Ketchup with Claudia Wheeler!

Meet Claudia Wheeler from HSS!

1. What is your job?

Claudia is the secretary for Harper Dining Hall.  She describes her job as a “catch all." She does things such as payroll, counting money, answering the phone, or even checking people in.

2. What are your hours?

She works 9-5:30 Monday through Friday.

3. What is something you like about your job?

She likes the students a lot and the energy and excitement they provide.  She jokingly said “she doesn't want to be old." With her personality, she is the last thing from it.

4. Where are you from?

Claudia is from Mobile, Alabama.  She claimed she could swim before she could walk, and especially with Nebraska’s brutal winter, she misses the beach and especially the weather.

5. What path led you to work at this dining hall?

Claudia is relatively new to Harper Dining Hall! She started working here a couple months ago. Previously, she worked in catering on East Campus for 8 and a half years, and before that she and her husband lived here there and everywhere because her husband was in the Coast Guard.

6. What are your interests/hobbies outside of work?

Claudia likes to read a lot, and she is part of a book club which she described as “a drinking club with a reading problem.” She also loves her two cats.

7. Do you have a spouse and/or kids?

Claudia has three kids, all of whom have their own lives now in areas such as environmental politics and fisheries and wildlife.  She also has a husband, Ryan, who has a passion for screen writing.