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View from the Valley
EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT AUTHOR: MAGGEE BLEYER
Tabby Niduaza is the Director of Instructional Services at WVC. In her position, she deals with dual credit, scheduling building, and working with adjunct instructors. Growing up in Allendale, Tabby attended Mt. Carmel High School. During her senior, she received a scholarship to play volleyball at WVC in 2003. Unfortunately, the volleyball program was cut that year–however, she took advantage of WVC’s resources and load up on all the classes she would need for her Associate in Science degree. After one year at WVC, she transferred to Anderson University as a junior and completed her Bachelor of Arts in psychology. Afterward, she attended Ball State University where she completed her Master’s in Rehabilitation Counseling. Tabby worked in a residential facility for youth with mental health issues for about two years before deciding to join the Navy. While stationed at the Defense Language Institute for two years, she earned her Associate of Arts in Korean. She transferred to NIOC Hawaii, where she worked as a linguist in an NSA facility. Four years later, Tabby chose to be discharged from the Navy and moved home with her daughter, Harper to be closer to family. After moving back home, Tabby began working at WVC as the Director of the Academic Success Center in November 2019. Since then, Tabby has been helping students in any way she can. “My goal has always been to help people,” Tabby expressed. Q: What do you hope students gain from your services? A: I hope that students know there are people on campus who are solely [here] to help them succeed. I hope that they can come to me when they need help or just need to talk. I have excellent tutors, so I hope that students utilize them and can get the help they need to succeed in their classes.” Q: What else do you do for WVC? A: The [Academic Success Center] offers tutoring, an online writing lab that allows students to submit an essay and have it checked by a student tutor before it is submitted, make-up testing (this is great for athletes or for students who miss a test when sick), and we handle accommodations for students who are afforded accommodations at the college level. In recent years, I have become the committee chair for Orientation. I am also on the graduation, enrollment management, student success, curriculum, and student care committees. I also started an initiative with Jonathan Leach to make the first and last weeks of each semester more exciting by starting Welcome Week and Finals Week, where we offer fun events, stress relievers, and giveaways for students and staff.
Q: What do you like to do outside of WVC? A: I love to hang with my daughter, play volleyball, read, listen to music, and hang with friends. Q: What is your favorite quote? A: “To the world you may be one person; but to one person you may be the world.” - Dr. Seuss.
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