Staff Directory
116 Park Hall
26 East Main Street
Wheaton College
Norton, MA 02766-2322
Telephone: 508-286-8212
Office Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Click on a staff member's name to learn more.
Elita Pastra-Landis
Associate Provost and Professor of Chemistry
epastral@wheatoncollege.edu
Evelyn Ruth Staudinger
Associate Provost and Associate Professor of Art History
staudinger_evelyn@wheatonma.edu
Lynda Marcoccia
Senior Executive Assistant to the Provost and Secretary to the Faculty
lmarcocc@wheatoncollege.edu
Susan Colson
Executive Assistant to the Provost for Special Projects
scolson@wheatoncollege.edu
Bernice Morrissey
Administrative Coordinator
bmorriss@wheatoncollege.edu
Ruth Mattson '85
Administrative Associate
mattson_ruth@wheatoncollege.edu
Frances Jeffries
Special Assistant to the Provost
Jeffries_Frances@wheatoncollege.edu
Lynda Marcoccia
Senior Executive Assistant to the Provost and Secretary to the Faculty
lmarcocc@wheatoncollege.edu
At Wheaton since 1974, Lynda has provided support to five provosts and three interim provosts. She serves as the Provost's Office liaison with the Human Resources Office, the Finance Office, the Grants Office and Institutional Research, and is responsible for the integrity of faculty information for payroll and survey data. Reporting to Lynda are a staff of six faculty assistants who provide clerical support to the faculty. As secretary to the faculty, she is responsible for keeping an accurate record of the proceedings at faculty meetings, and for faculty legislation and the faculty handbook. Lynda works very closely with several standing committees of the faculty.
Susan Colson
Executive Assistant to the Provost for Special Projects
scolson@wheatoncollege.edu
After 25 years in the President's office working closely with three presidents, Susan recently joined the Provost's Staff as Executive Assistant to the Provost for Special Projects. Susan is responsible for supporting the Provost in coordinating several major projects that are critical to the goals set forth in the College's new strategic plan, including the building of the new Center for Scientific Inquiry and Innovation, reaccreditation, and Provost's fund raising travel. Susan also serves as the Provost's liaison to the Board of Trustees. Susan received an A.B. from Wheaton College in 1996.
Bernice Morrissey
Administrative Coordinator
bmorriss@wheatoncollege.edu
Bernice has worked at Wheaton since 1997. She manages the daily operations of the Associate Provosts' office; she also oversees budgets and coordinates events and workshops for the Associate Provosts' Office, the Kollett Center and the First-Year Seminar (FYS) program. Among other duties, Bernice also oversees production of the FYS brochure and administers the FYS course evaluations.
Ruth Mattson '85
Administrative Associate
mattson@wheatoncollege.edu
A new member of the Provost's Office, Ruth is responsible for the provost's calendar, faculty luncheon presentations, honors convocation, arranging meetings with various departments of the college, preparing materials for the Tenure Committee and the Educational Policy Committee, and a range of other duties.