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With the start of a new year at the Gatton Academy comes several new personalities to the staff. We are excited about these passionate and dedicated individuals who have joined our team. They come to us from different parts of the country with a host of varied experiences. Over the last few weeks, the staff has had a chance to get to know each other. It’s now your chance to meet the new faces behind the Academy. Each day this week, we’ll profile a new staff member.
Academy Avatars sat down with each new staff member to post ten questions in hopes of getting to know them better. Avatars came up with a few questions that they asked each person. Each Avatar also posed unique questions of their own choosing to ask as well.
Interview by Logan Eckler, Academy Avatar
What did you do before you were hired by the Gatton Academy?
I started my career in higher education as a resident adviser when I was an undergraduate student at California State University Monterey Bay. I accepted my first professional residential life position at Laramie County Community College and before here I was at Talladega College in Alabama.
Why did you want to become an RC?
The gifted students at the Academy are the major selling point for me.
What do you think is, or will be, your favorite part about the Academy?
Being a part of helping students meet and even exceed their own expectations.
How does the Academy improve the Kentucky education system?
The Academy offers students both the intrinsic and extrinsic rewards of being properly challenged and overcoming those challenges.
How do you hope to improve the Academy experience?
I hope to offer perspective and encouragement and to make a contribution to creating the type of environment that inspires students to do their best to be their best.
What are your plans for the future?
I plan to take full advantage of educational and professional development opportunities that I may have to better serve students, while reaching some of my own personal goals.
The juniors were given the opportunity to write about their hypothetical experiences in a zombie apocalypse. How would you serve as a leader in said situation?
Movie history has shown us that for some reason I would not survive very long in that scenario. I strongly suggest that you find alternate sources of leadership.
Brimah Vonjo, interviews, Student Life Team