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Employee Profile
 Name:
Alberta Boring
Title: Secretary 3
Major responsibilities: Evening Secretary, Blount County
Center
Length of service at the College: 15 years
Place of birth: Blount County
Family members: Husband, JT Boring Sr. We have been married
38 years. Oldest son, JT Jr., 36; second son, Roger, 34; daughter,
Amanda, 26. I have five grandchildren: three grandsons from Tom,
ages 17, 13, and 10, and a granddaughter, 6, and grandson, 9 months,
from Roger.
Something no one knows about you: My husband and I make
muscadine wine as a hobby.
Greatest achievement or proudest moment: Receiving my
high school diploma at the age of 30 and receiving my diploma
from Pellissippi State at the age of 40, then being the first
employee hired at Blount County Center, July 5, 1988.
Favorite things outside work: My husband’s and my
taking mini vacations with friends and spending time with my five
grandchildren.
Most rewarding part of your job: Observing the growth
of Pellissippi State and knowing you had a part in that growth.
Greatest unfulfilled ambition: Achieving my B.A. by the
time I receive my first Social Security check and going on a mission
trip to some far-off place.
Favorite quote: I have many positive quotes for I choose
to think positive, but the one I repeat the most is “I can
do all things through Christ whom strengths me.” Sometimes
I have to repeat it more than once, because I am always pursuing
challenges to enhance my present abilities. I even have that as
my objective on my resume. I love challenges.
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