By John Mugol,\u00a0Triton\u2019s Call Staff<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Sharleen Santos-Bamba, Ph.D., has stepped up as the acting associate dean of UOG\u2019s College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences.<\/p>\n

Santos-Bamba, who was an English composition teacher since 2003 at UOG, was given an acting capacity as the CLASS associate dean for academic year 2015-2016<\/p>\n

\u201cSo far, I\u2019m enjoying what I\u2019m doing,\u201d said Santos-Bamba.<\/p>\n

Santos-Bamba has a lot on her plate, as she tackles the roles of the associate dean for CLASS, while also serving as an associate professor for the advanced composition course in the English department.<\/p>\n

Santos-Bamba is content among the university campus and their students.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to see students embrace what they\u2019re learning, and to acknowledge and recognize that learning doesn\u2019t just happen on campus,\u201d she said.\u00a0 \u201cThey need to take what they learn here and extend it off campus.\u201d<\/p>\n

The associate dean also had some advice to students not only in her college, but also to the student body as a whole.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to take the initiative to find opportunities to improve ourselves, to improve our learning, even just to try new things,\u201d said Santos-Bamba.<\/p>\n

As associate dean, Santos-Bamba has aspirations.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll continue to grow our major base, so that students who complete a degree program out of CLASS \u2013 this idea of liberal arts,\u201d said Santos-Bamba.<\/p>\n

Santos-Bamba wants to see a difference among students in her college.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat they\u2019ll go out and make a change, use their creative expression, use what they learn about people and culture, to further progress our community and communities outside our region.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By John Mugol,\u00a0Triton\u2019s Call Staff Sharleen Santos-Bamba, Ph.D., has stepped up as the acting associate dean of UOG\u2019s College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences. Santos-Bamba, who was an English composition teacher since 2003 at UOG, was given an acting capacity as the CLASS associate dean for academic year 2015-2016 \u201cSo far, I\u2019m enjoying what … <\/p>\n

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