July 25, 2010
Right Place, Right Time: One Student-Affairs Officer's Story
Lisa Billings for The Chronicle
Michael A. Turner, coordinator of student affairs for the Virginia Community College System: "You don't have a bored day."
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Lisa Billings for The Chronicle
Michael A. Turner, coordinator of student affairs for the Virginia Community College System: "You don't have a bored day."
They might seem like different worlds, but working in a bank is not a far cry from working in student affairs—at least not according to Michael A. Turner.
"'I can't cash your check' is not a whole lot different than 'You can't have that class' when you're dealing with someone who's really upset," he says.
Mr. Turner, now coordinator of student affairs for the Virginia Community College System, started his career as a bank teller while he was an undergraduate at Old
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