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	Chris Borglum earned a Bachelor's and Master's degree specializing in Literary Theory at the University of Florida. His areas of specialty include Freshman Composition, Surveys in Literature and Honors Composition courses. Professor Borglum has been coaching Valencia's Championship Brain Bowl team for the past seven years.

	Lois Brennan earned her Associate in Arts degree from Valencia Community College in 1992 and her Bachelor of Arts in English from Rollins College Hamilton Holt School in 1997. Lois has been with Valencia since 1990 and is presently the Coordinator of Operations for the Winter Park Campus and a member of the Leadership Team. She is also an adjunct instructor for College Prep English I and II and enjoys working with her students.

	Julie Corderman has been teaching at Valencia for five years. She received a Bachelor's degree in Psychology and Sociology from Emory University and spent a year studying at the University of London. Professor Corderman has a Master's degree in Clinical Psychology from the University of Central Florida. She also advises students through the Winter Park Career Center.

	Susan Craig received her bachelor's degree in Sociology from Trinity University in Washington , DC ; her master's degree in Library Science from Florida State University ; and another master's degree in Business Administration from Dominican University in Illinois . She has many years of experience in academic libraries in California, Maryland, Illinois, and Washington, DC, where she was most recently the Director of Library and Academic Information Services at Trinity University. Susan is originally from Central Florida and is a graduate of Bishop Moore High School and still has family in this area as well.

	Suzette Dohany earned a BFA in Acting and an MS in Communications from Florida State University. She has been teaching at Valencia Community College for nine years. Her areas of specialty include Speech, Student Success, Cross Cultural Communications and Student Leadership. For the past three years she has been actively involved with the highly entertaining Courtyard Players.

	Jean Marie Führman is Professor of English. She earned a BA at the University of Texas in Austin with a double major in English Literature and Television Communications and a double minor in Education Psychology and Classical Greek. She received an MA in English from University of Central Florida, where her graduate thesis was a collection of short stories entitled Mermaids and Other Women. Professor Führman has published short stories in the United States and China, and has held numerous writing jobs, including entertainment critic for a newspaper and public relations executive. Currently a member of the Associated Writing Programs (AWP), her areas of specialty include creative writing, rhetoric and composition, English grammar, and living the writer's "MacGyver" lifestyle.

	Linda Hidek has been at Valencia Community College since the fall of 1998. Before coming to Valencia she was the math lab supervisor and a prep-math instructor at Pensacola Junior College. She received a bachelor's degree in math education from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Ms. Hidek is currently the supervisor of the Math Center and also teaches prep-math classes.

	Carol Johnson has been with Valencia since 1981 and is currently a Program Manager with the Credit Programs at the Winter Park Campus. After earning a BS Degree in Education at Baldwin-Wallace College, she taught school for 6 years. She earned a MA in Human Resources Development from Webster University. Mrs. Johnson is currently President of the Valencia Chapter of the American Association for Women in Community Colleges.

	Michele McArdle has been with Valencia since 1990 and currently is the Chair for Credit Programs, including credit television courses and weekend college, at the Winter Park Campus. She is a member of the Leadership Team of the Winter Park Campus which was selected for the Outstanding Leadership Award, 1999, by The Chair Academy. Ms. McArdle has a BA in Psychology from Seton Hill College and a MA in Psychology from Duquesne University.

	Trudy McNair has been teaching at Valencia's Winter Park campus for the past nine years. She received a bachelor's degree in history from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas and spent a summer studying at Oxford University in England. Professor McNair has a master's degree in history from Rice University in Houston, Texas and a J.D. from the University of Texas Law School in Austin. She is very active in the Central Florida Branch of the English-Speaking Union, and in 1995 she spent another summer studying at Oxford University on a scholarship from the English-Speaking Union.

	Patti Riva earned a BA from the University of Alabama in Public Relations and Psychology and a Master's in Social Work from the University of Hawaii. She worked primarily within the academic environment prior to employment at Valencia two and a half years ago. Ms. Riva is now Valencia's only Evening/Weekend Manager. Her big claim to fame, to date, is a movie credit in Mass Appeal with Jack Lemon.

	Cheryl Robinson joined the Winter Park Campus as the Interim Dean of Students in November 2004 and accepted the position on a permanent basis in July 2005. Cheryl has been with Valencia since 1997 when she joined the team as a Psychology and Student Success instructor and also served as both a career and educational advisor. Cheryl also serves as the Director of Assessment, a position she has held the last five years. Cheryl has her master's degree in Social Work, and her doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction, with an emphasis in Community Colleges. She currently teaches Teaching Diverse Populations online.

	Melanie Price began working at Valencia community College in 1999 as an educational advisor. She now manages new student orientation at the Winter Park campus. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Central Florida in 1998 and is currently working on her Master of Science in Counseling and Psychology at Troy University .