Living
Accounting, Data Analytics
Addi Wessel
Viking Mentor
Sophomore
FYI-Nature
Psychology, Communication Studies
