• B.A. Non-Profit Management & Community Service, Concordia University, St. Paul
• M.S. Administration – Organizational Leadership, University of South Dakota

Tayler arrived at Illinois in 2021 where she worked in the Office of Student Financial Aid focusing on scholarship administration. She joined the Student Engagement team in 2022 seeking an opportunity to work directly with students and their interest in student organizations. Tayler earned her bachelor’s degree at Concordia University in St. Paul, Minnesota where she self-designed her undergraduate major of Non-profit Management and Community Service. Upon graduating, she moved back to her home state of South Dakota where she worked as a Human Resources Associate for a credit card company while continuing her education at the University of South Dakota where she earned her Master’s in Organizational Leadership.

Her passions include leadership development, diversity and inclusion, and social justice. Outside of Student Engagement, Tayler enjoys watching Illini Basketball and reality TV, and spending time with her dogs.

Top 5 Strengths

Adaptability | Relator | Restorative | Activator | Arranger

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Signature Character Strengths

Humor | Kindness | Fairness | Bravery | Leadership

Role

Tayler co-leads the Student Organization Development & Administration (SODA) team and has primary responsibilities for advising, educating, and developing student members of the Student Organization Resource Fee Board, supervising student staff, supervising an office support staff member, and providing critical support to more than one thousand (1,000) student organizations. She also coordinates marketing/communication for the Department of Student Engagement.

Responsibilities

Student Resource Organization Fee (SORF) Board

• Program Coordinator
• Board Advisement (training and development)
• Funding Standards & Allocation Review Oversight
• Allocation Transfers (in coordination with the SOFC)
• Supervision of Board Secretaries

Student Specialists

• General Supervision
• Training & Development
• Hiring & Selection

Registration & Recognition

• Annual Registration Program Coordination
• Central Contact for Campus Contacts (facility managers and campus partners)

Recruitment & Promotion

• Involvement Fair Coordination
• Quad Day Leadership Team

Achievement

• Student Org Awards

SODA Resources & Services

• Creative Services (Maker Station)
• Digital Signage Requests
• Equipment Loan Program
• Mail & Package Receiving
• Storage (lockers, mezzanine, cabinets)
• Student Organization Complex (facility oversight)
• Verifications (Absence, Member & Org Status)

Scholarships & Gift Funds

• Scholarship Coordination
• Gift Stewardship Education
• Donor Relations Education & Coordination

HOPE (Helping Others's Personal Excellence) Scholarship

• Program Coordination
• Scholarship Committee, Chairperson

Student Engagement Administration

• Communications & Marketing
• Digital Signage