5 Fast 事实 with the Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning 教师关注的焦点, October 2018

满足博士. Annmarie Kent-Willette, Professor of 通信 及环保署署长 Center for Teaching and Learning.

1. Where she finds her inspiration

通信 is my passion, my craft, and my expertise. 当做得好，能力 to effectively communicate embodies art, draws us together, and empowers change. 和 leaving the world a little better, is something I think we are all called to do.

My work at 杰克逊维尔大学 allows me to share my passion for communication 下一代. My students in turn continue to inspire me. 超过了 a decade and a half, my students have produced incredible 获奖项目. Their work has gone on to garner recognition from regional, national, and international 组织. In the summer of 2018, the work went global, as an EPIC funded interdisciplinary multimedia project was featured at the global Society of Environmental Toxicology 和罗马的化学.

2. 她在忙什么呢

I’ve led study abroad programs at JU for more than a decade and a half.

I am a passionate advocate for quality study abroad programs. 我相信教育 remains the one great hope for vibrant democracies throughout the world. 对我来说，学习 abroad is an integral part of education, necessary to prepare students for life in an increasingly global community.

During the summer of 2017, I made a last-minute decision to stay behind, and travel alone 500 miles south to Sorrento. After a few minutes on the property knew I found 一些不同寻常.

Today, 杰克逊维尔大学 is now the official university of record for 圣安娜 overseeing the instruction, coursework and awarding of university credits and transcripts to all students throughout the world earning academic credit through 圣安娜.

3. What you might not know about her

I interviewed Bill Gates as part of my work with the U.S. 市长会议. In fact, he corrected his assistant when she tried to shorten my name to Ann, and reminded 她知道我的名字叫安玛丽.

In 2013, I was appointed by Mayor Alvin Brown, as the city’s Education Commissioner and senior policy advisor on all matters education. As an executive on loan to City Hall, I worked to enhance equitable educational opportunities for our community.

In addition, I also served on the US Conference of Mayor’s Education Task Force, at a White House Convening on College Access, and was invited to participate in a think tank for the American Association of 大学 and Universities.

Here in 杰克逊ville, I lead two community wide education summits, and raised nearly a quarter million dollars through grants, corporate donations, and private donors in support educational initiatives in northeast Florida.

4. 她喜欢写作。

通过我的网站 明信片和普罗塞克 I'm able to share my more creative work. When I'm not at the university, there's a good chance I'm off on an adventure of some sort—looking, listening, and learning from the shared experiences of others. Before I became a professor, I was a television broadcast journalist and came to understand and appreciate the beauty of storytelling 通过图像和文字. In the classroom, I remind my students that “事实 are Fun” as I challenge them to move their work out of opinion and into fact based communications. To help illustrate this concept, I developed a series of online travel articles using “有趣的事实”主题. Over the years, the collection has grown. 如果你用谷歌搜索事实 圣托里尼，你会发现我的 关于圣托里尼岛的趣事 在搜索的最上面. Of all the things I do in the classroom, this google search may be the one that has given me the most credibility with my students.

5. 她总是喝咖啡

For as long as I can remember, I’ve been a coffee drinker. 我开始得很早，很早. So early in fact, I have no memory of a life before coffee. 我的意大利祖母 gave me my first taste of coffee and cream in a baby bottle. 小时候，咖啡变成了 a part of my homeopathic treatment for allergies and asthma. 作为一个成年人，我去过 some of the world’s finest cafes including Florian’s in Venice, where coffee was first served in Europe, and the former monastery in Amalfi where a Capuchin monk created 卡布奇诺咖啡.