Nicole Paige, clerical assistant in the Registrar’s Office, is the first face many people see when walking through the door in Payne Hall. Considered an “access management specialist” by co-workers, Ms. Paige is constantly answering questions and solving problems for students and, sometimes, faculty.

“There’s not enough paper to describe what I do,” she says with a laugh.

At times, however, being the first person seen when students walk in the office puts her at a disadvantage.

“Sometimes, students are so irate when they get here, they don’t realize that I’m trying to help them,” she says. “That’s what I don’t like.”

Like many staff members at ASU, Ms. Paige is also a student and can relate to the frustrations that come with being in college. So this wife, proud mother of three, and business administration major, says she does her best to prioritize and stay focused on her goals. She says her three daughters and keeping her goals in sight have been her inspirations.

To those students who feel like giving up, she says, “Life happens, but you can’t let it stop you. I know it sounds cliché, but you’ve got to keep going. Press your way through because as long as you’re living, you’ve got to grow, and as long as you’re growing, you’ve got to keep going.”

What she likes most about her job are the people she works with, especially her supervisor, Fran Sunderland.

Personal: Husband, Tony; three daughters, Emani, Niy’Ja, and Gabrielle

Education: Business administration major

Fun Fact: Daniel Sapp, 2008 ASU Idol, is her cousin, and she never knew him until she started working at ASU. “I like to sing, so I guess it runs in the family.”

Future Plans: Wants to complete her degree in business and use it on campus. “I want to stay in the University System and keep advancing.”

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Nestled comfortably behind her desk in her second floor office in Bellevue Hall is Tiffani Jones, a devoted mother of three, a loving wife, and the administrative assistant to the associate vice president for academic affairs. It is a huge title and with it comes a long list of responsibilities.


Some of those responsibilities include assisting in searches for new faculty members, managing the expenses that occur when taking in new faculty, maintaining files for the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS), and dealing with student issues, such as admission appeals.

Ms. Jones began her career at Augusta State as a student in 1990. “I have not finished my degree, but it is a work in progress,” she says. She has a year and a half left to complete her degree in political science.

She has been working on campus for 11 years, spending the first year in the Department of Languages, Literature, and Communications and the past 10 years in Academic Affairs. She says that she loves the enthusiasm and the diverse backgrounds that are found within the ASU community.

“I enjoy seeing the progress the university has made since I was a student. I also enjoy helping the students,” says Ms. Jones.

At home, she enjoys spending time with her husband of 15 years and playing with her son, Jalen, 12, and two daughters, Janeen, 11, and Jaida, 3. They love to challenge each other to a game of basketball on the weekends.

“We really like to play a game called ‘hotshot’ (a basketball drill game) on the weekends,” she says.

Ms. Jones is active in her daughter’s Girl Scout troop, serving as the troop’s photographer and designated driver. When cookie sales begin, a big box of Girl Scout cookies is usually sitting in the corner of her office.

“As soon as I walk in the building with the box of cookies, everyone asks, ‘Oh, are those my cookies?’” laughs Ms. Jones.

Name: Tiffany Jones

Position: Administrative Assistant to the Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs

How long at ASU: 11 years

Pets: 10 freshwater fish, including kissing fish, parrotfish, and catfish, as well as two boxers, Simba, which she also calls “Old Man,” and Tiger

Little known fact: “I began collecting the Barbie dolls about 10 years ago when my oldest daughter was born. I now have 11 dolls; I bought one every year for my daughter’s birthday.”