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Educational background
Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, Ill.
Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude
Major: Social Science
Minor: German
Illinois Secondary Teaching Certification
Roosevelt University, Chicago, Ill.
Lawyer's Assistant Program
Certificate: Real Estate and Mortgages, with honors
Certificate: Civil Litigation, with honors
Loyola University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill.
Master of Education, with highest honors
Major: Adult & Corporate Instructional Management
Microsoft Corporation
Microsoft Certified Application Specialist Master certification, version 2007
Microsoft Office Specialist Master certification, versions 97, 2000, XP, and 2003
Microsoft Office Master Instructor Designation, versions 2000, XP, and 2003
Present position
Title: Professor, Corporate and Continuing Education and Business Division
Paralegal/Legal Assistant Studies Program Coordinator
Years at KCC: 11
Work experience
Senior Trainer
American Medical Association, Chicago, Ill.
5 years
Computer & Paralegal Educator
Keck, Mahin and Cate, Chicago, Ill.
Roosevelt University Lawyer's Assistant Program, Chicago, Ill.
South Suburban College Paralegal/Legal Assistant Program, South Holland, Ill.
10 years
Deputy Clerk
Illinois Supreme Court, Chicago, Ill.
3 years
Professional affiliations
- Illinois Wesleyan University Alumni Council Executive Board
- Illinois Wesleyan University Class Newsletter Editor
- President, Sigma Kappa Chicago South Suburban Alumnae Chapter
- Past National Officer, Sigma Kappa Sorority
- Sigma Kappa Foundation Scholarship Committee
- Member, Illinois Paralegal Association
- Lambda Epsilon Chi National Honor Society Sponsor, 2004 to date
- McGraw Hill-Irwin Legal Research & Writing Textbook Reviewer, 2005
- Prairie State Legal Services Alliance for Justice Partnership, 2006 to date
- Author, "
 Regional Recruitment and Retention: Advanced Networking for Seasoned Programs," American Association for Paralegal Education Paralegal Educator, Fall 2009
Honors and awards
- Phi Kappa Phi Scholastic Honor Society
- Alpha Mu Gamma Foreign Language Honorary Society
- Kappa Delta Pi Education Honorary Society
- Loyola University of Chicago Graduate Assistantship and Scholarship
- Sigma Kappa Sorority Pearl Court Award
- International Who's Who of Professional Educators, 2001 Edition
- Who's Who Among America's Teachers, 2002, 2005, 2006, and 2007 Editions
- Appointed by the Illinois Supreme Court to serve on a 21st Circuit Judicial Vacancy Screening Committee, 2006
- Kankakee Area Library Association Book Award, 2009
Last Updated: 1/7/2010
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