Employee Directory: Leslie Byrd

Leslie Byrd

Campus Safety and Evening Coordinator

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Office Location

Enid S. McLane Building (EMB) 169

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Office Hours

• Monday: 10am - 7pm
• Tuesday: 10am - 7pm
• Wednesday: 10am - 7pm
• Thursday: 10am - 7pm
• Friday: 10am - 4pm

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Biography

Byrd holds a Bachelor of Arts in both Political Science and Geography, as well as a Master's of Science in Higher Education Leadership with an emphasis in Student and Personnel Services from Northeastern State University, magna cum laude (2012). She has a sundry range of skills from her 20+ years of Higher Education experience. Those skills include housing and residence life-related challenges and processes, student staff training and supervision, risk management, safety and emergency response, social and educational programming, adult basic education, student behavioral response, facilities and conference management, and conference work (as host, presenter, and delegate). 

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Expertise

In the evenings, I provide administrative oversight of the Kenai River Campus. This includes being the evening contact person for student services, the campus contact person for evening emergencies, and providing campus access (where appropriate). It also includes assisting with evening programming and supporting faculty, staff and students after 5pm. I can assist with printing issues and media technology use. I connect students to campus resources and provide support in navigating KPC Student Onboarding processes (admissions, registration, testing, advising, transition support, etc). This includes assisting new and transfer students. Continuing or returning students are also welcome to contact me for assistance. I advise the student group "The Family at KPC (An LGBTQAI2S+ group). I serve, as needed, on many KPC/UAA committees. 

Safety Coordinator: My 15+ year background in Student Housing/Residence Life has given me immense experience in safety coordination, including loss prevention, risk aversion and assessment, as well as crisis management and response. I am certified to train folks in Safe Zone, Community Emergency Response Team (CERT), and ALICE. I keep my CPR/AED/First Aid and Mental Health First Aid certificates current. I manage the safety-related documents and processes for KPC. This includes managing the free ice cleat program, KRC ERT, first aid kits, emergency signage, etc. I am the campus contact for investigating safety-related incidents as well as submitting incident reports to UAA and UA.

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Education

• May 2008 - B.A. Political Science and Geography from Northeastern State University
• May 2012 - M.S. Higher Education Leadership from Northeastern State University

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