{"id":1362,"date":"2018-11-15T20:33:29","date_gmt":"2018-11-15T20:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/academic-resource-commons\/?page_id=1362"},"modified":"2026-01-12T15:05:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T20:05:01","slug":"sasc-professional-staff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/student-academic-support-center\/sasc-professional-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"SASC Professional Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/academic-resource-commons\/files\/2021\/09\/Grace.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/academic-resource-commons\/files\/2021\/09\/Grace-326x300.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3810\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Grace Coulombe (M.A., Boston College)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Director, Student Academic Support<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><br><strong>Lecturer in Mathematics <\/strong><br>207-786-8374; <strong><a href=\"mailto:gcoulomb@bates.edu\">gcoulomb@bates.edu<\/a><\/strong>, Coram Library, Room228<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grace received a B.A. in Mathematics from Bates College and an M.A. in Mathematics from Boston College. She returned to Bates in 2000 to serve as the founding Director of the Mathematics and Statistics Workshop and a lecturer for the Mathematics Department. Throughout June 2021 &#8211; June 2023, Grace also served as the Acting Director of the Academic Resource Commons. \u00a0In July 2023, the Mathematics &amp; Statistics Workshop and the Academic Resource Commons merged to become the Student Academic Support Center. \u00a0Since then, Grace has served as Director of Student Academic Support. While at Bates, Grace has taught the following courses: Calculus I and II, Introduction to Abstraction, Probability, Mathematical Statistics, Number Theory, Working with Data, Great Ideas in Mathematics, Mathematics across Time and Cultures, and a First-Year Seminar on Math &amp; the Art of M.C. Escher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"440\" height=\"406\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/student-academic-support-center\/files\/2023\/07\/Andee-photo.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4715\" style=\"width:330px;height:305px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/student-academic-support-center\/files\/2023\/07\/Andee-photo.webp 440w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/student-academic-support-center\/files\/2023\/07\/Andee-photo-400x369.webp 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Andee Alford (M.A., SUNY Stonybrook)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Associate Director, Student Academic Support<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><br><strong>Lecturer in Humanities <\/strong><br>207-786-6275,<strong> <a href=\"mailto:aalford@bates.edu\">aalford@bates.edu<\/a><\/strong>, Coram Library, Room 229<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Andee graduated from Princeton with an A.B. in Mathematics and completed her Master\u2019s degree in Math at SUNY Stony Brook (Stony Brook University). After graduate school, she spent a year in Israel at the University of Tel Aviv teaching Multivariable Calculus for the University of New Haven, and in 1993 began teaching at Gould in Bethel, Maine. She spent twenty-five years at Gould teaching courses that included AP Calculus AB\/BC, AP Statistics, Introduction to Proof, and similar content to Bates\u2019 Great Ideas in Math course. At Bates, Andee has taught Calculus II, as well as the First-Year Seminars: Math &amp; the Art of M.C. Escher, The Communication Equation and Paperfolding in Art and Math.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/student-academic-support-center\/files\/2025\/11\/190814_Portrait_ts_9735-Medium.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5644\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/student-academic-support-center\/files\/2025\/11\/190814_Portrait_ts_9735-Medium.webp 427w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/student-academic-support-center\/files\/2025\/11\/190814_Portrait_ts_9735-Medium-267x400.webp 267w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/student-academic-support-center\/files\/2025\/11\/190814_Portrait_ts_9735-Medium-419x628.jpg 419w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/student-academic-support-center\/files\/2025\/11\/190814_Portrait_ts_9735-Medium-133x200.webp 133w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 427px) 100vw, 427px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Eric Dyer (B.A., University of Michigan, Residential College)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Assistant Director, Student Academic Support<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>207-753-6955, <a href=\"mailto:edyer@bates.edu\"><strong>edyer@bates.edu<\/strong><\/a>, Coram Library, Room 224<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eric graduated from the Residential College at the University of Michigan with a degree in Philosophy.&nbsp; Between his own undergraduate degree and his work at Bates, he spent time working as a cobbler for Birkenstock, a staff writer for a web design startup, a dining room manager for a small brewpub, and nearly a decade in a variety of team leadership capacities in the natural and organic foods industry.&nbsp; <\/span>In Eric&#8217;s prior work at Bates, he<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> served as Coordinator for the Academic Resource Commons and Writing at Bates (Fall 2016 through Spring 2021) and Assistant Director of the Academic Resource Commons (Fall 2021 through Spring 2023).  His primary goals in all of his work at Bates are focused on building collaborative systems and campus partnerships which support Bates students in their academic pursuits, and support SASC\u2019s Peer Educators in their development as community leaders.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-garnet-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/calendar.app.google\/cbbivcFwYfPFLzWSA\">Make an appointment with Eric<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-gray-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/academic-resource-commons\/eric-dyers-office-hours-in-arc\/\">When can I find Eric in SASC?<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-medium is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/student-academic-support-center\/files\/2023\/08\/Eddie-Szeman-2-45x2-25-400x371.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4734\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover;width:335px;height:undefinedpx\" title=\"Photo of Eddie Szeman\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/student-academic-support-center\/files\/2023\/08\/Eddie-Szeman-2-45x2-25-400x371.webp 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/student-academic-support-center\/files\/2023\/08\/Eddie-Szeman-2-45x2-25-900x834.webp 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/student-academic-support-center\/files\/2023\/08\/Eddie-Szeman-2-45x2-25-768x712.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/student-academic-support-center\/files\/2023\/08\/Eddie-Szeman-2-45x2-25-1536x1423.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/student-academic-support-center\/files\/2023\/08\/Eddie-Szeman-2-45x2-25-678x628.jpg 678w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/student-academic-support-center\/files\/2023\/08\/Eddie-Szeman-2-45x2-25.webp 1919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Eddie Szeman (<strong>M.A., Gonzaga University<\/strong>)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Assistant Director, Student Academic Support<\/strong><br><strong>Lecturer in Humanities<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>207-753-6427,&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:eszeman@bates.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>e<\/strong>szeman@bates.edu<\/a>, Coram Library, Room 226<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eddie graduated from Winthrop University with a degree in English and completed his Master&#8217;s degree in Organizational Leadership at Gonzaga University. Between his undergraduate and graduate studies, he taught at an environmental education center in South Carolina and worked as a camp director in Massachusetts. In 2018, Eddie joined Bates College as a Coordinator of Health Education in the Office of Residence Life and Health Education and most recently worked as the Assistant Director of Residence Life from 2019 to 2023. As a&nbsp;member of the SASC team, Eddie works to support student&nbsp;tutors of all kinds and strives to work collaboratively with faculty and staff to&nbsp;help students feel academically supported inside and outside of the classroom. In the 2024 Fall semester, Eddie is teaching a first-year seminar on leadership theory and practice (FYS 566). &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grace Coulombe (M.A., Boston College) Director, Student Academic Support&nbsp;Lecturer in Mathematics 207-786-8374;&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":173,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"class_list":["post-1362","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","with-sidebar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/student-academic-support-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/student-academic-support-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/student-academic-support-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/student-academic-support-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/173"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/student-academic-support-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1362"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/student-academic-support-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5780,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/student-academic-support-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1362\/revisions\/5780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/student-academic-support-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}