EMPLOYEE PROFILE

Name: Betty Bumgarner

Title: FLAG Center Coordinator

Major responsibilities: My responsibilities include performing administrative duties related to the FLAG Center, screening student applicants for admission to the program, teaching FLAG writing and reading courses and promoting the program to the college and community.

Length of service at the College: Five years

Place of birth: Maryville (pronounced “Murville”)

Family members: My mother is still alive and well. I also have a plant named Gertrude.

Something no one knows about you: (1) The one quality that attracts me most to a person (male or female of any age) is his or her sense of humor, and (2) I have a great deal of compassion for most people.

Greatest achievement or proudest moment: Being a lifetime learner. In addition to a master’s degree, I’ve gone back to school several times (on a part-time basis) and taken classes. I rarely turn down the opportunity to learn something new.

Favorite things outside work: I almost always have a mystery novel on hand that I’m reading. I love to meet interesting people. I spend a fair amount of time decorating and redecorating my condo.

Most rewarding part of your job: I like to read user’s manuals and help menus, teach myself how to use new software and develop ways to present the information to people in an easy-to-understand fashion. It is fun to think about a particular person or group and specific techniques to make software training easy for them. This includes developing resource materials. I didn’t say I was normal….

Greatest unfulfilled ambition: Writing a novel. Most people have a story waiting to be told. I don’t have a clue how to go about writing a novel but would like to try.

Favorite quote: “People may forget the words you say, but they will never forget the way you make them feel.”