Mike joined Computer Science Advising in June 2024. His UIS career began in October 2014 with the Office of Advancement before moving to the Office of Records and Registration in February 2017. Since Fall 2021, he has been the Public Address Announcer for Women's and Men's Basketball home games, expanding in 2023 to Women's and Men's Soccer, Volleyball, Baseball, and Softball. He has a BA in Mass Communications from Susquehanna University, has a home-based voiceover studio, and was honored five years in a row by the Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters for his work in local news anchoring and commercial production as a southwestern Pennsylvania radio personality. He is active in Springfield-area community theater, including appearances in UIS Theatre productions of Macbeth (2016), Almost, Maine (2017), Dead Man's Cell Phone (2019), Medea (2022), and Circle Mirror Transformation (2026). He volunteers at Sangamon County Animal Control, walking dogs and socializing cats.