Spotlight faculty featuring:
Title:
Administrative secretary
Years here:
7, since November 1997
Responsibilities:
Scholarships, Marian Mom’s,
FAME, Graduation Program, maintaining the student database, providing food for
faculty functions, running the Bookstore (which she loves because it’s her main
contact with students)
Favorite thing about Marian:
“Every morning I plan the
day, I get here, and it doesn’t happen.
There is a lot of variety. I
like being around the girls. It keeps me
young. The atmosphere of Marian is more
caring, like a big family, and you don’t find that in the private sector. Everyone cares here. Also, working for Miss Kish, she is
wonderful to work for.”
Singleton grew up in Smith
Center, Kan. After high school, she
wanted to go to Secretarial School but went to beauty school in Hastings because
her best friend wanted to. “Don’t let your friends dictate you future. Do what you want and desire,” said
Singleton.
However, had she not gone to
beauty school, Singleton would not have met her husband, Roy. She has been married for 41 years. Her husband is a retired civil engineer who
currently administrates the SAME program for this area. She has three children and six
grandchildren.
When her daughter went to
kindergarten, Mrs. Singleton was “sitting watching Captain Kangaroo by myself, when I realized something was
wrong.” She then began to go to night
classes at UNO. After 20 years of night
classes, she graduated in 1993 with a teaching business degree.
Mrs. Singleton then taught
business for four years at Nebraska College of Business before coming to
Marian.
Fun Facts on Singleton:
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Member of Andy Griffith
rerun watchers fan club
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Has been on two Marian
trips (New Zealand and Europe)
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Has run two 1/2
marathons
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300 mile and 600 mile
club member at Marian
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“Running is neat
because you can be depressed, ill and all burned out; you go run, come back and
the world is okay”