Brendan Braaten

Department/Affiliation: Office of Residence Life
Phone: 330-263-2498
Office Address: 204 Culbertson-Slater House
Office Hours: 8:30am-5pm
Email: bbraaten@wooster.edu

Hello! I came to Wooster in the summer of 2011 from Charlotte, North Carolina, and have since experienced a welcoming community of professionals and community members. I received my M.Ed. in College Student Personnel from Western Carolina University and my B.S. in Public Relations from Appalachian State University.

My interest in student affairs started when I accepted a student administrative position at ASU working in the I.D. office. Through this role I worked with 75 to 150 students and parents a week by assisting them with their meal plan assignments, the security of their student i.d.'s, and their campus access information. When I discovered that there was a degree for working specifically in higher education, I was immediately invested! Since then I have taken a special interests in such areas as residence life, student leadership, multicultural education, and civic engagement. I currently work with the five first-year centers at C.O.W. I look forward to a career of being both an educator and a learner.