
Chelsea Niewald
Admissions Counselor, Graduate School
“This is slightly belated, but I wanted to make sure Chelsea’s excellent work does not go unnoticed. I completed both my undergraduate and doctorate (physical therapy) degrees at a small school in Minnesota, and it has been a few years since I have been in school. I ran into some major problems with my previous university not releasing some of my personal information necessary to fully apply to the Masters of Community Health program here at UM. I was fortunate to work with Chelsea through every step of this difficulty. Chelsea was a strong advocate for me in this process, remaining calm, caring, and persistent in assisting however she could. I was struck that Chelsea, having never met me and my not even being an official student at UM, advocated for me so strongly in a process that was made very difficult for her and me both. The long-story-short is my information was released, I applied and accepted a spot in the Grad program, and I am very excited about my program thus far. I was always taught to never let a kindness go unnoticed, and Chelsea was not only professional and very skilled at her job, but it was her kindness and caring that left a strong impression. The University of Montana should be very proud to have Chelsea on staff.”
Submitted by Amy Thompson, 9/9/2016