New and Familiar Faces

New Face

Job Description:

Police officer

Worked at KSU since:

January 2014

Employment Prior to Kent State University:

Orange County Sheriff’s Office in Orlando, Florida

Likes Most About Kent State University:

Working in the academic environment

Attraction to Kent State University as an Employer:

Change of seasons and education benefits for my family

Resides in:

Canton, Ohio

Hometown:

Orlando, Florida

Education:

Bachelor’s and master’s degrees in fine arts: English/creative nonfiction from the University of Central Florida

Hobbies:

Writing stories about my time as a detective in Florida, working on a memoir, Waiving Miranda: Confessions of a Sex Crimes Detective, blogging at www.waivingmiranda.com, teaching creative and scriptwriting online at the University of Central Florida

Familiar Face

Job Description:

I pay invoices for the library’s physical and electronic collections.

Worked at KSU since:

July 2004

Employment Prior to Kent State University:

I worked as a student employee at the former Music Library, now known as the Performing Arts Library.

Likes Most About Kent State University:

The beauty of the campus

Attraction to Kent State University as an Employer:

I was attracted to Kent State because I had gone to school here for five years and a position opened in the Main Library, and it was the right job and the right time for me.

Resides in:

Stow, Ohio

Hometown:

Brimfield, Ohio

Education:

Bachelor of Science, Human Development and Family Studies – Youth Development concentration, Kent State University

Hobbies:

Spending time with my husband, family and kitties; playing flute and piccolo in Stan Hywet’s Goodyear Concert Band; knitting, crocheting, quilting and other crafts