Wendell Stapleton serves as the Program Manager for Completion at MOCAN. Wendell primarily supports our Boniface Scholars Postsecondary Success Initiative. This regional initiative is designed to increase college persistence and graduation rates for students from diverse and low-income backgrounds that have participated in the programs and organizations supported by the Boniface Foundation. Wendell joined MOCAN from Maryville University where he served as a Life Coach. His experiences as a Student Support Advisor with Saint Louis Community College’s Student Support Services TRIO program and as an Academic Coordinator for Southeast Missouri State University’s McNair Scholars TRIO Program serve as the foundation for the persistence and completion strategies employed in his current role. Wendell received both his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Digital Art and Master of Arts in Higher Education Administration from Southeast Missouri State University.