Faculty emeritus Dr. Glen E. Gresham says that his 20 years at UB were “the high point in my career."
| MoreIn 1990 I was teaching an undergraduate course in late nineteenth-century American literature, a course I had taught so frequently--indeed, from almost the time I had arrived at UB back in 1967--that... | More
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Professional success because of UB
Ruth Penman ’34 ties every part of her career to UB. After graduation she taught junior high-schoolers in Kenmore, N.Y. She enjoyed the role, but with World War II fully underway, she joined the U.S. Navy.
Stationed in Pensacola, Fla., Penman taught Air Force pilots how to navigate using the link trainer. After her stint ended, she returned home to Buffalo and took night courses in human resources at UB. The Veterans Administration hired her as an instructor. “That I could move into the personnel field had to be an outcome of what I learned at UB,” she said.
Later, Penman went to work for Fisher-Price in East Aurora, N.Y., teaching supervisors how to supervise for the next 28 years: “That I learned from my UB education courses.”
Penman credits UB and the support she received as a student for much of her professional success. Her father died when she was young, leaving her family financially strapped: Penman received a UB scholarship. “I’ve always wanted to give back,” she says. “That’s why UB is in my will—they made it possible for me to get a college education.”