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Susan Cowan oral history interview
Oral history interview with Susan Cowan conducted by Andres Moses on January 31, 2006 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. Susan Cowan discusses growing up in Kansas City, Missouri, and always enjoying tap dancing. She then discusses working as a secretary at the University of Colorado-Boulder and becoming the lead administrator for the chemistry department there. She also discusses moving to Las Vegas, Nevada with her husband and getting involved with the local tap dancing community.
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Photograph of Boulder City, Nevada, March 22, 1935
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Photograph of Boulder City, Nevada, March 22, 1935
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Articles of incorporation certificate for the Jewish Family Service Agency of Clark County, June 16, 1977
This certificate documents the incorporation of the Jewish Family Service Agency in Clark County by the Secretary of the State of Nevada.
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College administrators
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Carmen Benedict oral history interview
Oral history interview with Carmen Benedict conducted by Tammy M. Wallace on April 20, 2006 for the Public School Principalship Oral History Project. In this interview, Benedict discusses her upbringing and inspiration to be a teacher in California in the 1990s and 2000s. She reflects upon the process by which she went from being a student instructor to a teacher, and from a teacher to a principal. She discusses the philosophy that guided her throughout her career and influenced her interactions with students and educators, and challenges that she faced as an administrator. She also discusses her regular duties as principal, expectations that principals face, and her suggestions on how to be a successful principal.
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