Sandra Mihoch Kase

Adjunct Lecturer

 

King’s College

History Department

Wilkes-Barre, PA  18711

 

Hafey-Marian Hall - Rm 312

Office:  (570) 208-5900   Ext. 5637

Fax:  (570)208-5988

e-mail:  sjkase@kings.edu

 

“Excellence in education is not accidental but the result of a conscious pursuit,

a pursuit that must be carefully planned and implemented.

Excellence in education is also not something that can grow unattended.”

                                                                                                                                                Donald W. Farmer, Ph.D.

 

EDUCATION

 

King’s College - Wilkes-Barre, PA                              

            2000 - Associate of Arts in Japanese Culture

            2001 -  Bachelor of Arts in Japanese Culture

                                    Minors:  History and English

The University of Scranton – Scranton, PA

            2003 - Master of Arts in History

 

 

HONORS & AWARDS

 

Phi Alpha Theta, International Honor Society in History

Delta Epsilon Sigma, Honor Society of Catholic Colleges and Universities

Alpha Sigma Lambda, National Honor Society for Adult Learners

Luzerne County Council on Adult Higher Education “Outstanding Adult Learner of the Year”

University of Scranton “Celebration of Student Scholars” participant

 

 

ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT

 

Fall, 2004

            King’s College, Wilkes-Barre, PA

                        Adjunct Instructor in History

            Luzerne County Community College

                        Adjunct Instructor in Political Science

Spring, 2004

            King’s College, Wilkes-Barre, PA

                        Adjunct Instructor in History

            Luzerne County Community College

                        Adjunct Instructor in Political Science

August, 2001- May, 2003

            Scranton University, Scranton, PA

                        Graduate Assistant in the Department of History

 

 

AREAS OF INTEREST

 

American Government 

American History

Ethnic Studies

History of Russia

Luzerne County History

Japanese Studies

Women’s Studies

 

 

COURSES I’VE TAUGHT

 

King’s College, Wilkes-Barre, PA

            CORE 130 - American Civilization

            CORE 132 - 20TH Century:  A Global Perspective

Luzerne County Community College, Nanticoke, PA

            POS 101 – American Government

 

 

WORKSHOPS I’VE TAUGHT

 

King’s College, Wilkes-Barre, PA

            “Kids at King’s Summer Program” – “Voyage to Japan”

Luzerne County Historical Society, Wilkes-Barre, PA

            “History Day Camp” at the Swetland Homestead, Wyoming, PA

Peace Center, Wilkes-Barre, PA

            “Japanese paper cranes” and the Peace Ceremony at Kirby Park

 

 

COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS I BELONG TO

 

General Federation of Women’s Clubs – West Side

            Past President, Current Vice-President and Membership Chair and Chair of Public Affairs and Legislation

General Federation of Women’s Clubs – Luzerne County

            Current Chair of Public Affairs and Legislation

 

 

HOBBIES

 

Piano, Organ, and Violin

Listening to good music

Gardening

Quilting and Needlework

 

 

“We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union,

establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense,

promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity,

do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”

                                                                                                                                                                                Constitution of the United States