MU welcomes new Admissions & Services members

MODUL University recently added two new members to its international staff, Stephanie Reeves and Antonia Baumgartner.

Stephanie Reeves has joined the Admissions team as the first contact for many future Modulians. Our new Admissions Officer comes to us fresh off the plane from England, following her love of all things Viennese (and in particular to practice her German) to experience life in the cultural heart of Europe.

A native of London, Stephanie was Communications Officer of the Erasmus Society of the University of Reading, UK, where she graduated with a BA Hons in History and German jointly awarded by the University of Augsburg, Germany.

MU’s tourism focus suits Stephanie well; she spent two years circling the globe with Qatar Airways as part of the 5 star Cabin Crew on one of the world’s top airlines. In addition to her high flying days, she has held positions with the Canadian High Commission and in an international law firm, as well as in a university environment as personal assistant to the Deans at St. Mellitus College, London.

Alongside improving her German, learning Spanish, and playing piano, Stephanie is involved in numerous sponsored bike rides for the Cystic Fibrosis charity.

Once applicants successfully pass though Stephanie’s office and make the transition into an MU student, Antonia Baumgartner is there to welcome them to their home away from home on Mt. Kahlenberg.

Replacing fellow American Kristen Riedrich, Antonia has taken over the position of International Officer in the Student Service Center. The daughter of Austrian émigrés, she grew up in Washington D.C. and attended a German school, making her one of the most perfectly bilingual employees at MU. She received her Bachelor degree from New York University in 2007, and shortly thereafter moved to her ancestral homeland.

She was recently received a Master of Arts in Education, Counseling and Human Development at the University of Vienna, submitting her final research thesis on “Third Culture Kids – Development of a Current Phenomenon”. Her experience with young people from a variety of backgrounds is particularly suited to interaction with MU’s multicultural student body.

In addition to her studies, she has extensive experience working in education, as a school administrator and substitute teacher at Vienna Elementary School and as a summer camp counselor in Salzburg.

Antonia prefers to spend her holidays exploring distant corners of the globe, and closer to home she enjoys Vienna’s many theatres and cultural opportunities.

Stop by Admissions and Services to say hello to our new team members!

[img_assist|nid=3953|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=450|height=300]Admissions Team: Markus Bernhard and Stephanie Reeves; Student Service Center: Jesse Alexander and Antonia Baumgartner