Director - PACIM,
Polish-American Cultural Institute of Minnesota 1991-
Contact/Coordinator – Chester Rog Endowment Fund
Coordinator - Bal Karnawalowy
Volunteer - Festival of Nations, PACIM Annual Soup Supper
Author - Zupa! - A Collection of Polish Soup Recipes
Director, UNESCO Summer English Language Camps,
Zakopane and Torun, POLAND, 1991-present
Recruit, coordinate, and lead American teachers and student assistants in an
intercultural language-learning program for Polish secondary students and
Polish teachers under the auspices of the United Nations Educational
Scientific Cultural Organization and the Polish Ministry of Education.
http://www.xlo.torun.pl\~unesco
Honors confirmed by Posel na Sejm Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej / Parliament of
Poland -UNESCO/Polish Ministry of Education –
Summer English Language Camps, 2003
Awarded Medal of Stefan Banach, City of Torun', Poland, 2004
EDUCATION:
Post-Graduate Work,
University of Minnesota, University of St. Thomas, Harvard
University
M.S., University of Wisconsin-Stout
M.A., University of Hawaii
B.S., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
EXPERIENCE:
Coordinator, Department Chair
ISD # 196, Rosemount, Apple Valley and Eagan, Minnesota
Academic Staff, Project Coordinator - Vocational Development
Center
University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, Wisconsin
HONORS & AWARDS:
MINNESOTA VOCATIONAL TEACHER OF THE YEAR
Region III (Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, North
Dakota and South Dakota) Vocational Teacher of the Year
Minnesota Humanities Commission Institute Award
Dakota County Excellence in Service to Youth Award
United States Air Force Distinguished Educator Award
University of Wisconsin-Stout Foundation Alumni Award
Minnesota Teacher Venture Award(s)
ACTIVITIES:
Governor Appointee - Minnesota Board of Teaching
AFL-CIO Minnesota State Governing Board
Southern Dakota County Labor Council Executive Board
Dakota County United Educators Executive Board
Faculty Representative, Eagan High School Site Council
"Daughter of the American Revolution / D.A.R. Member
lPrzyjaciel Dzieci Osrodek Szkolno-Wychowawczy wToruniu
Presenter -
Hawaii International Education Conference
Macalester College Interim
Florida Technology Conference
Harvard University Institute
Community Involvement-
Independent-Republican Party
Girl Scouts of America
Dakota County Youth Council, Youth Outreach and Advocacy
Peace seeker; care giver.
Landscape gardener, violist, traveler, cheesehead.
Sometime potter and wearer of purple.
TEACHER.
