Faculty/Staff Information

Michelle Strowbridge

She/Her/Hers

, Center for Professional Pathways

| strowbridgem@wou.edu

Why I chose WOU

At WOU since

12/29/2025

Hobbies

Birding, Ceramics, Soccer, Coaching

Fun fact

My first job was as a butcher.

Hometown

Corvallis, OR

Favorite book/movie

Movie: While You Were Sleeping

Areas of responsibility

Center for Professional Pathways

Education

Ph.D.- Leadership in Academic Advising, Kansas State University M.S.- Academic Advising, Kansas State University B.S.- Liberal Studies, Oregon State University

Professional experience

Assistant Director- Career Development Center, Oregon State University College of Liberal Arts- 2023-2025 Counseling Program Coordinator, Oregon State University College of Education- 2022-2023 Education and Internship Coordinator, Oregon State University College Of Forestry- 2013-2022

Awards and honors

NACADA Student Research Award- 2024 Kansas State University College of Education Social Justice Advocacy Award- 2022 Oregon State University College of Forestry Fostering Undergraduate Student Success- 2018

Professional memberships

NACADA NCDA NACE MPACE NASPA First Gen Forward AYSO

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Western Oregon University’s Land Acknowledgement
Western Oregon University in Monmouth, OR is located within the traditional homelands of the Luckiamute Band of Kalapuya. Following the Willamette Valley Treaty of 1855 (Kalapuya etc. Treaty), Kalapuya people were forcibly removed to reservations in Western Oregon. Today, living descendants of these people are a part of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Community of Oregon and the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Indians.

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