Student Activities

Position Role:
Full-Time Staff

Office Location:
JSSB

Office Number:
230R

Campus Box Number:
62

Bio:

Juan Gallegos joined the MSU Denver team in April 2017 as the Brother2Brother program coordinator. A 5^th generation Coloradan, Juan moved to Washington State and earned a B.A. in psychology and a B.A. in Spanish language from Seattle University. He continued his studies at the University of Washington Seattle where he earned an M.A. Public Affairs. His work in the high school, college, and non-profit space has focused on empowering historically underrepresented students, as well as championing the institutions that serve them well. Juan currently promotes equity and inclusion by serving as the Assistant Director of the Center for Multicultural Engagement and Inclusion (CMEI). Juan enjoys spending time with his family, his dog Luna, and in his free time enjoys all things outdoors, leatherwork, soccer, bonsai and gardening.

Position Role:
Full-Time Staff

Office Location:
TV

Office Number:
305

Campus Box Number:
39

Bio:

Position Role:
Full-Time Staff

Office Location:
TV

Office Number:
305

Campus Box Number:
39

Bio:

Guillermo joined the Office of Student Activities staff in August 2019. Guillermo is a First-Generation Latino college graduate born and raised in Aurora, Colorado by two Mexican immigrants from San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato Mexico. Guillermo received his Bachelor of Arts in Languages, Literature & Culture with a concentration in Spanish at Colorado State University (CSU). While at CSU Guillermo became a member of Nu Alpha Kappa Fraternity Inc. and was highly involved in student organizations such as the Associated Students of CSU. In June 2017, Guillermo completed his Master of Arts in Higher Education with a concertation in Diversity & Higher Learning from the University of Denver (DU). During his time at DU, Guillermo served as the graduate assistant in Fraternity & Sorority Life community and facilitated the separation of the Unified Council consisting of the Interfraternity Council, Multicultural Greek Council, National Panhellenic Council and the Panhellenic Association into their individual governing councils. Guillermo’s passion lies in helping marginalized communities have access to and through college and creating spaces in higher education for them to thrive. He also enjoys spending his free time with his family and attending as many Latinx concerts possible he can!

Position Role:
Full-Time Staff

Office Location:
TV

Office Number:
305

Campus Box Number:
39

Bio:

Oanh Luong is proud to be the Office Manager for Metropolitan University of Denver Office of Student Activities. She obtained her Associate’s Degree in Business from CCD and worked at MSU Denver for twelve years. She is currently providing administrative support for the Office of Student Activities, which includes processing SGA personnel paperwork, and providing assistance in all of the financial processes for SGA as well as for the Office of Student Activities as a whole. She loves her position at MSU Denver, and has a passion for supporting her colleagues, as well as helping students get involved by learning more about campus resources.

Areas of responsibility:

•  Front desk operations
• Process SGA & Student Activities’ student employment paperwork and supervise front desk student employees.
•  Process financial paperwork that including pro-cards, petty cash reimbursement, SPOs, POs, check request, transfer reconciliation.
•  Tracking Student Activities’ budget
•  Process student organization financial paperwork
•  Following Auraria Higher Education Center (AHEC) policies and coordinating with the AHEC office related to all areas, including event set up, coordination of scheduling conference rooms, work orders.

Position Role:
Full-Time Staff

Office Location:
TV

Office Number:
305

Campus Box Number:
39

Bio:

Position Role:
Full-Time Staff

Office Location:
TV

Office Number:
305

Campus Box Number:
39

Bio:

Dave Bourassa has worked at MSU Denver since 2012. Prior to coming to the University, Dave worked in several student affairs offices at other Colorado higher education institutions, including in student activities, leadership programming, housing, new student orientation and student conduct. He has worked in Student Activities and Student Affairs in higher education for over 13 years and absolutely loves his career in working with students in different capacities. Dave oversees the Student Travel Program and Student Organizations here at MSU Denver. He has a B.S. in Athletic Training from Colby-Sawyer College in New London, New Hampshire, and a M.A. in Physical Education from the University of Northern Colorado. When he's not working, Dave enjoys spending time in the outdoors skiing, camping, and hiking with his family. Dave lives in Evergreen and really enjoys taking his daughter, Lily, on hiking and ski adventures in the surrounding mountains of his home. Dave was born and raised on the coast of Maine and really misses the ocean and lobster! Dave is also an avid New England Patriots fan!