Diego Saavedra
He/His/Him/Él
Operations Improvement and Funding Coordinator

110 Lang Hall
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Diego Saavedra
He/His/Him/Él
Operations Improvement and Funding Coordinator
Diego oversees the Graduate Funding allocation and awarding processes by tracking, communicating with and providing support to graduate program secretaries, program coordinators, department heads and graduate students. He ensures that the necessary paperwork and processing is done in an accurate manner, meeting the established deadlines so that qualified students may receive and take advantage of their funding. He also works with various campus offices, including Financial Aid & Scholarships, Registrar, Payroll, Human Resources Services, Admissions and International Students & Scholars Office. Lastly, his position assists with social media, web content, automated marketing and admissions setting, reporting and data analysis.
- M.S. in Technology Management from the University of Northern Iowa in 2019.
- BS in Civil Industrial Engineering 2015 from the University of Tarapaca in Chile.
- Diego has been awarded with the Best Student Award while completing his Industrial Engineering degree at Universidad de Tarapaca.
- A native of Chile, he worked for Lombardi Agricultural Enterprises as Sub Manager of Operations completing meaningful and high-scale production and administrative projects.
- In recognition of his service orientation to students, faculty and staff, Diego was named a 2020, 2021 and 2022 recipient of the Panther First Award which recognizes attitude, teamwork and initiative.