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Mission Statement

The Student Health Services provides high-quality, cost-effective health care and mental health counseling with an emphasis on health education and wellness initiatives to promote and enhance student success.

Meet the Staff

Jerry Girard
Director

Masterā€™s Degrees in Mental Health Counseling and Addiction Counseling both from the University of Great Falls

Hometown: Peerless, MT

Favorite Hobbies: Spending time with family and friends, attending live events, music collecting, and travelling

Favorite Quote: ā€œWhat is most personal is most universal.ā€ Carl Rogers

Emilee Kidd
Medical Director
PMHNP, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, FNP-C

Hobbies:  Reading, gardening, sewing, hiking and spending time with my family.

Favorite Quote: "Too often we underestimate the power of touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, a honest compliment or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around." - Leo Buscaglia

Kale
Insight Facilitator

Bachelors in Alcohol and Drug Addiction Counseling/Prevention & Psychology from University of South Dakota

Hometown: Helena, MT

Favorite Hobbies: hiking and fishing

Favorite Quote: Itā€™s not the mountains we conquer but ourselves. Sir Edmond Hillary

Kelsey Osmond
Mental Health Counselor

M.S in Clinical Counseling from Bellevue University

Hometown: Basin, Wyoming

Hobbies: Playing with my dogs, painting, reading, four-wheeling, and fishing.

Favorite Quote: ā€œThe past can hurt, but the way I see it, you can either run from it or learn from it.ā€ ā€“ Rafiki ā€˜The Lion Kingā€™

Dave Butler
Director, MSUB Clinical Testing Laboratory
Professor, Department of Biological and Physical Sciences

Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the University of Wisconsin

Hometown: Madison, Wisconsin

Favorite Hobbies: Tennis, Mountain Biking and Hiking in Deserts and Mountains

Favorite Quote: What you learn from a life in science is the vastness of our ignorance

Grette Treat
RN

St. Olaf College, Bachelorā€™s of Nursing

Hometown: Mound, MN

Hobbies: runnning, hiking, camping, cooking, reading 

Sydney Norwood
Wellness Specialist

Bachelorā€™s Degree from ą±ßäĀž»­ (Health and Human Performance, College of Allied Health)

Hometown: Billings, MT

Hobbies: Reading, drawing/painting, hiking, taking pictures of my dog (Lulu), watching baseball, baking/cooking, and listening to country music.

Favorite quote: ā€œI know thereā€™s going to be some brighter days, I swear that love will find you in your painā€ ā€“ Blessing Offer, Sam Ellis

Lisa Shirk
Operations Manager