Real People Profiles: Connie Pierson

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:02:00 -0500
real-people-profiles

I’m asking some of the people you might encounter on the UMBC campus, including students, faculty and staff, to answer a few questions about themselves and their experiences. These are their responses.

Name: Connie Pierson

Hometown: Middle River, MD

Q: How long have you been at UMBC?

A: As an employee, 11 years in OIR [the Office of Institutional Research]. Also a student from 1986 to 1992 (B.A. Economics/ Sociology; M.A. Sociology).

Q: In 12 words or less, what role(s) do you play on campus?

A: I provide information and data analysis about UMBC and its community.

Q: What aspect of your UMBC role(s) do you enjoy most?

A: Getting to meet and work with many different people on and off campus.

Q: What is the most important or memorable thing you learned in college/have learned at UMBC?

A: Being a student and employee of UMBC has reinforced the most important thing I learned at home: life is all about family, be it those we love at home, the friends we make in college, or our colleagues at work. In the end, it’s the people that are most important.

Q: Complete this sentence: “I am a big fan of __________”

A: Laughing and enjoying the quirky aspects of life; oh, and my husband too!

Q: Do you have any UMBC stories, little-known facts about UMBC, favorite spots on campus, or anything else you’d like to share?

A: I often see random numbers and think, for example “oh, that was the total enrollment in Fall 2003”…kind of scary.