{"id":49917,"date":"2019-09-12T13:29:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-12T18:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=49917"},"modified":"2024-11-10T13:31:39","modified_gmt":"2024-11-10T18:31:39","slug":"meet-the-2019-2020-classified-association-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/09\/12\/meet-the-2019-2020-classified-association-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the 2019-2020 Classified Association President"},"content":{"rendered":"

For four weeks, Austin Community College will talk to the incoming 2019-2020 employee association presidents. We will ask each of them 10 questions to get to know them better.<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong>We start off the series with the new Classified Employee Association President, Jo Ann Larkins-Foster. She is a Health Sciences Clinical Sites specialist who has been at ACC for more than four years.<\/p>\n

1. When did you start working at ACC and in what role?<\/strong>
I began my employment with ACC on June 1, 2015, as an Administrative Assistant III. In 2016, my title was changed to Health Sciences Assistant. On July 1, 2019, I began a new role as the Specialist, Clinical Sites for Health Sciences.<\/p>\n

2. What additional role(s) at the college have you held or what did you do before coming to ACC?<\/strong>
In 2015, I served as the EVC CEA Campus Representative and, in 2017, I was elected CEA Communications Officer. Before coming to ACC, I was working at Sam’s Club as a Front End Supervisor. Before moving to Texas, I lived in Maryland and worked as a Training & Logistics Coordinator on the projects my previous company had with The Department of Education.<\/p>\n

3. What inspired you to run for president?<\/strong>
Attending the CEA meetings inspired me to run for President. I realized just how important our association is to the success of every employee and to the college. I believe that I can offer the CEA an alternative perspective and approach to many issues facing our association. We need to work side-by-side collaboratively with other associations so that we can pursue more policies and initiatives that are open and inclusive to all our members.<\/p>\n

4. Where did you grow up? What was it like?<\/strong>
I grew up in a small town in Alabama. Union Springs, AL, is a city in Bullock County. I could walk to the nearest store at night and never felt threatened. I could even sleep at night with my window open so that I could feel the cool air, we didn’t need an air conditioner. Union Springs is between Montgomery and Tuskeggee, Alabama. In 1993, the population was at 4,096 and that same year, I moved from my hometown to Albuquerque, NM, where I lived for six and a half years before moving to the East Coast, Maryland. I lived in Maryland for eight years before moving to Texas in 2008.<\/p>\n

5. What is something you think everyone should do at least once in their lives?<\/strong>
Everyone should go to Vegas at least once in their lifetime.<\/p>\n

6. What do you do to unwind and get your mind off work?<\/strong>
I like to go home and be with my family and play with our dog Koa.<\/p>\n

7. Do you have a motto, mantra, or personal philosophy?<\/strong>
My personal philosophy in life is always do right and right will follow you. It takes more thought and energy to do wrong than right.<\/p>\n

8. What’s the biggest lesson you’ve learned professionally?<\/strong>
The biggest lesson I’ve learned professionally is that no one can take away what you know or invalidate your knowledge.<\/p>\n

9. What do you believe it takes to help students succeed?<\/strong>
I believe that when we show students that we care and that we are here to help them reach their goals, they will succeed. The best feeling for a student, or anyone, is to know that someone has their back as they begin their educational journey.<\/p>\n

10. Any final thoughts you’d like to share?<\/strong>
My niche in the world constantly changes, but my steadfast is my commitment to the success of every student here at ACC. I am very proud to be a part of the ACC family.<\/p>\n

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Read other Q&As in the series:
<\/strong>Dr. Missi Patterson, Full-Time Faculty Senate President
<\/a>Christina Michura, Adjunct Faculty Association President
<\/a>Latisha Addison, Association of Professional-Technical Employees President<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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