 The
University of Michigan
Academics: I was enrolled in an intensive one-year
Master
of Arts with Certification program. As part of Cohort A, I completed
coursework requirements for an MA in Education as well as full-time student
teaching in the Saline, Michigan school district. Details of the program
structure are outlined on the MAC webpage.
During each term of the program, I carried an extra
graduate course in addition to the mandated schedule, focusing on the use
and implementation of geographic information systems in the educational
environment. To accomplish this, I had to rapidly become familiar with
a number of PC-based software packages, including mapping utilities, graphic
design programs, presentation formatters, spreadsheet applications, and
web page/internet editors.
Employment: During the first third of my
graduate program, I was employed at Target
as a sales floor team leader. Originally in charge of the seasonal presentation
of the store, I later moved to take over as head of housewares, plastics,
and chemicals, accounting for some $11 million worth of yearly sales. Responsibilities
included guest support, product merchandising, inventory control,
purchase ordering, and team member training, oversight, and discipline.
Activities: The majority of any remaining
free time was spent with my wife and our new baby, who was born 3 weeks
before the start of the program. We did open up our house as an escape
for the other members of the cohort to enjoy away from campus and organized
a number of social activities.
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 Northwestern
University
Academics: I entered the university as a National
Merit Commended Student and was awarded an American Foreign Service Association
scholarship. My academic emphases were International Relations and Comparative
Politics, and I earned departmental certification in both areas. My junior
year I was in a research seminar that examined recently declassified documents
pertaining to the Cuban Missile Crisis, and I was selected as Northwestern's
delegate to the 1991 Conference on National Security held at the Air Force
Academy. I also did significant coursework in the field of education, completing
all the academic requirements for an endorsement in social studies.
Employment: I worked my way through university,
as an employee and eventually student manager at the University Union.
During my junior year, I was a Resident Assistant in a freshman dormitory.
I also served as a kitchen board crew member.
Activities: I was a four-year member of
the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity, serving
in various positions including pledge father, assistant rush chair, and
executive board member. I participated in numerous philanthropic activities
throughout my tenure, including coaching in the Special Olympics and dancing
(twice) in the university's 30 hour Dance Marathon. I enjoyed playing intramural
football, softball, and floor hockey and was a member of the club racquetball
team.
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 Bonn American High
School
Academics: I was in the International
Baccalaureate program even though I attended the school for fewer than
3 years, earning certification in Physics, Mathematics, English,
and History. I was a member of the school Knowledge Bowl team and was awarded
the area American Women's Group Academic Scholarship Award.
Activities: I was a four year letterman
in wrestling, qualifying for the Central European Championships in my final
three years and earning the school Wrestler of the Year award during both
my junior and senior years. I was captain of the football team my senior
year and pole vaulted in the spring. I played saxophone and was band president,
as well as architect/manager for a brand new school store built during
the summer between my junior and senior years. I traveled extensively around
western Europe and went to the Soviet Union during the 1987 spring break.
Other: BAHS, a DoDDS school with around
50% international enrollment, closed in the spring of 1997 due to the shift
of the federal government from Bonn to Berlin. There is the new Bonn
International School on the old site.
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