Maribeth Montgomery Kasik:
CLASS OF 1969
Morgan Park High SchoolClass of 1969
Chicago, IL
Maribeth's Story
Maribeth is from Chicago, Illinois. Maribeth's schools include Morgan Park High School. Maribeth later attended University of Illinois (Masters), Southern Illinois University Carbondale (BS Degree and PhD) .
Maribeth's interests include Animals, Design, Music Maribeth likes includes: The Beatles, Neil Diamond. Books Maribeth likes include Knowledge is Power, Bible, Being Reformed: Faith Seeking Understanding. Movies Maribeth likes include , Les Miserables, Love UK Film & TV. TV shows Maribeth likes include Dr. Who, Torchwood, etc
One of Maribeth's favorite quotes is:"Alcott; Einstein; King; Wheeler-Wilcox and many others".
More about Maribeth:"Not understood by those of lesser intellect".
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Life I am still an avid computer user utilizing technology as a wonderful resource for my professional research and hobbies. I retired June 29, 2014, a tenured Full Professor at Governors State University and have held a variety of hats in my 20 years there. Still restoring my family home in Beverly after surviving a catastrophic fire in May of '99 and look forward to "simple enjoyments" again. My daughter is married and I am the Grandmother of year old twin girls. ..My hobbies include technology, writing, geneological research, gardening, anything about Scotland, history and of course music. Please visit the EMPEHI69 website by clicking the link(globe) near my name (I'm not allowed to have the website URL or my e-mail address here anymore... So, you'll have to click on the globe by my name.... Or, you can visit my domain that I am building at maribeth dot com... I can't put the actual URL or personal e-mail address here any longer. But, I still maintain a data base for our class of '69. If you haven't sent me your information in a while, please do so... Workplace I held various jobs through High School and College Breaks. Through some of those jobs I discovered what I did not want to do for a living. Upon graduating from SIU-C in May of 1973 I married my ex-h...Expand for more
usband and began work in cross categorical special education settings in Southern Illinois. After my then husband graduated from college we moved to Northern Illinois and I worked as a Special Education teacher in South Holland, IL. During those years I also completed my MEd, divorced and gave birth to my daughter.... (not necessarily in that order.) I was recruited into the PhD program at SIU-C and left to pursue my doctorate sometime in 1981... I went to school on a fellowship full time and fast track. I taught classes at SIU-C to help support my child and myself. (I also tutored children in my home and made money with my MaryKay business. I even met Mary Kay Ash herself!) I followed my mentor (while ABD)and taught as a Visiting Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Stout in Menomonie, WI. and completed my Ph.D. in 1983... In 1984 my parents took ill and I returned to Illinois to become their caretaker to help pay them back for the help with my daughter while I was off in academia. I was offered numerous positions, but in 1984 decided to accept the faculty position at Governors State University in Illinois (A university established in 1969). I have been at GSU ever since. I was awarded tenure in 1988 and have won numerous awards for my teaching, research and service. I have been President of the Faculty Union and Administrative Chairperson of the largest department on campus (Education). I have also served on significant Higher Education councils. I am now the Coordinator of Special Education Program and concentrating on technology and research. I often present at conferences and have several professional publications. Recently I have been working on an American Memory project for the Library of Congress and have been an active genealogist since HS. I also had a bunch of non-paid volunteer jobs such as 13 years as the Children's Choir director at my church... and serve on the Board of Trustees of a Presbytery of Chicago.. etc. etc. etc. I had to eliminate the website URLs from my profile, but if you would like to visit some of my sites they can be viewed by going to my domain maribeth dot com.
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