Alumni to offer career insights at Education Career Night Feb. 17

Posted Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011

Teaching isn’t the only profession you’ll hear about at UF’s Education Career Night Thursday (Feb. 17), 7 to 8 p.m. in Reitz Union room 282.

Four College of Education alumni will talk about the distinctly different career paths they each have followed—quite successfully—after earning their education degrees at UF. The alumni speakers include an ex-Gainesville city commissioner, a home care specialist for seniors, a former Assistant U.S. Attorney and an award-winning teacher of gifted elementary students.

College of Education Dean Catherine Emihovich will moderate the panel discussion and student adviser Robin Rossie will be on hand to field questions about admissions and academics.

The alumni panel includes:

  • Tony Domenech taught special education at the junior and senior high levels for a decade while also coaching varsity football and golf; he’s an ex-Gainesville city commissioner and also worked with his wife’s educational software company (see below); he has two education degrees from UF—a bachelor’s earned in 1972 and a master’s in special education in 1979;
  • Lynn Domenech taught reading and other subjects for nine years, then used her education background and entrepreneurial spirit to start Teacher Support Software, an award-winning educational software publishing company; she and her daughter now run Gainesville Comfort Keepers home care for seniors; she has bachelor’s (1972) and master’s (1978) degrees in elementary education from UF-;
  • Adelaide Few of Tampa earned a master’s in special education in 1960 from UF and worked as a junior high school teacher and speech therapist before entering law school. She practiced and taught law for 25 years before retiring in 2010 as Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida. She currently teaches an Honors class in applied ethics at the University of South Florida and works as a legal consultant.
  • Kevin Berry, teaches gifted third- through fifth-graders at Alachua Elementary School and was the college’s 2010 Outstanding Young Alumnus Award winner; he has three education degrees from UF—a bachelor’s (1997), master’s (1998) and a specialist’s (Ed.S., 2006) degree. He aims to become a quadruple EduGator as he’s working toward a doctorate in education.

Education Career Night is targeted to UF students considering a career in an education discipline—such as teaching, counseling or school psychology, educational administration, or student personnel services in higher education—or to students considering changing majors.

The first 25 student attendees will receive free gifts. No RSVP is necessary.

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Source: Jodi Mount, UF College of Education, Alumni Affairs & Events, 352-273-4142, jmount@coe.ufl.edu

Writer: Larry Lansford, UF College of Education, News & Communications; 352-273-4137, llansford@coe.ufl.edu

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