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Jules
Karoll Beck Twenty-three years of age and recently married to Karen, Jules taught math last summer on an Indian reservation in a University of Minnesota social work project. He received his B.A. in philosophy from that university early in 1967. During his college years, various jobs helped him with college costs: cab driver, university accounting staff helper, and fieldhouse attendant. Jules' favorite sport is tennis. He was a varsity letterman two years while attending the University of Chicago, where he also played intramural basketball. Stamp and coin collecting are his hobbies. Jules calls Minneapolis his home. |
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I taught high school in a town of 259 in South Dakota for one year after getting home (chemistry, US history, world history, Spanish I and Spanish II). I then went back to school for a Master of Social Work degree and codeveloped an inner-city community involvement program -- I ran the program as a community organizer for 10 years. After that I became a technical writer for a number of years (my science background led to that after Reagan's budget cutting dried up social services for a good while). I got back into the business as Associate Director of Hispanos en Minnesota, an outpatient clinic for chemical treatment and education -- our clients were Hispanics, Somalis, and Hmong with a rare Anglo thrown in. I did fund raising and ran the after-school youth-at-risk program.
I then got into the disaster planning business (the planning for recovery phase) and codeveloped a system in Spanish; I installed software and trained people in disaster planning (Mexico, Peru...).
Along the way I served on the board of the Minnesota Civil Liberties Union, eventually serving three terms as president, and battling with the National ACLU over a number of issues.
I taught at the Univ of MN for four years while working on my Ph.D.; I've been an assistant professor here in Fayetteville for two years and am entering my second year as tenure-track. My interests are in international Human Resource Development and distance education.
Last year I facilitated some leadership development workshops in Honduras in October, in West Africa in February, and in Eastern Europe in April. I also have been fortunate enough to present some research at conferences here and abroad -- I'll be in Malaysia in November-December sharing some innovative distance education strategies (blended technology approaches).
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