Reflections Magazine Issue #81 - Fall 2014 | Page 15

Feature Article Amy Francoeur Lance Reed Graduation year: 2009 Graduation year: 2009 Current title/position: Hospice Regional Director, Great Lakes Caring. Current title/position: Early Childhood Education Specialist, Detroit. What Amy is doing: A Registered Nurse, she received an offer to join Great Lakes Caring’s sales/marketing team in 2007. As a Patient Care Coordinator for its Adrian branch location, she worked with the community, physicians and healthcare facilities to educate and coordinate medical home health care services. In January 2013, she was promoted to Sales Training Team Leader, and was given the opportunity to facilitate the training and onboarding of new and current sales team members. In August 2013 she was again was promoted to Manager of Business Development for GLC’s Jackson and Adrian sales teams. During her time working in Lenawee County, she has had the privilege of working with older adult population, their families and health care providers. She has been active member of the Lenawee Department on Aging’s Older Adult Coalition, chairing the Selma Larson Caregiver Conference since 2008. She also is a member of the Walk to End Alzheimer’s Committee, a Board Member of Daybreak Adult Day Services, volunteer at numerous Lenawee County Senior Center activities and is an active member of the Adrian Chamber of Commerce. In April 2014, she received another promotion to her current position for HLC’s Ohio operations. She said “it is truly an honor and a privilege to be part of such a quality, innovative and caring company.” What Lance is doing: He provides Head Start and Early Head Start services to children and families in Detroit. He helps deliver high-quality early childhood education services embedded within the community and creates proven ingredients of positive school readiness outcomes; including training highly-skilled teachers; implementing age-appropriate, research-validated curricula; educating parents and community on early childhood best-practices and insuring programs meets/exceeds federal and state guidelines and regulations. He also is an Early Childhood Education adjunct professor at Baker College in Clinton Township and is a HighScope research-based curriculum Trainer, including a classroom assessment scoring system (CLASS) and has opened several child care centers in Detroit. Favorite moment/story while a student at SHU was: The flexibility of Distance Learning allowed me to “attend” my classes anywhere, even while on vacation in Las Vegas! Favorite person at SHU was: Former Director of Academic Advising, Rene Teater. Ultimate goal in life: To educate everyone on what the Hospice benefit is and how it helps patients and their loved ones at the end of life so that the word is no longer feared by those who hear it, but rather embraced. Best advice for SHU students is: Never pass up an opportunity to learn. Set goals and work hard to achieve them. You can do anything you set your mind to! Favorite moment/story while a student at SHU was: Being an athlete for the men’s basketball and track and field teams, winning two indoor track and field championships and being named the 2008 WHAC Indoor Performer of the Year. Favorite person at SHU was: Tim Bauer. Ultimate goal in life: To receive my doctorate degree in Curriculum Research Design. Best advice for SHU students is: HELP IS AVAILABLE! Remember there is an abundance of resources available to you on campus. An important form of assistance that students fail to use is the professor’s office hours. It’s a chance to interact one-on-one with your professor, who is likely the expert in that content area. Kameron Morris Graduation year: 2013 Current title/position: Branch Manager, United Federal Credit Union, Stevensville, Mich. What Kameron is doing: In May 2014 he was promoted to Branch Manager for United Federal Credit Union in Stevensville, Mich. Five months prior, he was also promoted to Assistant Branch Manager for UFCU in Berrie