{"id":3607,"date":"2021-11-10T15:00:08","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T15:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/?p=3607"},"modified":"2025-03-21T09:32:03","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T13:32:03","slug":"a-salute-to-wilmus-longtime-adjunct-professors-class-acts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/2021\/11\/10\/a-salute-to-wilmus-longtime-adjunct-professors-class-acts\/","title":{"rendered":"A Salute to WilmU\u2019s Longtime Adjunct Professors: Class Acts"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3607_792d8c-c6, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3607_792d8c-c6[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3607_792d8c-c6\"]{display:block;padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-md, 2rem);text-align:center;font-size:var(--global-kb-font-size-sm, 0.9rem);font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-family:proxima-nova;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3607_792d8c-c6 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3607_792d8c-c6[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3607_792d8c-c6\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3607_792d8c-c6 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3607_792d8c-c6[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3607_792d8c-c6\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<span class=\"kt-adv-heading3607_792d8c-c6 wu-subheading wp-block-kadence-advancedheading has-kb-palette-14-color has-text-color\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3607_792d8c-c6\">From Left: Manubhai (Mike) Karia, William Post, Joseph Euculano, Karen MacMurray, and Dennis Clark<\/span>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column3607_d64714-74 > .kt-inside-inner-col{padding-right:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-left:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);}.kadence-column3607_d64714-74 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column3607_d64714-74 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column3607_d64714-74 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column3607_d64714-74 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column3607_d64714-74 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column3607_d64714-74 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column3607_d64714-74{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column3607_d64714-74 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 991px){.kadence-column3607_d64714-74 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column3607_d64714-74 dynamic-main-col\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<p>Wilmington University depends on a large community of adjunct faculty to achieve its mission of providing accessible, student-focused education. Dedicated adjunct professors, associate and assistant professors, and instructors teach and mentor students through the lens of their real-world professional experience.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image3607_c67887-29.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .kb-image3607_c67887-29 .kb-image-is-ratio-size{max-width:200px;width:100%;}.wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image3607_c67887-29.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image3607_c67887-29 .kb-image-is-ratio-size{align-self:unset;}.kb-image3607_c67887-29 figure{max-width:200px;}.kb-image3607_c67887-29 .image-is-svg, .kb-image3607_c67887-29 .image-is-svg img{width:100%;}.kb-image3607_c67887-29 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image3607_c67887-29\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"331\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Adrienne-331x480.jpg\" alt=\"Center of Teaching Excellence Director Dr. Adrienne Bey\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-3608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Adrienne-331x480.jpg 331w, https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Adrienne-173x250.jpg 173w, https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Adrienne-768x1113.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Adrienne-1060x1536.jpg 1060w, https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Adrienne-1413x2048.jpg 1413w, https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Adrienne.jpg 1581w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 331px) 100vw, 331px\" \/><figcaption>Center of Teaching Excellence Director Dr. Adrienne Bey <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>While there are many longtime adjuncts, we feature five:&nbsp;<strong>Manubhai (Mike) Karia, William Post, Joseph Euculano, Karen MacMurray,&nbsp;<\/strong>and<strong>&nbsp;Dennis Clark<\/strong>. They have been lecturing and leading discussions in WilmU classrooms for more than three decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWorking anywhere for over 30 years shows your commitment to an organization\u2019s mission,\u201d says Dr. Adrienne Bey, director of WilmU\u2019s Center for Teaching Excellence, which hires and trains faculty members. \u201cWe\u2019re a mission-driven university that tends&nbsp;to attract a mission-driven faculty. These five serve as role models and inspirations, not just to students but also to other teachers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The longest-serving adjunct professors began teaching before Wilmington College became Wilmington University in 2007, before the construction of the Peoples Library and the Dover site, before WilmU\u2019s very first ventures into online education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Here, in their own words, is what has made teaching their calling.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Manubhai (Mike) Karia<\/strong>&nbsp;|<em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/2021\/11\/09\/soul-of-a-teacher-manubhai-mike-karia\/\">Soul of a Teacher: Manubhai (Mike) Karia<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>William Post<\/strong>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/2021\/11\/09\/human-resource-william-post\/\">Human Resource: William Post<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Joseph Euculano<\/strong>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/2021\/11\/09\/the-music-manager-joseph-euculano\/\"><em>The Music Manager: Joseph Eucalano<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Karen MacMurray<\/strong>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/2021\/11\/09\/point-of-view-karen-macmurray\/\">Point of View: Karen MacMurray<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dennis Clark<\/strong>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/2021\/11\/09\/the-power-of-accounting-dennis-clark\/\"><em>The Power of Accounting: Dennis Clark<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Left: Manubhai (Mike) Karia, William Post, Joseph Euculano, Karen MacMurray, and Dennis Clark Wilmington University depends on a large community of adjunct faculty 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