{"id":124461,"date":"2022-09-29T11:24:34","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T15:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/cchl\/?p=124461"},"modified":"2022-09-29T11:24:34","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T15:24:34","slug":"ann-schurmann","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/cchl\/2022\/09\/29\/ann-schurmann\/","title":{"rendered":"Ann Schurmann"},"content":{"rendered":"

Department Administrator, Public Health<\/em><\/p>\n

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Please list the degrees you have earned and the institutions attended.\u2028<\/strong><\/p>\n

BS in Journalism with minor in English, Boston University
\nMPH with a concentration in Maternal and Child Health, Columbia University<\/p>\n

What was your college experience like?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I had a lot to balance when I was an undergraduate: I was all about academics and cared a lot about doing well in my classes.\u00a0 I worked 20-25 hours per week every semester and also during summer and winter breaks in order to earn the money I needed to cover my expenses.\u00a0 I also had many other interests and participated in as many extracurricular activities as I could manage (for example, I sang in an a capella group called \u201cThe Off-Key Three\u201d that performed in clubs and coffeehouses all over Boston).\u00a0 I was a very, very busy person when I was in college!<\/p>\n

Did you go to college with the intention of being a college administrator? If not, how did your path bring you here?\u2028<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you had told me when I was in college that one day I would work on a college campus, I would not have believed it!\u00a0 That\u2019s why I always tell my MSU advisees not to look too far down the career path, but to just take the next step!\u00a0 When I was in college, I thought I wanted to be a writer and started my career working for newspapers and magazines.\u00a0 Without really planning to, I wound up writing a lot about issues related to health.\u00a0 Eventually, because of all the writing about health, I decided to shift my career focus and go back to school to get my MPH.\u00a0 I loved that public health focused on prevention and on social justice.\u00a0 After graduate school, I worked for a number of years administering public health programs that focused on child and adolescent health.\u00a0 Eventually, I started teaching as an adjunct professor at 精品成人福利在线.\u00a0 One day, a job opened up on campus and I thought I could do a good job in the role as it was described so I applied — and became the Department Administrator for the Department of Public Health.\u00a0 I\u2019ve been here for almost 14 years.\u00a0 I love my job!<\/p>\n

What is one thing you wish you had known in your undergraduate\/graduate career? Why?\u2028<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hmmm.\u00a0 I think I wish I had known how much guidance was available to me from my professors and advisors.\u00a0 I did not take advantage of the wealth of wisdom they could have offered me if only I had realized how much they wanted to help and that all I had to do was reach out.\u00a0 I am happy with the way things turned out in my career, but I think I missed some opportunities and might have made some different choices earlier if I had sought the advice of people who knew a lot more than I did.<\/p>\n

What is the best part about being an MSU staff faculty member?\u2028<\/strong><\/p>\n

Working with the students!\u00a0 So many MSU students are strivers who are working so hard \u2013 at classes, at jobs, at extracurriculars — to earn their degree (kind of like I did).\u00a0 I love helping them to get where they want to go!<\/p>\n

What does a typical day look like for you?\u2028<\/strong><\/p>\n

There is no typical day for me.\u00a0 That\u2019s why I like my job.\u00a0 Some days there are lots of meetings with other staff members or faculty members.\u00a0 Some days I meet with students one-on-one.\u00a0 Some days I work at my computer.\u00a0 Some days, I interview potential employees.\u00a0 Some days, I participate in big events like University open houses.<\/p>\n

What are a few of your recent accomplishments?\u2028<\/strong><\/p>\n

I helped establish some new programs in our department that allow outstanding Public Health majors to start taking graduate-level courses in the final year of their undergraduate program \u2013 so they can earn both a Bachelor\u2019s and a Master\u2019s degree in five years.<\/p>\n

What is your favorite class to teach at MSU? Why?\u2028<\/strong><\/p>\n

I haven\u2019t taught that many classes.\u00a0 I guess I will say that I most enjoyed teaching HLTH290 (Human Sexuality), but I taught that course 20 years ago!\u00a0 Now I support other faculty members who teach that course \u2013 and many others.<\/p>\n

What advice would you give to incoming students in order for them to succeed?\u2028<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is not high school.\u00a0 This is YOUR education and you are responsible for it.\u00a0 No one cares if you blow it, so YOU have to care.\u00a0 Go to class.\u00a0 Turn your assignments in on time.\u00a0 Print your papers out and PROOFREAD them.\u00a0 And, more than anything, keep your eyes on the prize \u2013 you are here to earn a degree.\u00a0 Don\u2019t forget that that should be your primary focus.\u00a0 If you stumble a little and fail a class or choose the wrong major, pick yourself up, dust yourself off and keep on going.\u00a0 You have to have a lot of stamina and determination to earn a Bachelor\u2019s degree.\u00a0 And, until you get there, you have no idea how fantastic it feels to throw your cap in the air at Commencement when you celebrate your hard-won achievement.\u00a0 It is a once-in-a-lifetime experience!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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