Dine with Doc

Senior Education Ministries has scheduled Dine With a Doc to be held on the fourth Monday of every month from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. at Ivy Tech Community College.

This free program will feature Dr. Ann Valentine PhD, MPA. Valentine has held faculty and administrative positions in higher education for more than 20 years and was selected in May 2011 to serve as Chancellor for Ivy Tech's Wabash Valley Region.

She earned her doctorate degree in Higher Education and Master's degree in Public Administration from Iowa State University. Her dissertation research topic was interdisciplinary health professions education and she served as the director of such programming for the Vice President for Health Sciences at The University of Iowa.

From 2005-2011, she served as President of Minnesota State Community and Technical College. In addition to a career in higher education, she serves on a variety of local and national boards and commissions.

She has written a number of professional publications and has made numerous presentations on leadership and educational development. In addition, she has also been involved with multiple grant developments, as well as fundraisers for several institutions. She served as Commissioner of the American Association of Community Colleges from 2007 to 2010, and was also awarded the Professional Achievement award from Mount Mercy College in 2007.

Valetine will speak about ways to improve ones quality of life and will follow her presentation with a question and answer period. Lunch will be provided by Autumn Glen.

Come and learn about ways to improve your quality of life. A question/answer period will follow her discussion.

Lunch will be provided by Autumn Glen.

If you'd like more information about this event, please call Senior Education Ministries, Inc. 812-230-7772 or email loriaplin@gmail.com. Check out the website at www.senioreducationministries.org or www.dine withadoc.com.