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Alex Fields

Director of Student Conduct

Alex Fields earned her Associate of Arts from Valencia College, Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Central Florida, and Master of Social Work from the University of Kentucky. She has been at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ since 2017, first serving as an Area Coordinator and then Associate Director of Residence Life in the Department of Residential Living. Alex transitioned to the role of Interim Director of Student Conduct in October 2022 and is honored to continue serving WCU students in this role.

Outside of work, Alex is a doctoral student in the Educational Leadership program at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. In her spare time, Alex enjoys cooking, traveling, reading, and spending time with her partner Travis, family, and friends.

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Associate Director of Student Conduct

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Melissa Day

Assistant Director of Student Conduct

Melissa grew up in Salisbury, North Carolina. She spent her entire childhood vacationing in Western, North Carolina to see family, and fell in love with the mountains. Western Carolina University was the only place she wanted to attend college. Receiving her Bachelor of Science in Communication from WCU, she decided to make Cullowhee her home after she graduated in 2014. Melissa always says that it’s the mountains that brought her here, but it’s the people that kept her here. Melissa loves Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵand all the students, staff and faculty on this campus. Since graduating from WCU, she has worked at the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵbookstore, was the Administrative Assistant in the Advising Center and a Student Success Specialist in the Office of Student Retention.  Melissa joined the Office of Student Conduct in August 2023.

While Melissa has been an employee at Western, she also completed two Master’s degrees from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. In her spare time, Melissa loves to write, make music with her guitar and drums, bake, kayak, and spend time with her family and friends.

Christian Beamguard

Assistant Director of Student Conduct

Christian is a second-year graduate student at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵin the Higher Education Student Affairs program (HESA). He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Erskine College in 2015 and has worked in program development for middle and high school students all over the Carolinas.

When he's not at WCU, Christian enjoys playing video games, reading horror novels, playing the guitar, and spending time with his partner, Calista.

Katie Geiman

Administrative Support Specialist

Katie is a former elementary education teacher. She earned her Bachelor of Science from Ball State University and has a Master of Arts in Teaching from University of the Cumberlands. She spent a decade teaching overseas and traveling around Asia before moving back stateside and creating a life in North Carolina.

Katie enjoys playing volleyball, reading historical fiction novels, and exploring this great big world with her wife Mandy and their dog Simon.