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Chris
Borglum earned a Bachelor's and Master's degree specializing
in Literary Theory at the University of Florida. His areas of
specialty include Freshman Composition, Surveys in Literature
and Honors Composition courses. Professor Borglum has been coaching
Valencia's Championship
Brain Bowl team for the past seven years. |
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Lois
Brennan earned her Associate in Arts degree from
Valencia Community College in 1992 and her Bachelor of Arts
in English from Rollins College Hamilton Holt School in 1997.
Lois has been with Valencia since 1990 and is presently the
Coordinator of Operations for the Winter Park Campus and a member
of the Leadership Team. She is also an adjunct instructor
for College Prep English I and II and enjoys working with her
students. |
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Julie
Corderman has been teaching at Valencia for five
years. She received a Bachelor's degree in Psychology
and Sociology from Emory University and spent a year studying
at the University of London. Professor Corderman has a
Master's degree in Clinical Psychology from the University of
Central Florida. She also advises students through the
Winter Park Career Center. |
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Susan
Craig received her bachelor's degree in Sociology from Trinity
University in Washington , DC ; her master's degree in Library
Science from Florida State University ; and another master's
degree in Business Administration from Dominican University
in Illinois . She has many years of experience in academic libraries
in California, Maryland, Illinois, and Washington, DC, where
she was most recently the Director of Library and Academic Information
Services at Trinity University. Susan is originally from Central
Florida and is a graduate of Bishop Moore High School and still
has family in this area as well. |
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Diane
Dalrymple has accepted the librarian position at the Winter
Park Campus. Ms. Dalrymple completed her Bachelor and Master
degrees in economics from the University of New Orleans. She
has been awarded a Masters degree in Library and Information
Science with a post-masters level Specialization in Reference
from Florida State University. In addition, she has completed
42 doctoral credits in marketing and computer information
systems from the University of Texas at Arlington. She has
taught economics and marketing courses at several universities
including an E- Marketing course at the University of Central
Florida. She has worked as a library specialist and assistant
at two of the Valencia campus locations including most recently
at the Winter Park Campus. She has attended the Library Leadership
Institute of the Florida Library Leadership Program and has
been a member of various library associations. |
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Suzette
Dohany earned a BFA in Acting and an MS in Communications
from Florida State University. She has been teaching at Valencia
Community College for nine years. Her areas of specialty include
Speech, Student Success, Cross Cultural Communications and Student
Leadership. For the past three years she has been actively involved
with the highly entertaining Courtyard Players. |
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Jean
Marie Führman is Professor of English. She earned
a BA at the University of Texas in Austin with a double major
in English Literature and Television Communications and a double
minor in Education Psychology and Classical Greek. She received
an MA in English from University of Central Florida, where her
graduate thesis was a collection of short stories entitled
Mermaids and Other Women. Professor Führman has published
short stories in the United States and China, and has held numerous
writing jobs, including entertainment critic for a newspaper
and public relations executive. Currently a member of the Associated
Writing Programs (AWP), her areas of specialty include creative
writing, rhetoric and composition, English grammar, and living
the writer's "MacGyver" lifestyle. |
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Damion
Hammock has accepted a position teaching mathematics at
the Winter Park Campus. Mr. Hammock completed his Bachelor and
Master of Science degrees in mathematical science from the University
of Central Florida. Prior to his studies at the university,
Mr. Hammock graduated from Valencia Community College where
he was an avid Brain Bowl player. Mr. Hammock has several years
of teaching experience at the East Campus of Valencia in preparatory
and college-level math courses. He has taught part time and
worked in the mathematics lab as a tutor at the University of
Central Florida. Finally, he has worked as a systems engineer
at Lockheed Martin Missiles for approximately three years. He
is eager to begin a career teaching at the community college.
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Linda
Hidek has been at Valencia Community College since
the fall of 1998. Before coming to Valencia she was the
math lab supervisor and a prep-math instructor at Pensacola
Junior College. She received a bachelor's degree in math
education from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Ms.
Hidek is currently the supervisor of the Math Center and also
teaches prep-math classes. |
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Michele
McArdle has been with Valencia since 1990 and currently
is the Chair for Credit Programs, including credit television
courses and weekend college, at the Winter Park Campus.
She is a member of the Leadership Team of the Winter Park Campus
which was selected for the Outstanding Leadership Award, 1999,
by The Chair Academy. Ms. McArdle has a BA in Psychology
from Seton Hill College and a MA in Psychology from Duquesne
University. |
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Cate
McGowan received her Master of Fine Arts degree from Spalding
University in creative writing and literature. Her Bachelor
of Arts degree, summa cum laude, was from the University of
Rochester where she double majored in history and art history.
She is also a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Professor McGowan has
taught creative writing and composition at Middle Tennessee
State University and at Rollins College. Her other professional
experiences include: chief editor of literary magazine, sfwp.org;
arts editor and writer for Atlanta newspapers and for national
and regional arts publications and travel publications. In addition,
she has published short stories and poetry in anthologies and
national literary magazines. Her proud accomplishment at Valencia
is receiving the Award of Excellence in Teaching in English
for the 2007-2008 school year. |
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Trudy
McNair has been teaching at Valencia's Winter Park
campus for the past nine years. She received a bachelor's degree
in history from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas
and spent a summer studying at Oxford University in England.
Professor McNair has a master's degree in history from Rice
University in Houston, Texas and a J.D. from the University
of Texas Law School in Austin. She is very active in the Central
Florida Branch of the English-Speaking Union, and in 1995 she
spent another summer studying at Oxford University on a scholarship
from the English-Speaking Union. |
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Melanie
Price began working at Valencia community College
in 1999 as an educational advisor. She now manages new student
orientation at the Winter Park campus. She earned a Bachelor
of Arts in Psychology from the University of Central Florida
in 1998 and is currently working on her Master of Science in
Counseling and Psychology at Troy University . |
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Patti
Riva earned a BA from the University of Alabama
in Public Relations and Psychology and a Master's in Social
Work from the University of Hawaii. She worked primarily
within the academic environment prior to employment at Valencia
two and a half years ago. Ms. Riva is now Valencia's
only Evening/Weekend Manager. Her big claim to fame,
to date, is a movie credit in Mass Appeal with Jack
Lemon. |
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Cheryl
Robinson joined the Winter Park Campus as the Interim Dean
of Students in November 2004 and accepted the position on a
permanent basis in July 2005. Cheryl has been with Valencia
since 1997 when she joined the team as a Psychology and Student
Success instructor and also served as both a career and educational
advisor. Cheryl also serves as the Director of Assessment, a
position she has held the last five years. Cheryl has her master's
degree in Social Work, and her doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction,
with an emphasis in Community Colleges. She currently teaches
Teaching Diverse Populations online. |
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Upasana
Santra has accepted a position teaching mathematics at
the Winter Park Campus. She recently completed her Ph.D. in
Statistics from the University of Florida. Professor Santra
has experience teaching graduate and undergraduate mathematics
courses and has taught a statistics course for student with
learning disabilities. She has written numerous publications
and has been awarded William Mendenhall Award for Outstanding
First Year Graduate Student. She received fellowship awards
for her master's and doctoral degree. In addition to her experience
in teaching, Professor Santra has worked as a statistical
consultant. |
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