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Hello!
My name is Susan. I was born in
Austin, Texas.
My father was in the Air Force, so we traveled quite a bit. I had the exciting
opportunity to live in Goosebay, Labrador,
Canada and Barcelona, Spain.
Then, I lived in Cali, Colombia as an exchange student for
one summer. When I was younger, we would travel to Mexico on occasion to shop and site see. When we lived in upper-state New
York, we would visit some Canadian towns and cities, especially Montreal. My husband and
I have had the opportunity to travel to Taiwan
and Japan.
We both love to travel!
I received my Master's of Arts
Degree in Communication Studies from the State University of New York at Plattsburgh. That area is
in the Adirondack Mountains near Lake Champlain, about one hour south of Montreal,
Canada and about one and one
half hours north east of Lake
Placid, where the winter Olympics were held. In December 1997, I
received my Doctorate of Education in Business from the
Department of Management at Northern Illinois
University (NIU) in DeKalb.
Currently, I serve as a
tenure-track Instructor in the Department of Office Administration &
Technology at Elgin Community
College (ECC).
In this capacity, I teach business communication, customer service,
professional development, and PowerPoint. I am looking forward to advancing my
career through this new position, which I just started August 19, 2003.
Formerly, I was an Instructor
in the Department of Communication at Northern Illinois
University. I also served
as the Assistant Director for the Office of University Resources for Latinos (U.R.L.)
at NIU.
We
are fortunate in that all of our children live in the area. Well, our youngest
daughter will return to living in this area after she completes her tour of
duty in Iraq, just north of Baghdad. She is a member
of the Army National Guard, and she was called up to
active duty to serve in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Although our entire family
really enjoys sports of all kind, Chuck is an avid Chicago Cubs
fan. We enjoy watching, live when possible, all types of events. We also love
the theater and music conferences. Parades are really fun
to watch too! We somehow find time for all of these exciting events between
work and travel!