University of Arizona Athletics

Michelle Galambos joined C.A.T.S. Academics Fall 2015 as a graduate assistant. In Spring 2017 she started working full-time as Learning Specialist, and eventually Senior Learning Specialist. In July 2022, Michelle was promoted to Senior Lead Coordinator. Michelle’s role includes student-facing responsibility in a Learning Specialist and Academic Counselor capacity and she is responsible for various coordinative duties in the office.  She is responsible for helping a caseload of student-athletes learn a variety of strategies that will help them be successful, along with monitoring their NCAA eligibility. Additionally, she is responsible for leading the C.A.T.S. Academics Student-Worker program which includes co-supervising tutors. Michelle coordinates the department’s review sessions for high-demand classes. She also supervises a student-worker Executive Board that helps promote professional development within the student-worker program. The Executive Board is a group of five to seven student-workers that come together to utilize design thinking strategies to brainstorm, develop, create, and implement a variety of student-worker-focused professional development opportunities and community-building activities. She coordinates regular meetings with other Pac 12 student-worker supervisors with the goal that sharing “best practice” information with peers can benefit programs across the country. She is always looking for opportunities to connect with other departments on and off campus who have a desire to collaborate in regard to student-worker professional development.

She is originally from Denver, Colorado, and came to the University of Arizona to pursue her education, she has been in Tucson since 2011. Michelle earned her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with a minor in Special Education and Rehabilitation in May 2015. She graduated with her Master of Arts in Higher Education in May 2017.