
(620) 241-0723 ext. 115
BOOKS I’D RECCOMEND
- The Mighty and The Almighty “Reflections on American, God and World Affairs, by Madeleine Albright;
- The Hundred Story Home by Kathy Izard;
- How to Think: A Guide for a World at Odds by Alan Jacobs;
- Choose Your Attitude, Change Your Life in 30 days by Deborah Smith Peguas
FAVORITE SNACK
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Vanilla Frozen Yogurt topped with peanuts and Chocolate Syrup
FAVORITE MEMORY AT CENTRAL
My favorite memory is meeting my husband when I was a student at CCCK ! My favorite part of my current job at CCCK is helping students learn and grow in their educational and future possibilities
CC ’72
Director of Student Success Services/Disability Support; Advisor; Instructor
A.A. Central Christian College, McPherson Kansas 1972; B.S.Ed University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, Oklahoma 1976; M.E., Ed.Psych, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS, 1984; Certified Life Coach, Certified Life Coach Institute, Dallas , TX, 2019
BIO
I have had wonderful work and life experiences. Some of the highlights are: Teaching at the Institute of Logopedics (now known as Heart Springs in Wichita, KS, with Speech, Hearing and Physically Handicapped Children, Board Member of the Kansas Special Olympics for 3 years; Worked at “Meadowcreek Project” an Environmental Education Center primarily working with college students as the Program Director: Assisted Hillary Clinton and other educators set up an Environmental Education Magnet School in Little Rock Arkansas; Program Development and Director of a Mission Training Center (SIFAT – Servants In Faith and Technology also known as Southern Institute for Appropriate Technology) in Lineville, Alabama. However, I traveled to South America, Haiti and the Philippines to set up training programs for indigenous develop workers as well as the work in Alabama. We returned to a small town in Kansas and worked at setting up a training program for mission workers based around sustainable agriculture. I taught in the local high school as well and helped develop an environmental education program through the OWLS State Department of Environmental Sciences Education. Currently, I work at Central Christian College of Kansas as the Director of Student Success Services/Disability Support and Instructor. Outside of my work at the College, I am on the Board of the LIFE Outreach ministry, as well as active in the programs which serve the under-served and homeless in Reno County. I also have served on the Reno County Drug Task Force. I am active in The First Church of God and involved in the Worship Team and Women’s Ministries. I am married and have 3 children and 6 grandchildren. I am blessed!
PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHT
- Sharing my research in Visual Imagery at the Kansas State Teachers Convention.
FAVORITE CLASSES TO TEACH
- Critical Thought Rhetoric and Critique,
- Educational Psychology,
- Study Techniques,
- Career Exploration
INTERESTS
- The Brain, Learning and Critically Thinking
- Working with the under-served and homeless
- Music