Meet the Admission Staff

We look forward to working with you and your family. Whether you're just beginning your college search or narrowing down your options, your admission counselor is a great resource for:

  • answering your questions about admission policies and deadlines.
  • understanding the admission application requirements and timeline.
  • helping you to determine if Saint Mary’s is a good fit, based on your interests, goals, and qualifications.
  • getting information about Saint Mary’s student activities and organizations.
  • learning about the unique student community Saint Mary’s shares with the University of Notre Dame.
  • understanding the application requirements and deadlines for need-based and merit-based financial aid.
  • demystifying the admission review process—your admission counselor reads your application first and acts as an advocate for you within the admission committee.

Connecting with your admission counselor is easy!

  • Complete this simple form and we’ll reach out to you
  • Email us at admission@saintmarys.edu 
  • Call us at 800-551-7621
  • Text us at 574-284-4587 (By texting Saint Mary's, you're opting in to receive text messages from the Office of Admission.)
  • Find your admission counselor below and email her or him directly
  • Meet your admission counselor at your high school or a college fair

Admission Staff

Mona Bowe

Vice President for Enrollment Management
mbowe@saintmarys.edu

Sarah Gallagher Dvorak, SMC '99

Director of Admission
sdvorak@saintmarys.edu

Alex Bauer

Assistant Director of Admission
abauer@saintmarys.edu

  • California
  • Indiana (local counties - Elkhart, Fulton, Kosciusko, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke, and St. Joseph - last names beginning with A-M)
  • Massachusetts

Colleen Burke, SMC '16

Admission Counselor
cburke@saintmarys.edu

  • Indiana (Northwest Indiana, "The Region", West Central Indiana)
  • Wisconsin
  • Pennsylvania (Northwestern and Southwestern Pennsylvania, Southern Pennsylvania-West, Allegheny County)
  • Texas

Wanda Dudley

Assistant Director of Admission/Campus Visit Coordinator
wdudley@saintmarys.edu

Erica Ferrufino

Admission Counselor
eferrufino@saintmarys.edu

  • Maryland
  • Michigan (Capital District, Kalamazoo and Grand Rapids, and Northern Michigan)
  • Missouri
  • New Jersey
  • New York
  • Virginia
  • Washington, D.C.

Cara Firestein, SMC '16

Admission Counselor
cfirestein@saintmarys.edu

  • Illinois (Chicago's West Suburbs, Rockford, Quad Cities, Peoria, Springfield, Decatur, Champaign, Southern Illinois)
  • Florida

Melissa Fruscione

Director of Graduate Admission
mfruscione@saintmarys.edu

Samantha Grady, SMC '15

Admission  Counselor
sgrady@saintmarys.edu

  • Georgia
  • Michigan (Wayne County, Detroit's Northern Suburbs, Ann Arbor, and "the Thumb")
  • North Carolina
  • South Carolina
  • New Mexico
  • Ohio (Greater Cincinnati, West Central, Central, and theast Ohio)

Stephanie Lukezic

Assistant Director of Admission/Social Media Coordinator
slukezic@saintmarys.edu

  • Indiana (Greater Indianapolis, West, South Central, East, Southwest, and Southeast Indiana)
  • Kentucky
  • Ohio (Northwest, North Central, and Northeast Ohio, City of Cleveland, and Cuyahoga, Geauga, and Lake Counties)
  • Pennsylvania (Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia Counties, Lehigh Valley, Northeastern and North Central Pennsylvania, and Southern Pennsylvania-East)
  • Tennessee

Rachel Meehan

Associate Director of Admission
rmeehan@saintmarys.edu

  • Alabama
  • Alaska
  • Arkansas
  • Colorado
  • Connecticut
  • Delaware
  • Hawaii
  • Idaho
  • Indiana (local counties - Elkhart, Fulon, Kosciusko, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke, and St. Joseph - last names beginning with N-Z)
  • Kansas
  • Louisiana
  • Maine
  • Mississippi
  • Montana
  • Nebraska
  • Nevada
  • New Hampshire
  • North Dakota
  • Oklahoma
  • Oregon
  • Rhode Island
  • South Dakota
  • Utah
  • Vermont
  • Washington
  • West Virginia
  • Wyoming

*Bolded states are those traveled to by counselor.

Lindsay Romeo

Senior Admission Counselor/Transfer Coordinator
lromeo@saintmarys.edu

  • Transfer applicants
  • Arizona
  • Illinois (Chicago's South and Southwest Suburbs)
  • Minnesota

Kat Sullivan, SMC '14

Assistant Director of Admission/Chicago Regional Representative
ksullivan@saintmarys.edu

  • Illinois (City of Chicago, Chicago's Chain of Lakes, Northwest Suburbs, North Shore, Evanston, and Skokie)
  • Iowa

Jenna Zwiller, SMC '17

Assistant Director of Admission/International Admission Coordinator
jzwiller@saintmarys.edu

  • International applicants
  • U.S. Territories
  • Indiana (Northeast and East Central Indiana)

Contact Us

If you are seeking additional information, please contact the Admission Office:

Telephone

  • (574) 284-4587
  • 1-800-551-7621
  • FAX: (574) 284-4841

Email

admission@saintmarys.edu

U.S. Mail

Admission Office
Saint Mary's College
Notre Dame, Indiana 46556-5001