The season of Spring is often designated as a time for new opportunities and beginnings, but for the CT State Manchester campus, it marks a number of “Goodbyes” as well. Four members of faculty and staff are retiring from their positions at CT State Manchester. They have all committed years of their lives to the institution.
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"College education is important. These days people tend to criticize college education and don't realize how important it is and how learning is important for ones life, not just training for the job market." — Angelo Messore, Professor of Political Science
Messore reflects in one of his favorite classrooms.
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"I hope people remember that I was kind and helpful and maybe that I could make them smile!" — Sharon Mills, Administrative Assistant to the Associate Dean of Campus Operations
Over her career Mills has worn 4 different hats in departments throughout the college.
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"...I want people to remember that I gave my best to the students, to Manchester Community College, to Connecticut State, because I want the students that I’m working with to become the best professionals that they can be." — Susan Morison, Radiography Program Director
Morison helps MCC Radiography Program students celebrate winning the first place trophy at the Connecticut Society of Radiologic Technologists (CSRT) Annual College Bowl in 2017.
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"Be kind. Every action, every word, every inaction affects the people we encounter. Life is like a spiderweb intricately woven, and every thread intersects and leaps into another thread and everything we do causes a vibration along those strands that transfer to the next thread adding them in. Each filament has strengths and weaknesses, and we always need to try and ensure our action or apathy is not responsible for causing a thread to snap and the thread to unravel for someone who just needs you to be there for them and with them." — Theresa Grout, Administrative Assistant, Student Affairs Office
Grout hopes to complete several crochet projects in retirement.
Those in professions that place them on a college campus witness a variety of changes during their years of work. Gaining insight into their professional careers, as well as the life they’ve structured around them is highly beneficial.
Four CT State Manchester students interviewed the respective retirees and accessed a small portion of the knowledge they’ve attained throughout their years. From teaching, to facilities, to administration, here are their diverse perspectives on CT State Manchester and the concept of retiring itself from professionals completing their final months with the institution.
