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UPIKE’s residence life staff is committed to guiding you during the housing process through graduation. Get to know us!
Director of Residence Lifesarastrabel@upike.edu(606) 218-5228
Area Coordinator for Page and Spilman Hallscarterhaupt@upike.edu(606) 218-5226
Area Coordinator for College Square, Kinzer, and Gillespie Hallslindsaydingman@upike.edu(606) 218-5217
Sara Strabel has been the Director of Residence Life at UPIKE since the summer of 2017. At UPIKE, her role consists of managing housing assignments, leading the Area Coordinator and Resident Assistant staff, and providing oversight to departmental initiatives.
Prior to UPIKE, Sara graduated from Carthage College in Kenosha, WI in 2011 with a Bachelor’s degree in psychology in neuroscience. As an undergraduate student, Sara served as a Resident Assistant and Assistant Hall Director. It was these leadership experiences which lead Sara to discover she was not interested in working in a lab for the rest of her life so she decided to pursue a career in higher education. Since then, Sara graduated with her Master’s degree in College Student Personnel from Western Illinois University in 2013. Sara returned to her alma mater, Carthage College, where she served as a hall director until arriving in her current role at UPIKE.
When Sara is not working, you can find her around campus walking her 8 year old beagle-terrier mix, Ellie. Additionally, she enjoys learning to cook (and eating said foods), true crime tv shows, and Chicago sports, rooting for the Cubs and Blackhawks.
Carter Haupt is the Area Coordinator for Page and Spilman Halls, two of the upperclassmen communities at UPIKE. He supervises an excellent team of Resident Assistants who are living the Suite Life in the Balconies. Carter splits his time during the workday between his office in Page Hall and the Residence Life Office in the Administration Building. Being able to serve the Bears of Appalachia in the Department of Residence Life is Carter's bread and butter and he looks forward to helping students every day.
Before the mountains, Carter lived in the suburbs of Chicago with his parents and twin sister. Carter moved just a state over to Indiana to attend Anderson University where he got his B.A. in Political Science and National Security. While at AU, Carter found his desire to serve college students by serving as an RA in a male dorm for three years and spent two of those years as the Assistant Resident Director. Wanting to pursue Residence Life more, Carter worked in Los Angeles for a summer working as a Senior Resident Assistant through Johns Hopkins' Center for Talented Youth Summer Program. Carter is happy to trade in the corn fields of Illinois and Indiana for the beautiful Appalachian Mountains around Pikeville.
Since working at UPIKE, Carter has become a CatDad to a stray cat named Rufio who sunbathes in the window and tears up the sofa. In his free time Carter goes on hikes, enjoys making coffee, eats ravioli, and starts each day with yoga.
Lindsay Dingman is the Area Coordinator for UPIKE’s College Square, Kinzer, and Gillespie Halls. While this community is mostly made up of upperclassmen, it also houses some freshmen in Gillespie Hall. The powerhouse of Lindsay’s zone however, is Kinzer Hall, which is where her office is located in the Lobby. Lindsay is so excited to be here to serve the UPIKE community within the Residence Halls and to be a part of the Student Affairs team! If anyone ever needs anything, her door is always open!
Before coming to UPIKE, Lindsay was living (born and raised) in Eden NY, a small town just south of Buffalo NY. Although Buffalo is Lindsay’s stomping ground, she decided to leave and attend her undergrad on the other side of New York State. Lindsay received her B.A. in English Literature/Writing with a minor in Communication from The State University of New York (SUNY) at Potsdam. Currently, she is working towards her MLIS Degree in Information and Library Science, concentrating in Academic (higher ed) Libraries, online with the University at Buffalo. Even though Lindsay is a little way from where she grew up, she so happy that she made this transition to Kentucky where she is still growing up but into the professional world.
Lindsay did not come to UPIKE alone, she brought her best friend and cat Hank with her on this journey. He is 8 years old and is a pure-bred Bombay. He transitioned well and he and Lindsay have made themselves into a little family in their little home here in Kentucky. Aside from Hank, Lindsay loves hockey and loves to sing, dance, draw/paint, go to museums/zoos, be outdoors, read, and watch all the movies and TV shows.