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Student Success Center Services & Campus Resources
About the Student Success Center
The Student Success Center is located in Solano 3000. There are both Professional Staff as well as faculty advisors that provide holistic support services to aid in a student's university experience. If you have any of the following questions and more, please schedule an appointment if you:
- Need Major Advising for Health Science (the new pathway to Nursing)?
- Need guidance in selecting a major?
- Facing challenges and barriers within your major?
- Have questions about the programs within the College of Health and Human Services?
The Student Success Center is here to address your questions and provide the following services:
- Academic Planning
- Basic Career Exploration
- Faculty Mentoring
- Major Program Exploration
- Major Advising for Health Science (the new pathway to Nursing)
- Referrals to Campus Resources
- Tutoring
Meet Our Team
Raquel Quirarte, Ed.D.
Coordinator for the Student Success Center and Lead Advisor for the College of Health & Human Services.
quirarte@csus.edu
Dr. Raquel Quirarte joined the Sac State team in 2001 and is currently the Coordinator for the Student Success Center and Lead Advisor for the College of Health and Human Services. She is dedicated to providing a humanistic and holistic approach to support individual student’s needs to cultivate their academic success. Her professional experience includes student service positions in the Division of Criminal Justice, Office of Graduate Studies, and the Office of the Registrar. She has also been an active member of the University Senate, Advising Council, the Advising Summit Task Force, the College of Health Human Services Task Force, Phi Kappa Phi and the Doctorate in Educational Leadership Student Association (DELSA). She identifies deeply with Sac State students since she was #MadeAtSacState.
Michelle Loew, M.S.
Academic Advisory fellow in the Student Success Center and staff within Academic Affairs.
m.loew@csus.edu
Michelle (pronouns: she/her/hers) is a professional advisor for the Academic Advising Center, working as an integrated advisor in the College of Health and Human Services and the College Arts & Letters Student Success Centers. Michelle has been at Sac State since 2009, starting as a grad student in the Counseling program. After graduating, she worked as a Study Abroad Advisor for many years, sending Sac State students to the far corners of the globe. Michelle is passionate about learning and self-expansion throughout the life-time, which she strives to help students explore, set goals for, and achieve during their time at Sac State.
Janette Hernandez, M.S.
College Advisor & Retention Specialist
j.hernandez@csus.edu
Joined the Sac State team in Spring of 2022. Before coming to Sac State, she served undergraduate students as a dedicated academic advisor for Kinesiology at California State University, Monterey Bay (CSUMB). Prior to her position at CSUMB, Janette held positions with two consecutive institutional grants from the U.S. Department of Education’s Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions Program at California State University, Fullerton. She is proud to join the Sac State family and looks forward to making a positive impact on the students she will serve through the College of Health and Human Services Student Success Center.
Joanna Sampanis
College Advisor & Retention Specialist
sampanisj@csus.edu
Joanna Sampanis has joined the College of Health and Human Services as an advisor and specialist in the Student Success Center. She brings an extensive background in student services that includes academic advising, transfer credit articulation, and degree completion solutions. Joanna is “Made at Sac State” with degrees in Philosophy and English but her post-baccalaureate pursuits include educational technology, instructional design, and popular media. She enjoys working with students toward achieving their professional development goals through thoughtful academic planning and advocacy. Please feel free to check-in with her and share whatever interests you!
Kristen McCarroll
College Advisor & Retention Specialist
mccarroll@csus.edu
Kristen first joined the hornet family as a graduate student, earning her MS in Career Counseling, and has been on campus ever since. After completing internships in both the Career Center and Academic Advising Center, Kristen joined the Academic Advising Center team as a professional advisor in 2017, and worked as an Integrated Advisor in the College of Social Sciences & Interdisciplinary Studies Student Success Center before joining the College of Health & Human Services as a College Advisor & Retention Specialist. Kristen is proud to be Made at Sac State, and enjoys working with students to help them navigate their academic experience at Sac State, and reach their personal, academic, and career goals.
Jennifer Anderson, DNP
Lecturer, School of Nursing
jenniferanderso@csus.edu
Dr. Jennifer Anderson joined Sac State in 2015 as a part-time lecturer in Nursing. Before coming to Sac State, she had experience as both an acute care and public health nurse. Her main area of teaching in the Nursing program is Community Health Nursing. Dr. Anderson was made at Sac State, graduating with a Master's degree in Nursing. She looks forward to making a positive impact on students just as her faculty did when she was a student at Sac State!
Tim Croisdale
Professor, Criminal Justice
croisdale@csus.edu
Tim Croisdale is a Professor in the Division of Criminal Justice. His specialties & interests include: Crime Science, Crime Reduction, Crime Data and Statistics, Policing, Corrections, and Public Policy.
Departmental Academic Advisors
The College of Health and Human Services has professional advisors for five of the academic programs, you may reach out to them directly for more information related to their specific majors.
Destiny Effiong, MS
Advising Center Coordinator, Division of Criminal Justice
crj-advising@csus.edu
Heidi Travis
Admissions Advisor, School of Nursing
rntobsn@csus.edu
Heidi Travis joined the Hornet Family in spring 2006 and officially became “Made at Sac State” in spring 2010 with a degree in Sociology. She started the beginning of her career in the School of Nursing as the front receptionist in the fall 2012. She has worked her way to her current position as the School of Nursing’s admissions advisor. While working in the nursing department she has been part of the Admissions Criteria Task Force, helped with the process of the two main nursing accreditation bodies (BRN and CCNE) and is currently a part of the Sac State’s Advising Council. Heidi takes pride in being a part of the hornet family and has a passion for helping and connecting with the students. Stingers up!
Melissa Timpson
Student Services Professional II, Physical Therapy
mt2334@csus.edu
Troy Nichols
HHS Faculty Student Mentor Coordinator, RPTA
troy.nichols@csus.edu
Troy Nichols, affectionately known throughout the Sacramento region as “PT,” is proud to be Made at Sac State, graduating with a degree in Recreation Administration in 2007. Upon graduation, Troy went on to acquire a Master’s in Business Administration before returning to the Hornet Family in 2015 as a Lecturer in the College of Health & Human Services (RPTA). From 2020-2021 he worked on the campus-wide Antiracism & Inclusion Plan, serving as the co-chair of the Mattering and Affirming Planning Group. He continues to be passionate and committed to ensuring all students have equitable access and are empowered to engage with the full educational experience at Sac State to achieve their personal and professional goals.
How to Schedule an Appointment
How to Schedule an Appointment
The HHS Student Success Center is accessible through various modalities, you may access our support services through:
- virtual drop-in hours (link)
- face-to-face (on-campus), Solano Hall Room 3000
- by appointment
How to make an HHS, Advising Appointment
If you are a current CSUS student, you may schedule a virtual (via zoom) or on-campus Academic Advising Appointment. In order to schedule an appointment, please follow the steps below:
- Visit the Campus EAB Scheduling Tool.
- Select Advising, then:
Follow these steps
- Select Services: (please select what you would like support with) under College of Health and Human Service Success Center
If you are not a current CSUS student looking for advising support, please email the HHS, Student Success Center, chhs_success_center@csus.edu in order to request assistance or ask general questions to our team. By sending our staff an email, this will ensure that your needs will be met promptly. Our HHS, Student Success Center staff will be checking our email account regularly and will respond to you or direct your request to the appropriate individual.