Laura Wilmarth Tyna

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About me

Gender Female
Industry Education
Occupation Director of Leadership and Civic Engagement
Location Villa Park, IL, United States
Introduction Laura earned a B.S. from the University of Illinois in Psychology, with a Women's Studies minor. She later earned a Master of Arts in Counseling and Personnel Services from the University of Maryland, College Park. After graduate school, she worked at Baldwin-Wallace College (Berea, OH) as the Assistant Director of Community Outreach. She later worked as the Assistant Director of Service-Learning at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. She became the Director of Leadership and Civic Engagement in July 2007.
Interests Leadership development, community service, values education, reading, watching Heroes, spending time with friends and family.
Favorite Movies Keeping the Faith, Pride and Prejudice, Cars, Finding Nemo, The Laramie Project, Crash
Favorite Music Musical soundtracks (Wicked, Rent, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee), Dixie Chicks, 80s music
Favorite Books God of Small Things, The Color Purple, Harry Potter (1-7), Charlotte's Web, most anything by Jane Austen