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By Ashleigh Proovost (IV)<\/strong> This year, we must say goodbye to Ms. Susan Conklin, Pingry\u2019s Academic Support Coordinator and Learning Specialist. On the Basking Ridge campus, Ms. Conklin could always be found in the hallway with a smile on her face, or in her office behind Macrae Theater, collaborating with many different students every single day. <\/span><\/p>\n As Pingry\u2019s Learning Specialist, Ms. Conklin would give students academic support, consulting with students and their families to help students with their study habits. She loved helping people find the best study strategies for them, as shown by one of her favorite metaphors involving the twenty-five year-old geode on her desk. \u201cPeople can look at themselves like they would a geode,\u201d says Ms. Conklin. \u201cOnce you can unlock someone\u2019s mind, there\u2019s a treasure of beautiful crystals waiting inside!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Ms. Conklin had significant experience in her field prior to arriving at Pingry. She received a graduate degree in social work from Hunter College, and worked as a psychotherapist in private practice for many years afterwards. Ms. Conklin then taught graduates at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. Ms. Conklin began teaching in schools in 2007, and came to Pingry three years ago. She\u2019s especially interested in brain neurology, and how the brain works for learning.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Pingry was an important part of Ms. Conklin\u2019s life, and she\u2019ll really miss the Pingry culture and community. \u201cOne of my favorite memories of Pingry will be eating lunch with my colleagues,\u201d she remarks. \u201cEspecially now, I really miss that social connection.\u201d She really loved her experience on the Global Programs trip to the Balkans last year. \u201cWe got to help students learn while developing our own bond at the same time,\u201d she recalls. \u201cIt\u2019s a wonderful thing to do; to study with your colleagues and go away together.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n She enjoyed interacting with students and parents just as much as she did with faculty. \u201cIt was an amazing feeling to help a student have a breakthrough,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s like letting the butterfly out of the cage.\u201d She added, \u201cYou know, nature really does have beautiful metaphors for us!\u201d Speaking on what she will miss the most, Ms. Conklin mentioned Pingry\u2019s theater and art showcases: \u201cI love the shows and the art and the music,\u201d she remarks. \u201cI\u2019m just amazed by the talent of the students and faculty!\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Ms. Conklin is planning on retiring after leaving Pingry, but she still wants to stay involved. \u201cI love life and I love what I do,\u201d she says. She\u2019ll be missed greatly by the Pingry community at large. Best of luck to you, Ms. Conklin!<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Ashleigh Proovost (IV) This year, we must say goodbye to Ms. Susan Conklin, Pingry\u2019s Academic Support Coordinator and Learning Specialist. On the Basking Ridge campus, Ms. Conklin could always be found in the hallway with a smile on her face, or in her office behind Macrae Theater, collaborating with many different students every single […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[227],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faculty-departures"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3443"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3443\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3447,"href":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3443\/revisions\/3447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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