Mary Willis:
CLASS OF 1974
Trumbull High SchoolClass of 1974
Trumbull, CT
James Monroe Center for Graduate & ProfessionalClass of 2002
Stafford, VA
Katharine Gibbs School - Gibbs CollegeClass of 1979
Boston, MA
Hobart & William Smith CollegesClass of 1978
Geneva, NY
SUNY College at OneontaClass of 1978
Oneonta, NY
Mary's Story
College
I started out at SUNY College at Oneonta in Fall 1974 where I attended for two years as an Art History and Studio Art major. I transferred to Hobart and William Smith Colleges where I majored in Religious Studies and finished an equivilant major in Art History. I went to Katharine Gibbs Secretarial College in Boston and Northeastern for a short time. Courses in desktop publishing, writing, and Government followed for professional development. Returned to Mary Washington College James Monroe Center for a Masters in Education Fall 2000 which I completed December 2002. I also took several more studio art courses at Mary Wash. and Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Maine.
Workplace
After college I worked as a laboratory assistant at the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine with the microbiology and biochemistry departments, an odd change of direction. I also worked as a librarian for the Ronceverte WVA Library and as a cocktail waitress at the Clover Club (just down the street from the Greenbriar Resort Hotel. After about a year, I moved to Bos...Expand for more
ton and worked temporary jobs while taking classes at Katharine Gibbs and Northeastern U. By the next year I was working at the US Bureau of Mines first as a secretary then as a legislative analyst finally as a writer/editor. I quit after seven years to become a teacher's aide and mom. Moved to Fredericksburg, Virginia when my son was three and worked for Trinity Episcopal Church for five years. At that point (Sept. 1999) I seperated from my husband, quit my job, and went back to school for an M.Ed. and teacher certification in k-12 Art. I worked as a substitute teacher for 4 years and now am in my 6th year teaching k-6 art and talanted and gifted students at King George Elementary School in King George County, Virginia. My son is now a junior and Chemistry Major at Guilford College in North Carolina. Tutoring and TA-ing Chemistry keeps him busy. Luckily, I have my 2 little dogs to keep me company and cell phone and internet to stay connected. My parents now live in Tennessee and if and when the economy improves I may start looking for a job nearer to them.
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