Profile for Margaret Henning

Margaret Henning Pronouns: she/they

Academic Advisor

Student Support Services

Specialty area(s)

Provide academic, career, financial, and personal advising to 140+ First Generation students, income-eligible students, and disabled students.
Oversee 5-7 Peer Mentors for the First! Scholars Program, a LLC for 25 first year First Generation students in Laux Hall.

Brief biography

Margaret joined the SSS team as an Advisor in February of 2022 after having served as the Graduate Assistant in the Division of Access, Belonging, & Compliance since August 2020. Before that, Margaret attended Winona State University to pursue a degree originally in Nursing, however found their passions in Sociology and the Spanish language.

In their free time, Margaret enjoys traveling (especially day trips to Trader Joes in Rochester); spending time at local restaurants, coffee shops, and breweries; and wandering around state parks.

Education

2022 - M.S.Ed. in Student Affairs Administration - University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

2019 - B.A in Spanish Language & Literature, minor in Sociology - Winona State University

Career

Research and publishing

D. Zavala, J. Rubio-Zepeda, M. Henning. (2021). Takeaways from mentoring programs at a PWI in the Midwest, 2008-2021. UNM Mentoring Conference.