Peterson retires from teaching
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After a successful career in statistics and teaching,
College of Business as well as being the consulting statistician
College of Business Management Professor Dr.
for the University. After completing her Doctorate in Educational
Teri Peterson has decided to retire. For Peterson,
Leadership, she moved full-time to the College of Business and
her career in statistics took a circuitous route.
added Business Analytics to the Master of Business Administration
As an undergrad, she started off as a math
curriculum. During her entire career, Peterson was able to teach
major and quickly transferred to biology. After
and use statistics while also continuing to study and learn more
finishing graduate school with a Master’s of Arts
along the way.
in Biology and a teaching credential, she married her husband and moved to Africa, where she spent time teaching science and English while also helping her husband with his textbook. They had two children while in Africa and later moved to Utah. While there, Peterson pursued a Master’s of Applied Statistics at Utah State. After some time, they moved again to Pocatello and Peterson ended up teaching statistics for the
Peterson said she has many plans for her retirement. “My most pressing plan in retirement is to spend more time with my children and grandchildren. In addition, I want to rekindle some loves I was more focused on earlier in life. I hope to spend some time relearning French and piano. Finally, I want to travel a little and read a lot!” said Peterson. The College of Business is very thankful for the time that Teri Peterson spent teaching aspiring students and we hope she enjoys her retirement.
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