This past summer Syracuse University welcomed a new Vice Chancellor for academic affairs and Provost, Michele G. Wheatly. Many of you took this opportunity to write letters to Provost Wheatly to welcome her and advocate for IDD&E. Tiffany Squires took the lead to organize and create a pack of letters to present to our Dean and the Provost. Thank you Tiffany for your efforts and best of everything to you in your new position at Penn State – Go Nittany Lions! (sorry, could not resist, I am an alumni). It was a great privilege to read each of your letters and learn about the great successes our alumni have accomplished over the years. What an impressive group of alumni we have. Just to name a few, we have alumni working in places or positions like:
- Walmart’s headquarters as an instructional designer
- Granite State College in the University of NH system as an instructional designer
- Retired professor and dean from Eastern Michigan University
- Associate professor and Associate Dean of Academic and Student Affairs at Iow State University College of Veterinary Medicine
- Vice President and President of Gallaudet University; VP of RIT, CEO of National Technical Institute of the Deaf; Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitation Services for the US Department of Education
- School Counselor in Syracuse City School District, Coordinator of Evaluation, Assessment and Research in SCSD; Project Manager at Central NY Regional Information Center
- Hewlett Packard Enterprise Services Learning Consultant and global leadership development architect
- Professor and Department Chair in Family Medicine at SUNY Upstate Medical University
- Abilene Christian University Director of Instructional Design; Oklahoma Christian University Instructional Designer (first one hired); Marshall University (first one hired)
- Rackham Graduate School at the University of Michigan graduate school researcher
- Dakota State University Dean of Graduate Studies and Research
- Head of Instructional Programs at the SU library; Learning Commons Librarian
- Training manager in international retail, Teaching and Learning Coordinator and then Teaching and Learning Coordinator in an international school in China
- Independent consulting firm, owner entrepreneur
- National Library of Medicine, part of the National institutes of Health – established training centers and workshops; establish connectivity between international medical libraries in 9 countries
And the list goes on and on to include faculty appointments, research positions, roles in business and industry, healthcare, nonprofits, government and military positions, and other contexts both domestic and international. We thank you all and hope to include more stories in future newsletters and our website. Please keep in touch through our listserv (IDDENEWS@listserv.syr.edu) and growing social networking presence at https://ridlr.syr.edu/news/.
Article contributed by T. Koszalka
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