Resume

• 1989

  Master of Arts (MA)

  Studied English and Writing\nDean's List 1989-91\nGraduated Magna Cum Laude\nWorked at WNMU

  the local public service television station as support staff and media representative writing press releases

  helping with capital campaigns

  and maintaining donor mailings\nMember of Sigma Tau Delta (English Honors Society)\nAwarded the Sigma Tau Delta Writer's Key for publication in The Rectangle

  Fall 1990\nWinner of the 1990 Academy of American Poets College Poetry Prize\nScholarship recipient to the Cranbrook Academy of Fine Arts

  1990 \n

  English and Writing

  Sigma Tau Delta (English Honors)

  Northern Michigan University

  Online Instructor Training

  Michigan Virtual University

  Michigan Virtual University

• Distance Learning

  Poetry

  Creative Writing

  Student Affairs

  Student Development

  University Teaching

  Essayist

  Newsletters

  Faculty Development

  Curriculum Development

  Fundraising

  E-Learning

  Writing

  Teaching

  Academic Advising

  Desire2Learn

  Editing

  Adult Education

  Higher Education

  College Teaching

  Third Wednesday

  The poem appearing in this publication is \"Blackberry Summer.\"

  Third Wednesday

  Am engrossing collection of essays that explore all aspects of parenthood. The essay published in this collection is titled \"My Daughters' Births.\"

  Mamas and Papas: On the sublime and heartbreaking art of parenting

  Anthology of contemporary Michigan poetry edited by Michael Delp

  Conrad Hillberry

  and Josie Kearns. Foreword by Donald Hall.

  New Poems from the Third Coast: Contemporary Michigan Poetry

  A compelling mix of fiction

  poetry

  and memoir

  Voice on the Water gathers together the voices of contemporary Native writers and artists from Michigan's communities. Two poems appeared in this anthology: \"Mary Amyotte\" and \"The Medicine Bag

  \" and a memoir

  \"The Birch Basket.\"

  Voice on the Water: Great Lakes Native America Now

  Poetry Chapbook\n\nRosalie Petrouske is a true student of both the word and the world. In poem after poem

  she focuses her gaze on mysteries large and small

  then reveals through the intricacies of language a map to the world around and the landscape within. Her poems remind us to pay attention; they are to be savored

  line by line. -- Laura Apol

  author of Requiem Rwanda\n\nThe poems in Rosalie Sanara Petrouske's What We Keep are elegant and precise

  a deft blendings of lyric and narrative

  the images arresting

  and the intensity of incidents recalled emotionaly resonant. What I admire most is her observing eye and her uncompromising honesty as she charts that territory of the heart hungering -- Jack Driscoll

  author of The World of a Few Minutes Ago.

  What We Keep

  \"A Postcard From My Mother\" is a delicately woven magic carpet that lifts us and carries us away on a journey to the inner world of four generations of women. Rosalie Sanara Petrouske shows us how joy and sorrow can hold our world together as we step over this threshold of Life Before Birth that she has created into the heart of Everywoman. I am deeply moved by these stunningly sensuous poems which honor the natural world at the same time that they are true celebration of the feminine.\" ~ Judith Minty

  Author of Walking with the Bear-Selected and New Poems\n\n\"With sustained grace

  Rosalie Sanara Petrouske recounts the mystery

  delight

  and sorrow of mother/daughter relationships in A Postcard From My Mother. Moments of heartbreaking beauty and loss are celebrated with images that glisten and ring true. \". . . All this to chose from

  all this to savor-tartness

  /honey and brine. . . \"--these lines from a poem in this remarkable collection best describe the reader's rich and varied experience.\" ~Miriam Pederson

  Author of This Brief Light

  A Postcard from My Mother

  An Essential Weekly Planner for Writers. Work appeared in both the 2010 and 2012 calendars.

  Bylines Writer's Desk Calendar

  The poem appearing in this anthology was \"Dragons by the River.\"

  River Poems: An Anthology of Poetry on the Allure of Rivers

  Rosalie Sanara

  Petrouske

  American Lung Association

  Lansing Community College

  Michigan Works! Association

  Youth Volunteer Corps

  Michigan Nonprofit Association

  Lansing

  MI

  Teach Freshman Composition I & II; Honors Composition; Technical Writing; Creative Writing;and English 122 (Writing about Literature) to a diverse student population face-to-face

  online and hybrid sections; offer instruction

  practice

  discussion

  exercises and feedback in the process and principles of writing effective expository essays

  business letter

  report

  mechanism descriptions

  and other documents; Provide written comments on assignments to encourage and facilitate student growth over the course of the semester

  counsel students in portfolio preparation and evaluate student work; Participate in portfolio seminars

  departmental meetings and professional development/planning activities; Member of the Composition and Distance Learning teams.

  Professor Of English

  Lansing Community College

  East Lansing

  MI

  Created and processed written proposals in support of Michigan Nonprofit Association

  including organizing information for marketing and member communications; Responsible for the administration of the Volunteer Centers of Michigan's AmeriCorps and New Partnerships VISTA programs; Supervised 20 AmeriCorps and VISTA members

  conducted site visits to seven host sites statewide and evaluated service components; Planned and facilitated trainings for National Service Members; Monitored $209

  927 program budget

  completed monthly and quarterly budget reports

  and quarterly reports to funding agencies.

  Program Manager

  Michigan Nonprofit Association

  Marquette

  MI

  Planned

  directed and evaluated community service projects for and with youth volunteers; Conducted community needs assessments and recruited over 500 youth for community service projects; Identified and developed links between Youth Volunteer Corps and other nonprofit agencies to increase capacity

  quality and diversity of youth service opportunities; Provide direct supervision and leadership for teams of 8-12 middle and high school youth on community service projects; Coordinated weekly staff meetings for Youth Volunteer Corps/AmeriCorps Volunteers and served on planning committee for National Youth Volunteer Corps conferences; Planned and implemented Martin Luther King Service Day initiative involving over 200 youth volunteers and distributing 800 biographies of Dr. King to pre-schoolers

  fourth and fifth grade students; Created curriculum and materials for Service Learning projects in the areas of Conflict Resolution

  Cultural Diversity

  Disability Awareness and Alcohol and Drug Use Prevention.

  Program Coordinator

  Youth Volunteer Corps

  Marquette

  MI

  Provided academic counseling to students participating in the Job Training Partnership Act at Northern Michigan University; Advised students in making career choices and monitored classroom training progress by meeting with participants and educational providers on a regular basis; Instructed participants in conducting and preparing for a job search with resume writing

  applications

  interviewing techniques and workplace transition; Performed written and oral presentations to appropriate networking agencies regarding Michigan Works programs; Wrote and edited six-county wide program-specific newsletter and monthly job tips column

  \"Working Wonders.\"; Facilitated motivational workshops on resume writing and interviewing skills to 40-plus participants each session.

  Workforce Development Professional

  Michigan Works! Association

  Lansing

  MI

  Coordinated \"Blow the Whistle on Asthma\" walkathons in the Tri-county Lansing and Grand Rapids areas bringing in over 75

  000; Managed Teens Against Tobacco Use

  a peer education

  service-learning program in twenty-five area high schools involving over 100 youth volunteers and reaching over 7

  000 elementary school-aged youth; Coordinated the NOT (Not On Tobacco) teen cessation program in seventeen area high schools; planned service learning events and facilitator trainings for over 100 teens and adult volunteers; built collaborative relationships with schools

  youth

  and other community-based organizations (both external and internal); compiled reports

  monitored program outcomes and wrote grants for continued funding of programming throughout the Tri-county area; prepared press releases and marketing materials.

  Senior Program Specialist

  American Lung Association

  Red Cedar Writing Project

  Michigan State University Alum