<link>/</link> <description/> <language>en</language> <item> <title>Who is Dale Alexander? /news/who-dale-alexander <span>Who is Dale Alexander?</span> <span><span>ygay</span></span> <span><time datetime="2021-11-01T11:11:34-04:00" title="Monday, November 1, 2021 - 11:11">Mon, 11/01/2021 - 11:11</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>&nbsp;</p> <hr> <p><strong>Name:</strong> <a href="/dale-alexander" target="_blank">Dale Alexander</a></p> <p><strong>Department(s) and location on campus:</strong> <a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/german" target="_blank">German Language and Literatures</a> and <a href="/russian-and-east-european-studies" target="_blank">Russian and East Asian Studies</a> in Peters Hall.</p> <p><strong>Job title?</strong> Administrative Assistant</p> <p><strong>What does your job entail?</strong> Supporting my faculty and ensuring that the departments are a dynamic and vital part of the student experience at Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ.</p> <p><strong>How many years at Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ?</strong> I started as a temp in January 2018, and was hired part time to the German and Russian departments in fall 2019. I was hired full time to the East Asian Studies department in fall 2020.</p> <p><strong>Hobbies?</strong> Reading, making art—painting, pottery, collage, photography. I also like writing short stories, cooking and baking, gardening, exercise (weight training, running, spinning), archery, geocaching, hiking, yoga, meditation, studying holistic wellness and Ayurveda, attending plays and musicals, visiting art museums, going on adventures, and discovering new places</p> <p><strong>Favorite Quote?</strong></p> <p>Hold fast to dreams</p> <p>For if dreams die</p> <p>Life is a broken-winged bird</p> <p>That cannot fly.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Hold fast to dreams</p> <p>For when dreams go</p> <p>Life is a barren field</p> <p>Frozen with snow.</p> <p>By Langston Hughes</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">Campus News</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2021-11-01T12:00:00Z">Mon, 11/01/2021 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Yvonne Gay</div> <div class="text-content field field--name-field-intro-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>When Dale Alexander isn’t reading, hiking, baking, visiting museums, or writing short stories, she finds time to attend plays, meditate, and study holistic wellness. Find out more about Alexander in this installment of Who Am I?</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2551">Staff</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2391">Languages &amp; Literatures</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25426">Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25371">German</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/german" hreflang="und">German Language and Literatures</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">Dale Alexander, administrative assistant.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Tanya Rosen-Jones '97</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/width_760/public/content/news/images-2021/dalealexander.by_tanya_rosen-jones97.jpg?itok=k6IdoggH" width="760" height="570" alt="A portrait of a woman with glasses."> </div> Mon, 01 Nov 2021 15:11:34 +0000 ygay 380296 at