Gretchen N. Ochs

Gretchen N. Ochs

Academic Advisor/Assistant Professor
College of Business
Marketing
Phone: (231) 591-2168
Email: [email protected]

Education

• MSA, Central Michigan University, Public Administration
• BS, Ferris State University, Marketing, Data Analysis

Biography

Gretchen is an academic advisor for the College of Business. Gretchen loves interacting with students and helping them find their way around campus, answering any questions they may have, and anything else to make their college experience more positive. Her graduate research focused on retention of conditionally-admitted students and found students are more likely to be retained if they have someone to interact with, whether its staff, faculty, or an administrator. Gretchen has a Bachelor's Degree in Marketing/Data Analytics minor from Ferris State University as well as a Master's Degree in Public Administration from Central Michigan University. She serves on the membership committee for the Ferris Football Grid Iron Club and rarely misses a football or basketball game for her beloved Bulldog teams. She is a "full-blooded Bulldog" with both parents being alumni and her mother being a professor of dental hygiene at Ferris for 30 years. She married a Ferris Bulldog who is also a second generation Bulldog. In addition to her full-time job at Ferris, Gretchen has also been involved in local government since 2009 and has served in many positions. Since 2012, she has served as township trustee in Monroe Township (Newaygo Co).