Meet the DOS Staff
Come visit us in our offices on the first floor of Heggblade Center.
 

Mary Spellman

Assistant VP and Dean of Students, 909-621-8114, mary.spellman@cmc.edu

Dean Spellman is responsible for overseeing the Dean of Students department, staff, and programs.  She is the primary contact for returning sophomores, juniors, and seniors, but her main focus is to be an advocate for all students.  Dean Spellman is available to listen to students with questions or concerns about their CMC experience and to help find solutions to any problems or difficulties students may be having.  Additionally, she oversees conduct issues and the Judiciary Board and serves as the College's Title IX Coordinator.  Dean Spellman has a BA in Anthropology from Occidental College, a Masters in Education from Indiana University-Bloomington, and a Doctorate in Educational Leadership from Saint Mary's College of California.  She is a native of California who loves to travel, is a chocoholic, and bakes regularly (especially chocolate chip cookies), which is why she tries to attend her boot camp workout class most mornings.
 

Jennifer Jimenez Maraña

Associate Dean of Students and Dean of First-Year Students, 909-621-8114, jennifer.marana@cmc.edu

Dean Maraña is responsible for New Student programs, including Orientation, and is the primary contact in the Dean of Students office for students who enter in 2012-2013 as a freshman or transfer.  She serves on the Diversity Committee and works closely with staff from the various cultural centers across the Claremont Colleges to better serve and support students of color and LGBTQA students.  Dean Maraña received her bachelor’s degree in Linguistics from UC Santa Barbara and her master’s degree in Counseling and Personnel Services from University of Maryland, College Park.  She is currently working on her Ph.D. in Education at Claremont Graduate University.  Dean Maraña enjoys running and baking, eating delicious desserts (major sweet tooth!), and spending time with her partner and two sons.  She has been at CMC for nine years and loves the friendly and close-knit community of students, staff, and faculty.

Eric Vos

Assistant Dean of Students and Director of Residential Life, 909-621-8114, eric.vos@cmc.edu

Dean Vos is responsible for residential life, including housing assignments and the Resident Assistant program.  He also assists with student conduct issues.  He aims to provide a positive and dynamic residential experience for all CMC students.  A native of Claremont, he trekked east to attend Middlebury College where he also worked following his graduation.  He's been slowly making his way back west, having attended graduate school at Northwestern University and subsequently working at Grinnell College.  He is half-French and is always looking for opportunities to converse.  He enjoys spending time with his wife and family, cooking, exploring, coaching, and following sports.  The efficiency aficionado in him may even try to combine all of these interests into one activity!

Jim Nauls

Assistant Dean of Students, Director of Student Activities, and Manager of the Student Apartments, 909-621-8114, james.nauls@cmc.edu

Dean Nauls oversees the Student Activities Office and works closely with individual students and student organizations to provide a wide variety of social activities on and off campus.  He assists students with event planning and management.  Programs sponsored through the Student Activities Office include concerts, comedians, coffee houses, dances, weekly movie nights, off-campus trips to local attractions and athletic events, and discounted tickets to amusement parks and movie theaters.  Dean Nauls also supervises the Wilderness Orientation Adventure (WOA!) program and mentors the student directors.  Dean Nauls manages the student apartment complex, where he lives with his wife.

Amy Bibbens

Director, Center for Civic Engagement, 909-607-8107, amy.bibbens@cmc.edu


Through the Center for Civic Engagement, Ms. Bibbens strives to foster personal and character development in CMC students through co-curricular programming in the areas of service, citizenship and sustainability. The CCE serves as a resource center for students interested in community service, and encourages active participation in public life and community problem solving. She received her bachelor’s degree in Communication from the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, and a master’s degree from Cornell University. A native of NC, she is a Tarheel basketball fan. She and her husband (who also works at CMC) stay busy with their two kids and a dog, and can often be found cheering from the sidelines of soccer fields and basketball courts.
 

Adam Pruett

Director of Campus Recreation, 909-607-8331, adam.pruett@cmc.edu


Adam is responsible for the Claremont-Mudd- Scripps joint campus recreation department which encompasses the student health and wellness activities on campus. These activities include intramural sports, club sports, fitness center usage (both cardio and strength conditioning) and other recreational activities. He also serves on the CMC Activities Committee and various national committees to increase the quality and exposure of recreational sports programming on campus. Originally from the east coast, he earned his Bachelor’s in Communications/Public Relations from the University of West Florida and his Masters in Sports Management from the University of Kentucky. Adam’s passion for recreation and student wellness is quickly followed by his love for sports officiating.  While he has officiated various sports, he currently officiates higher levels of college basketball as well as pro-amateur leagues. When he’s not officiating, he’s out enjoying the sun on hikes, at the beach or on the field.
 

Lyn Hughes

Administrative Assistant, 909-607-7950, lyn.hughes@cmc.edu

Ms. Hughes provides assistance in the areas of Residential Life and Orientation, including room changes, meal plans, health insurance, and dorm damage.   A native Californian, she is a graduate of Cal State Fullerton with a BA in Communication.  She hopes you will drop by Heggblade if you have any questions regarding residential life.  Even if you don’t have a question, stop by and visit ‘Wilson’, the automatic red candy dispenser, which will cheerfully  provide a handful of M&M’s, Skittles or jelly beans.

Maria Alfaro

Administrative Assistant, 909-607-7386, maria.alfaro@cmc.edu

Ms. Alfaro assists with the Student Activities program and general office functions.  She reviews and updates the Student Activities page on the Dean of Students website and supervises the student activities assistants.  She sells tickets to events, as well as tickets for movie theaters and other local attractions.  Her desk is easily identified by all her Disneyland memorabilia and her green plants.