Position Title
Student Development and Leadership Manager
- Undergraduate Education and Advising
Dr. Mike Lorenzen joined the Student Engagement and Success Team in L&S in July 2024 after seven years working in Intercollegiate Athletics at UC Davis. He joined previous Athletic Director Kevin Blue in 2017 to create the first fully integrated personal and professional development program in Division I athletics, known as the Aggie EVO System. EVO’s four years of evidence-based curriculum resulted in student-athletes “launching” into successful lives within 12 months of graduation at nearly double the rate of non-athlete students.
In L&S, Mike is responsible for supporting student leadership and development with the Peer Ambassador, Peer Advisor, and Peer Mentor programs, in addition to supplementing all recruitment and engagement work done by the Dean’s office of Undergraduate Education Advising.
Mike has a doctorate in Higher Ed Administration from the University of the Pacific, a master’s degree in international finance and management from Yale University, and a bachelor’s in government and politics from the University of Maryland, College Park. He holds the Professional Certified Coach (PCC) rating from the International Coaching Federation, is a Certified CrossFit Trainer (L3), and was one of the first women’s gymnastics coaches in the US to complete the Brevet Coach course from the International Gymnastics Federation.