Excellence In Online Teaching Award

I won this award last summer and didn’t post it, but realized that I should because it is very important to me. I put A LOT of effort into teaching my courses at Ivy Tech, and I was extremely proud to win this award! NOTE-Not all the classes I teach are online, but I do…

My first book accepted for publication!

Very happy to announce that my first book of poetry, which I have been working on for ten years, will be published in the fall with Kelsay Books. The book is named Water Castle, and here is a working cover. The artwork is my own, as is the photo of the St. Joseph River in…

“City Garden”

I’m enjoying reading the latest Harbor Review, where I have a piece of my visual art published called, “City Garden.” This is a mixed media piece created with acrylics, markers, and hand cut collage. I first had the idea for this from a dream I had, and I made it on the back of an…