Officers

Greg Siemer is the junior liturgical director of CSU. He is a technical theater major and plans on graduating from LU in 2015. His Work and Learn is with Theatre Administration, and he is very involved with the productions that go on throughout the year. He enjoys hanging out with his CSU friends in his free time.

Andrew Odehnal is the treasurer for the Catholic Student Union. He comes from a town south of St. Louis called Fenton. He has one brother named Eric, and his parents are Cindy and Jerry. His favorite hobbies are watching the Cardinals game and listen to varieties of music. The reason he wanted to go Lindenwood was that he thought the business program was very good, and he received a leadership scholarship. He enjoys the growth of the Catholic Student Union from its foundation in 2011.

Nick Marquart is a junior here at Lindenwood university. He is a musical theater major and loves to act and sing. He is the Vice President of CSU and is also a Work and Learn in the LU-Newman Center. He is in charge of the website and is also the "tech guy" for CSU. He hopes you will come and visit us and looks forward to meeting you. 

Emily Kroner is the president of CSU and a senior! She is studying International Relations and Spanish. She is so excited to see the group grow and be a part of the Catholic ministry here on campus.

Sam Plummer is a senior at good ol’ Lindenwood University. He currently holds the office of Liturgical Coordinator. If you want to be involved in anything or help to plan stuff, contact him! He has a deep passion for Christ, and he is willing to share that with anyone willing to listen! He has completed the history degree program here with a minor in social sciences and is currently student teaching at Francis Howell Central to fulfill the last requirement of being certified to teach! He loves to be active so if you want to play basketball or soccer hit him up! If you come and have a conversation with him, you will find he is a man of many talents and he loves to indulge in many different activities! Contact him if you ever need to ask him anything or want to play/pray! Peace, Love and Christ!

Marta Castillo is the marketing coordinator at CSU. She was born in Panama City, Panama, on Sept. 12, 1990. In her last year of high school, she made the biggest decision of her life until now, which was going to college in a different country away from family and friends. She was scared at first, but all her fears were relieved one by one with the help of God and with lot of prayer. She was scared to go to mass in English because of the language. She noticed that the catholic mass was not that difficult to follow because it kind of had the same rhythm in Spanish and she knew where it was going. In her three years with CSU she has seen it grow so much from seven members to almost 100 registered participants. She has noticed that the LU-Newman Center has really brought CSU closer together like a family. She gives thanks to God because He gave her the opportunity to meet wonderful people here at the LU-Newman Center who help her to grow as a person, and more importantly, they help her to grow spiritually.

Cristina Catarinicchia is an Elementary Education with Special Ed. Major who is a junior at Lindenwood. Besides being the LSGA Rep. for CSU, she is involved in Delta Zeta and the Treasurer Chair for Lindenwood Greek Council. She believes that getting involved on campus is a great way to meet new people and believes it opens up many doors for one’s future. One of things she enjoys seeing/participating in throughout the organizations that she's involved in is seeing them grow.  She believes CSU is growing into an outstanding ministry that keeps taking it to the next level, and she's glad to be part of an organization dedicated to the members that are involved and welcomes those that are interested.

Work and Learn

Greg Krussel has his Work and Learn at the LU-Newman Center. He is a pre-engineering/accounting major and he hopes to graduate LU by 2015. The LU-Newman Center is a big part of his college life, and he spends countless hours there with all the great people!

Matt Deken works at the LU-Newman Center. He is a history major who plans to graduate in 2015. He thinks the people at the LU-Newman Center are kind, funny, and very welcoming. He is happy to be part of the CSU family.

Ashley Blattel is a social work major, and she plans to graduate in May of 2013. She loves her Work and Learn at the LU-Newman Center. CSU has become a major part of her life, and it was the first group to truly welcome her to the school her sophomore year. Go Jesus!

Brad Beckmann plans to graduate May 2015. He is a Work and Learn at the Lindenwood LU-Newman Center.  His major is finance as of right now, but he is still not sure what he is going to do. He also shoots on the shotgun team here at Lindenwood. He is a member of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity on campus, and he really enjoys the brotherhood. The LU-Newman Center has helped him grow in his faith.

Alyssa Entwistle is a nonprofit administration major here at Lindenwood University. She is a sophomore, and she works up at the LU-Newman Center. She loves helping out with our center and evangelizing about Jesus!  She helped coordinate the Awakenings retreat and loves participating in activities with Catholic Student Union. Have any questions? Just ask her!

Maria Nowacki is a Work and Learn student at the LU-Newman Center, and she is a vocal music education major at Lindenwood. She especially enjoys singing, playing the piano, and playing the drums. She will be graduating in 2015. She likes being a part of CSU because of the chance it has given her to grow in her faith and form new and meaningful relationships with other students. She knows that the friends she has gained within CSU will be lasting ones, and she looks forward to meeting new students who join CSU. 

Faith Otten is a sophomore at Lindenwood University pursuing a BA degree in creative writing. She graduated with honors from Christian High School in O’Fallon in 2011 and has been involved with the Lindenwood LU-Newman Center since her freshmen year of college. She now functions as a Work and Learn for the LU-Newman Center as well as the Catholic Student Union’s retreat coordinator. Faith loves the color blue, cheesy movies, and her Catholic faith. She says, “I’m so blessed by God to have found the LU-Newman Center when I did. It has become my second home, and the people there are my family.” She looks forward to the growth of the LU-Newman Center and aspires to one day write a best-selling novel and inspire others to pursue a deeper relationship with Christ.

Kate Blattel is a freshman here at Lindenwood University. She is an elementary education major. She has an obsession with panda bears and the color blue, so if she had a blue panda she'd be pretty excited. She is so stoked to be a part of CSU! She is the social media person of CSU with Faith! Follow us on Twitter for inspirational quotes, Bible verses, updates on CSU, etc. @LuNewman.

Peter Mueller was born in Russia and adopted at the age of three. He has three sisters and two brothers. He lives with his family in O’Fallon, Mo., just 20 minutes from Lindenwood University. Peter is a criminal justice major with an emphasis in policing and hopes to become a police officer for St. Charles County when he graduates. He is a freshman here at Lindenwood and has become very involved at the Newman Center. He is also the Secretary for CSU. Some of his hobbies include hanging out with friends, going on vacation with his family, biking, four wheeling, and just having a great time. Please feel free to talk to him at any time!

Jordyn Hawkins is a sophomore at Lindenwood University and is majoring in accounting. She was born and raised in St. Peters, Mo., and attended St. Dominic High School. She belongs to All Saints Parish. In addition to CSU and the Newman Center, Jordyn is active on campus in the business club and the Women’s Rugby Team. She has worked at Quick Trip in St. Peters, Mo., for three and a half years. This past fall, she began to ref high school volleyball for the Missouri State High School Athletic Association. Her most recent achievement was getting accepted into the Summer Accounting Internship Program at Enterprise Holdings. Jordyn encourages everyone to come and check out the Newman Center, for it has so many great things to offer!