In her role as Vice President for the Student Experience at The University of Toledo, Dr. Patten Wallace provides leadership for creating an environment and system of support that is conducive to students achieving their educational goals. The offices and departments that make up the Division of Student Affairs include: Office of the Dean of Students, Office of Residence Life, the University Counseling Center, Office of Multicultural Student Success, Office of Recreation, Office of Student Conduct, Office of Student Involvement and Auxiliary Services- parking and dining services, Rocket Card and Rocket Wireless. Dr. Patten Wallace works with students, faculty, staff and administrators to help ensure student success and to fulfill the university's mission for a student-centered environment.

Darci currently serves as the Assistant Director of Leadership Development. She oversees the UT S.W.A.T. Team - a peer education and leadership program for upper classmen. She is also the instructor for the first year students in Leadership UT - a scholarship and leadership training program. Both the UT S.W.A.T. Team and Leadership UT are designed to develop leadership skills in students so that they in turn can serve other UT students and the UT community. Darci is also involved with several retention programs such as Rocket 2 Rocket Peer Mentorship, life@college education series, and FYE First Year Initiatives.

Nancy is the Associate Director at the Student Recreation Center at the University of Toledo. She is in charge of the maintenance of the facility, membership and customer service, and the rentals and reservations at the Rec and the Health Ed Center. Nancy Burhans received her bachelor's degree from BGSU in 1980 and her M.Ed from Miami University in 1982. Before coming to the University of Toledo's Student Recreation Center she worked in community recreation for 20 years. She was the Health/Fitness Director at the YWCA of Toledo and the Physical Education Director at the Jewish Community Center of Toledo.

Marcia has been part of the Division of Student Affairs at the University of Toledo for 25 years.  She currently serves as the Senior Business Manager for all areas in the Division and provides direct leadership for the operations of the Student Recreation Center and the Student Union.  She is committed to providing assistance to all areas of the division in order to ensure student success.  In her various roles including advisor to the student general fee committee, she is committed to  upholding fiscal responsibility in the use of student fees and continues to strive for greater efficiency of operations.

Tamika serves as the Interim Dean of the Student Experience, where she investigates student and family concerns, communicates with faculty/staff to resolve concerns, and initiates service recovery. Her focus is on building a culture of student centeredness by being responsive to student’s needs, and utilizing feedback to facilitate improvement and student satisfaction. Tamika received her B.A. and M.A. from Western Kentucky University, and her M.Ed. from the University of Toledo.

Roberta currently serves as a Program Coordinator in the Office of the Dean of Students (DOS), in support of the Office of Multicultural Student Success (OMSS). Her primary focus is on the retention of UT students. She provides assistance with developing diversity, educational, and outreach activities designed for retention efforts. She serves other offices in relationship to retention such as the Office of Latino Initiatives, Office of Residence Life, and Student Involvement. While Roberta's primary focus is on the retention of students, she also provides assistance for students for financial aid processes. Roberta enjoys working with the entire student population, and her underlying goal is to support The University of Toledo's mission of "Student Centeredness".

As Director of the University Counseling center, Dr. Edwards is responsible for the leadership, supervision and management of the UT Counseling Center. He works collaboratively with other departments within the University while providing counseling, crisis intervention, consultation and outreach programs and prevention strategies for students.

Sabina currently serves as the associate director in the Office of Student Involvement. She has been with the University of Toledo since 1991 both as a student and a professional staff member. Sabina earned her associate degree -her most valued college degree, in Legal Assisting Technology (now known as the Paralegal Studies Program) in 1993, her bachelor of arts degree in Women's and Gender Studies in 1998, and her Master of Liberal Studies degree in 2006. She is currently pursuing a doctoral degree in the College of Education.

Through her role as the interim Dean of students, Michele assists students and parents as well as faculty and staff members with issues that affect students. Michele provides direction and guidance in the analysis, review, creation and interpretation of policy and its operational impact on students. She provides leadership for the following departments: Office of Student Conduct, Office of Multicultural Student Services- African American Student Enrichment Initiative Office & the Office of Latino Initiatives, Office of Student Involvement- Commuter Student and Off Campus Services, Greek Life, Student Activities and Leadership.

As Director of Communications for Academic Affairs, Cynthia works closely with all members of the Student Affairs team to publicize the good work being done for our students. Having taken her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in English at UT and having served for many years as editor/chief writer of Toledo Alumni Magazine, plus having taught evening literature classes at UT for even longer, she’s passionate about UT's educational mission — and knows how to make the best use of a semicolon.

Fatima is currently a Program Coordinator in The University of Toledo's Office of Multicultural Student Success, specializing in diversity/cultural sensitivity trainings and LGBTQA education, advocacy and support. Fatima is a graduate of The University of Toledo with her Bachelor's Degree in Sociology and her Master's Degree in Liberal Studies, and has provided education to at-risk youth in Lucas County since 2000.

Cecilia serves as the Greek Life Coordinator at The University of Toledo. Her primary goal is to support and advise the 32 social fraternities and sororities at UT. Along with support from her graduate assistant and the McComas Village director she advises the four governing councils of the Greek Independent Board (GIB), Interfraternity Council (IFC), National Panhellenic Conference (NPC), and National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) as well as Order of Omega and Gamma Sigma Alpha. In addition to advising Cecilia handles leadership development, program planning, recruitment and retention of our fraternity and sorority community.

Virginia Speight, was promoted to interim director from associate director, brings to the table years of experience in residence life and management. She was an assistant director for the Office of Residence Life and Housing for Norfolk State University in Norfolk, Va., for three years before coming to The University of Toledo. She also held residence life and housing positions at Old Dominion University, Ambling Management Co. and Hampton University. Speight plans to collaborate with key offices that focus on student services to improve overall living for students on campus. She also serves as a member of the vice president’s senior leadership team and crisis intervention response team, and provides representation and direction on various University initiatives. “I am extremely excited and honored to serve as the interim director of Residence Life at UT,” Speight said. “My goal is to continue to work with staff and students in creating residence halls that promote learning outside of the classroom and enhance the student experience. Students are the reason we exist, and providing exemplary customer service is our goal.”

Tony Urbina is the Acting Director for the Office for the Student Experience here at The University of Toledo. Although he is Graduate of Bowling Green State University, he completed his graduate work with the blue and gold. Tony is very passionate about life and believes in the value of those we serve and work with. As General Schwarzkopf once said; "People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care." When we decide to put people first; we ultimately enrich our own lives.