The primary responsibility of the residential college Dean is to supervise the academic progress of students and advise them throughout the process of selecting courses, picking a major, and completing graduation requirements. Because academic success is often closely connected to non academic concerns, however, the Dean is also a great resource for a wide range of other matters, including everything from personal crises to post-graduation plans. In cases of incapacitating illness or family emergency, the Dean is authorized to postpone deadlines for academic work or final exams, so it is important and wise to be in close touch with her as soon as possible when these things arise. The Dean also oversees room draw and student housing.
Ksenia Sidorenko, Residential College Dean, Berkeley College
Bio coming soon
Allison Van Rhee, Senior Administrative Assistant II, Berkeley College
Allison Van Rhee is the Senior Administrative Assistant II, Berkeley College Dean’s Office. Allison has a Master’s Degree in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and spent 8 years in the Yale Library system before coming to Berkeley. She is a voracious reader across genres and facilitates the Queer Lit Book Club through the New Haven Pride Center. She has served on several DEI committees and is devoted to making BK an inclusive place to live, work, and study. In her free time Allison can be found reading on cross campus, frolicking on the kickball field, or teasing her orange tabby cat, Daggett. Stop by the BKDO to chat with Allison for a book recommendation, library research tips, or to help yourself to the never-ending candy supply.
Allison is in F13 and can be reached by e-mail at allison.vanrhee@yale.edu or at (203) 432-0502 on weekdays. Allison is away for lunch from 12-1pm.