With a master s degree in Intercultural Communication, Barbara brings several diverse experiences to the Center. She taught ESOL classes in the Washington, DC public schools at the high school level. She lived in El Salvador for eight years where her husband and she founded the Monsignor Oscar Romero University, based on the community college model, for students who would not otherwise have had access to higher education. In addition, they began The National Forest of Reconciliation in El Salvador whereby trees were planted in memory of each person, more than 75,000, killed in the civil war that ended in 1992. Returning to the United States a year ago, Barbara has been teaching ESOL classes for students at the Maryland English Institute on campus.
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The squad, led by captain Jonathan Kandell , competed against 15 other teams comprised of staff in the UM Division of Student Affairs. Proving that every pin does count, the Pin Doctors garnered third place by a mere two pins. The team consisted of Kandell, Pat Moreland , Bill Sedlacek , and Franklin Westbrook . Each member won a Campus Recreation Services water bottle as a prize. Sedlacek averaged 177 over the tournament s three games, including a 211 in Game 2.