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Language Class Instructors Jana Dettlaff, Ph.D. - CZECH Sara Melgar – SPANISH Cinzia Toffolon – ITALIAN Natasha V. Geyer – FRENCH Jeremy Wildenberg - ARABIC Ms. Ping Wang was born and raised in China. She had an undergraduate degree in Accounting and Statistics from Xiamen University in China. She moved to United States in 1986 and got her Masters degree in Math and Computer Science from State University of New York in 1989. She is currently holding a Systems Analyst position in a local company. Ping is very active in North Eastern Wisconsin Chinese Association. She participates in community events and supports area Youth Symphony. In her leisure time, Ping enjoys traveling, music and sports. Ping has great passion for tennis. She also loves teaching Chinese. Basia Tota-Boryckz – POLISH Jeffery Gumz – SPANISH Olga Henek – RUSSIAN Barbara Baumberger was born, raised, and educated in Essen, West Germany. After completing her education in Nuernberg, Germany (Dr. Sabel Hoehere Handelsschule) in International Business and Education, she received continuing teacher education traingin through Berlitz International School of Languages. She taught German for them for many years. She has taught German to soldiers from the U.S. National Guard unit from Green Bay. She has also taught for UWGB through their Outreach Program for adults and children.Married with three children, Barbara moved from Germany to the United States. After working and living in various states and an interesting year in Saudi Arabia, Barbara and her family settled in De Pere. She has been working with St. Norbert College doing German translations and teaching German since 1999. Nadia Venesse, PRONUNCIATION REFINEMENT Nadia Venesse began her professional career in New York, teaching Voice/ Speech and Shakespeare at New York University in the Tisch School of Arts under Zelda Fischandler. She has also taught at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, UCLA extension, Weist Barron and St. Norbert College.Her educational training began in England where she received two medals of honor for Voice and Speech, and Acting, from the London Academy of Dramatic Arts, while also attending the Birmingham Repertory Theatre. She received her B.F.A. degree from the University of Alberta and subsequently joined the American Conservatory Theatre’s M.F.A program in San Francisco under William Ball. She is currently taking another Masters in TESL, through St. Cloud University and has also received her state certification to teach ESL and English in Wisconsin. Nadia Venesse has spent most of her professional career as a voice/speech/dialect consultant in film, television and off-Broadway. Her numerous credits include working with actors from the United States, Canada and around the world. Some of her clients include; Sir Anthony Hopkins, Dame Judith Dench, Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdams, Matthew McConaughey, Charlize Theron, Kenneth Brannagh, Francis McDormand, Cate Blanchett, Cynthia Nixon, Woody Harrelson, Matt Lucas and David Walliams. Directors she has worked with include: Steven Spielberg, Oliver Stone, Takashi Miike, and Lasse Halstrom to name a few. Nadia Venesse has enjoyed her previous teaching experience at St. Norbert in the ESL department teaching writing, grammar, conversation and a course created by her called ‘Speech and the Media’ for advanced ESL students, incorporating the use of cameras, students scripts, writing, verbal skills and teamwork. Randy Cornelius has been working with the Oneida Nation for twenty-three years. He’s a graduate from the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. His major was in psychology with a double minor in Native American studies and human development. He’s been an Alcohol and Drug Abuse counselor, Case Manager, and Spiritual Advisor for the Oneida Social Services department. For the past fourteen years he’s been working for the Oneida Language Revitalization program, ten years as an Oneida language and cultural educator and currently as the Oneida Language and Cultural Archivist. Rachel Tease, M.Ed. -Spanish
Jairo Huilar is a native of Cali, Colombia. He has worked as an international trader with Panama, Venezuela, Curacao and Colombia, of merchandise and electronics. In the mid- 80's he taught Spanish at Saint Thomas More Middle School in Green Bay. He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin Green Bay, with Bachelors of Science Majors in Communications Processes and Spanish, with a Minor in Human Development. He has served as a simultaneous Court Interpreter since 1991, listed on the Statewide Interpreter Roster. From 1992- 1995, he was a University of Wisconsin Green Bay Spanish Instructor: where he taught beginning through intermediate level Spanish grammar and conversation for business people. Jairo created The Hispanic Voice WPR ans seved as the voluntary Director and Producer for 16 years. He isa Salvation Army Advisory Board Member, Ballroom and Latino dancer, and has traveled over seas to many countries. Malgosia was born in Poland and came to the United States at the age of 23. She graduated from Academy of Economics in Krakow, Poland and University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. She is a treasurer and an active member of Polish Heritage Society in Green Bay. Malgosia blends her class sessions with a bit of Poland’s history, its culture and plenty of opportunities to practice speaking her native language. Her passion for her homeland and the Polish language keeps her constantly alert as to how she could meet each student’s personal goal for talking the class. She has been teaching for St. Norbert College since the fall of 2008. Sally Riner teaches Spanish 3, 4, and 5 at Green Bay West High School. She graduated from University of Wisconsin- Oshkosh in 1991 with a major in Spanish and a minor in math. She has been trained as a Spanish teacher in the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme and has led student trips throughout Mexico. She resides in Howard with her husband and two children.
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