About Us

Welcome to the office of Student Orientation and Family Programs! As a new comer to Stony Brook University and the Long Island area, I hope that you are as excited to begin your SBU experience as I am. Having relocated to Long Island in the fall of 2005, I joined the office of Student Orientation and Family Programs in spring of 2006. I’ve worked in career counseling and university student services for approximately ten years, most serving recently as the Director of Graduate Career Services at American University in Washington D.C. I received a B.A. in Policy Studies from Syracuse University and an M.S. in Counseling and Guidance from Texas A & M at Corpus Christi. While I’ve only been at Stony Brook a short time, I was instantly impressed with the caliber of students, faculty and staff that met, and I knew right away that this was the place for me. I hope that you will soon share the same energy and enthusiasm for your SBU experience. We look forward to serving you as you begin your journey.

Heather Robertson
Director
Email: heather.robertson@stonybrook.edu

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I have worked for New York State since 1989 and came to the University in February 1996. That is when I started here in the Academic Advising Center. I was the Staff Assistant for the Center. In June of 2001 I began working full time in the Orientation and Family Programs Office as the Office Manager. I also teach the First-Year Seminar, serve as a mentor in the Mentor Program, and am an advisor for the Golden Key International Honor Society.


Annette Staebler
Assistant Director
Email: annette.staebler@stonybrook.edu