{"id":8472,"date":"2020-02-17T09:10:30","date_gmt":"2020-02-17T14:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/news\/?p=8472"},"modified":"2020-02-17T16:28:45","modified_gmt":"2020-02-17T21:28:45","slug":"staff-spotlight-february-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/2020\/02\/17\/staff-spotlight-february-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Staff Spotlight – February 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jennifer McFadden \u2013 Engineering & Physics Department<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Jennifer has worked at Etown College for 11.5 years and is currently the Administrative Assistant to the Engineering & Physics Department.\u00a0 Jen is the main contact for the department, where she assists professors and students, and keeps ABET accreditation materials up to date.\u00a0 Married 15 years to her husband, she credits her top three life highlights as her wedding day, the birth of their two sons, and the adoption of their two youngest sons.\u00a0 Jen and her husband have been fostering since March of 2018 and in August 2019, the two youngest boys officially joined the family through legal adoption. As many with young children can relate, there isn\u2019t much time for hobbies, but when she does get the time she enjoys reading, cross-stitching and spending time as a family.\u00a0 One of Jen\u2019s fondest childhood memories is spending time at her grandparents\u2019 house, particularly playing games and coloring with her grandmother.<\/p>\n

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Leslie Pierce \u2013 Textbook Manager, College Store<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Leslie started with the college 33 years ago in Institutional Advancement.\u00a0 Since that time, she has held positions in Admissions, Registration and Records, and currently, she is the Textbook Manager in the College Store, where she oversees the purchasing of all textbooks.\u00a0 Growing up in a small coal-mining town, she has fond memories of playing tin-can alley in the dark and her tight circle of friends trying to scare each other with stories of \u201cGum Beech Jon\u201d who lived in the woods around the playground.\u00a0 Leslie highlights her close relationship with her late mother and how it shaped her as a mother to her two children, Katie, 25 and Hunter, 19, who constantly amaze her.\u00a0 She also gives credit to the amazing tribe of strong women she calls her friends.\u00a0 At the moment, she is enjoying Unbelievable, The Great British Bake Off and Blown (glass blowing competition) on Netflix.\u00a0 And, Go Steelers and Penguins!<\/p>\n

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Johanna Gardiner \u2013 Education Department<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>For eight years, Johanna has held the position of Administrative Assistant to the Education Department, where she assists the Co-Chairs and provides support to faculty, staff and students.\u00a0 She is a \u201cJack of all trades\u201d and likes to keep her department on their toes!\u00a0 Johanna is surrounded by family, including her parents, two brothers Ron (her Irish twin \u2013 11 months apart) and Hal, who are both married with five children combined. In addition to being an Aunt to four nieces and one nephew, she has many close friends with children that she has also claimed as nieces and nephews.\u00a0\u00a0 Johanna enjoys crafting and Do It Yourself projects in her home, as well as scrapbooking and spending quality time with friends and family.\u00a0 She has also been known to search for a good cup of \u2018real\u2019 coffee at unique coffee shops.\u00a0 A favorite childhood memory of hers is creating and performing plays with her brother for the rest of the family on most Friday nights. People may be surprised to know that she loves theater and in Junior High School she played an angel in Fulton Theatre\u2019s Best Christmas Pageant Ever<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0 Her favorite teams include the Etown Blue Jays and Oklahoma State University Cowboys!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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