Jump to Map

Mission Statement

The Student Health Services provides high-quality, cost-effective health care and mental health counseling with an emphasis on health education and wellness initiatives to promote and enhance student success.

Meet the Staff

Jerry Girard
Director

Master’s Degrees in Mental Health Counseling and Addiction Counseling both from the University of Great Falls

Hometown: Peerless, MT

Favorite Hobbies: Spending time with family and friends, attending live events, music collecting, and travelling

Favorite Quote: “What is most personal is most universal.” Carl Rogers

Kai Hoagland
Counseling Director
BBH-LCPC, CCTP, CMHIMP

Doctor of Behavioral Health from Arizona State University (Expected Graduation 2028), Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Concentration in General Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Lock Haven University

Hometown: Wibaux, MT

Favorite Hobbies: I enjoy skiing with my family in the winter, fishing at the family cabin in the summer, and hunting in the fall.

Favorite Quote: "The struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy." - Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus

Emilee Kidd
Medical Director
PMHNP, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, FNP-C

Hobbies:  Reading, gardening, sewing, hiking and spending time with my family.

Favorite Quote: "Too often we underestimate the power of touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, a honest compliment or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around." - Leo Buscaglia

Dave Butler
Director, MSUB Clinical Testing Laboratory
Professor, Department of Biological and Physical Sciences

Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the University of Wisconsin

Hometown: Madison, Wisconsin

Favorite Hobbies: Tennis, Mountain Biking and Hiking in Deserts and Mountains

Favorite Quote: What you learn from a life in science is the vastness of our ignorance

Grette Treat
RN

St. Olaf College, Bachelor’s of Nursing

Hometown: Mound, MN

Hobbies: runnning, hiking, camping, cooking, reading 

Sydney Norwood
Wellness Specialist

Bachelor’s Degree from Montana State University Billings (Health and Human Performance, College of Allied Health)

Hometown: Billings, MT

Hobbies: Traveling, spending time with my loved ones. reading, drawing/painting, hiking, taking pictures of my dog (Lulu), watching baseball, baking/cooking, and listening to country music.

Favorite quote: What if it all goes right? Be Brave. 

Lisa Shirk
Operations Manager