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Dr Valorie Harris
own inois Hometville , Ill
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Adult Ed
Title
Associate Dean
Employment Time
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The best part about her career
I love working with “potential” and seeing that potential become reality. Sometimes I see it through students realizing their own amazing potential; sometimes it is with staff members as they find their “fit” in our department, and other times it’s with ideas as they become awesome and fully-implemented projects and activities and strategies.
What she likes best about her program
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What she likes best about Lewis and Clark
I love the people. I feel like we are all a family working together to help students succeed. I have always been proud to say that I work at Lewis and Clark Community College. I love the mission of “Empowering People.” I love the beautiful campus. I love the fact that what we do impacts our students and the community in transformative ways. As you can see, I could not pick just one thing.
I love being a part of an effort where students find the courage to give education another try. I also like the fact that we can be fairly nimble and will make changes I am guided by social justice and the hope that educawhen we need to improve. tion can transform lives and make the world a better place. I’m optimistic and hopeful and do my best to develop and maintain relationships. I also love ideas and have a gift for connecting ideas and relationships with funding to accomplish important work.
Her Greatest Strength
Why should a student be interested in her program
For students who still need a high school equivalence, our teachers and staff will be safe and supportive partners with them to finish it. And it can be just the beginning -what we do is foundational and can lead to more success in college or can lead directly into the workplace depending on the student’s goals.
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