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Joy Barber

Joy Barber

I work at Pacific Lutheran University for both the Center for Public Service and the Academic Internships offices. 

Both offices are part of the larger Ramstad Commons and are located in Ramstad 112.

bus
I am an avid rider of the bus, especially since I no longer own a car. I am happy to assist anyone, PLU student, staff or faculty in having their very own
BUS ADVENTURES...

Check out the routes on Pierce Transit.


Community Work Study

kidsread A major component of my work at PLU is the supervision of two community work study programs, the America Reads tutors and the After School Enrichment Program (ASEP) at James Sales Elementary.  Both involve working with the local schools, which I greatly enjoy.

Previous Work Experience - Discovery Ski Area

One opportunity that I have had in my life was to work at a ski area near mygrandcanyon hometown of Anaconda, MT for five years, the past three as office manager.  It was an exciting and fun position that used business, accounting, marketing and human resources skills I might not have had an opportunity to develop otherwise.


AmeriCorps &  

Peace Corps

Two of the service programs I have participated in during my post-collegiate years are Peace Corps (Bangladesh) and Literacy*AmeriCorps (Seattle).

While I discontinued my Peace Corps service early on, I still learned a great deal and am happy to share my experiences.  I had an absolutely fantastic experience with AmeriCorps and am likewise happy to provide any insight I can into this organization.

In both programs I worked as an ESL teacher and continue to be interested in immigrant, refugee, citizenship, ESL and literacy issues.

Other Interests and Links

I am still looking for opportunities to utilize my writing skills, and working on finding more time to dedicate to my creative writing projects.  In the meantime, a
few websites/interests (writing-related and not):

   Hugo House

   Tolerance.org

   Tacoma Community House

   Chinese Information & Service Center
   (my AmeriCorps site)

   Literacy Source

   Trust for Public Land

   Copper Canyon Press