Alumnae Stars
Marlys White, elementary school principal.
Principal enjoys school atmosphere "She's the second girl principal I've ever seen in my life," remarked one young boy as he passed Marlys Jarrett White, BB, on the playground of Westminster Hills Elementary School just outside Denver. Working as an administrator of an elementary school may be relatively new to Marlys, but working with youngsters is not. Marlys finished her undergraduate studies at the University of Northern Colorado and continued with graduate work at Penn State. She received a master's degree in speech pathology and audiology. After 20 years of service to Adams County Schools as a speech and language teacher, she became the special education coordinator for Adams County. During this time, she began work on an administration certificate. One and a half years later, she returned to the Westminster area where she spent most of her teen-age years. Yet this time, she returned as an elementary school principal. Awareness of her STAR (Supporting Teacher Awareness Resources) program is spreading throughout the Denver metro area. The program supports professional development for teachers either through observation of another class or attendance of a workshop. Marlys conducts the teacher's class and finds the experience very beneficial, for it affords the opportunity to learn more about each student. The program has displayed a great deal of success with both students and teachers. Though very proud of her career accomplishments, Marlys is also
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proud of her affiliation with Alpha Sigma Alpha. Through the years she has worked in various sorority capacities. In addition to several offices in the Denver Alumnae Chapter since 1965, she has served nationally as colonies chairman, ritual chairman, vice president of alumnae programs, executive vice president and currently as chairman of advisors. In addition to managing a successful career, Marlys is very proud of her family. Her daughter, Heather, is a freshman at the University of Colorado in Boulder, and her son, Chris, attends the University of Texas in Austin. Also involved in education is her husband, Dennis, who is employed as a library media specialist for Jefferson County Schools in the Denver area.
Dickinson alum earns university award The Chief Award is the highest honor bestowed by the Dickinson State University Alumni Association. The award recognizes alumni who have achieved outstanding success in their career or profession and have made significant contributions to their community, state or nation through public service. A 1946 Dickinson graduate, Dr. Julie Armstrong Anderson, BH, was granted the Chief Award recently. Julie retired from a distinguished career as an educational psychologist in 1979 from the Tacoma School District. She has published articles in several professional journals on the topic of learning disabilities and holds membership in groups such as American Educational Research Association, School Psychologists Association , National Education Association and many other teacherrelated associations. She has been named to Who's Who Among College and Universities and the American Women and International Women. Julie graduated in 1946 from Dickinson State University with a bachelor of arts degree in education and completed a master's degree in psychology from the University of Arizona in 1972.
Writer enjoys adventurous career Everyone likes a vacation and adventure, especially Alpha Sigs. Carolyn Mulford, AB, an active member
Carolyn Mulford, freelance writer, editor and photographer.
of the Washington , D .C., Alumnae Chapter, has combined the two in a book entitled "Adventure Vacations in Five Mid-Atlantic States." Carolyn had her co-author, Betty Ford, boldly challenge adults to " take a break" from the routine and embark on one or more adventure vacations. Now a freelance writer living in Silver Spring, MD , Carolyn's professional life resembles one continuous adventure. After graduating from Northeast Missouri State University in 1960, she received a master of arts degree in journalism from the University of Missouri at Columbia. Shortly after graduation , she joined the Peace Corps and spent two years in Dessie, Ethiopia. Her major assignment was to teach English to 11th graders in the only secondary school in a province with 1 million inhabitants. During th e summer months , she joined several other Peace Corps volunteers working with lepers to build a five-room school at the Sudan Interior Mission Leprosarium outside Dessie. Over the years, Carolyn has written num erous articles on travel and various topics in publications ranging from the .San Francisco Examiner and Miami Herald to Travel/Holiday and National Restaurant Association News. The 1960 recipient of the Amy M. Swisher Scholarship award , Carolyn has busied herself by teaching courses at George Washington University in the District of Columbia and Montgomery College in Maryland as well as coordinating local and regional workshops. Keep yo ur eye out for this author the next time you are in the local bookstore.
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