
Meghan Remington
Assistant to the Dean
Northern Arizona University
Northern Arizona University
Assistant to the Dean
I act as the Assistant to the Dean in the NAU College of Education and admin for the college.
A LOT of things. Answering phones, greeting visitors, answering questions, all while keeping tabs on the Dean's calendar and prioritizing projects and events. Right now my desk is covered in holiday cards, items for signature, a couple of calendars, a tray of baked goods for visiting donors, and a slew of items that still need to be processed or filed. It's definitely a job that requires you to be a people person who can handle a little disarray.
Here's the first step for college students
My career is 100% attributable to my time as a student worker at ASU. Where I am today would not have happened if I hadn't started out working as a student at the ASU Foundation. That's where I met people and learned about our mission, and my connections at least somewhat impacted my hire after graduation (a huge deal in 2009 with the market crash). I became passionate about the importance of higher education and my path unfolded pretty organically from there.
"Sometimes I wonder what I could have done with my career if I had been more ambitious and believed in myself. I always wondered if I could have been an engineer, but I never considered that degree program - I didn't think I could do it, so I never tried."