Staff

Elizabeth Long
Undergraduate Program Specialist
Responsibilities
  • Provides administrative and program support for undergraduate student programs (students and faculty advisors)
  • Maintains student records
  • Assists in registering students for courses and in solving graduation problems
  • Serves as departmental contact person for undergraduate information and recruitment
  • Serves as the administrative assistant for the Center for Real Life Kitchen Design Advisory Board.
Email
etlong@vt.edu
Dianna Givens
Office Manager
Responsibilities
  • Provides administrative and managerial assistance to the Department Head, faculty, staff, and students
  • Provides guidance and supervision to clerical staff
  • Manages and coordinates all personnel appointments and payroll
  • Oversees and monitors daily operations of the department
  • Gives oversight to human resource matters within the department
  • Serves as department webmaster
  • Serves as administrative assistant for the Residential Property Management Advisory Board.
  • Serves as the department staff coordinator for the Graduate School.
Email
diannam@vt.edu
Cindy Perdue
Fiscal Technician
Responsibilities
  • Performs advanced fiscal bookkeeping and accounting for the department
  • Reviews, processes, controls manual and automated fiscal records and reports in relation to all department budgets: instruction, research, extension and VT Foundation
Email
cindyp@vt.edu
Peggy Quesenberry
Trainer/Instructor II
Responsibilities
  • Provides support and promotes instructional, research and outreach functions of the Department related to apparel product design, development, and analysis and market distribution; including instruction and training, management of research activities and projects, and service to the university and public provided through the department.
Email
ppqberry@vt.edu
Janet Wimmer
Laboratory Specialist Senior
Responsibilities
  • Provides support for the instructional, research, and outreach functions of the Department by scheduling, coordinating, and maintaining the computer, textile research and teaching laboratories, the Oris Glisson Historic Costume and Textile Collection. Serves as Systems Administrator for the department.
Email
wimmer@vt.edu

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