A CAREER IN EDUCATION

I am also
(and primarily) a full professor and the Associate Dean of
the Michael Graves College, Kean University, USA and Wenzhou-Kean University, China. Before taking on the beast of administration in higher education, I taught art and design for over 25 years, including courses in the fundamentals of form and color, design theory, materials and techniques, and creative thinking as well as guiding a web design curric
ulum at its inception. The latter belongs
in Ripley’s
“Believe It or Not.”

In my career as Executive Director and currently Associate Dean, I am proud to be the facilitator implementing the faculty’s grand plans to grow and enrich the many innovative programs of study within the Robert Busch School of Design, Michael Graves College. There are many fulfilling activities completed but several are outstanding in my mind: having Michael Graves accept an invitation to contribute to the vision and curriculum at Kean and then allowing for his name to identify our college; being involved on the ground floor (literally ground-breaking) of the establishment of the
Sino-American partnership of Wenzhou-Kean University, China; and most obviously proud of helping our students grow and
launch meaningful and
fulfilling careers.