Apr
14
Name: Otu A. Obot II
Role: Creating Opportunities for Academic Success and Transfer (COAST) Coordinator
Institution Name: Prince George's Community College.
What are your three favorite Podcasts/Books?
- Ebony & Ivy: Race, Slavery, and the Troubled History of America's Universities by Craig Steven Wilder
- How Successful People Lead by John C. Maxwell
- Where You Work Matters by Joan B. Hirt
What are your credentials/experience, for working in your position?
I have over 9 years of non-for-profit experience in various community organizations and ministries in Buffalo, N.Y. I have been a short-term missionary and lived on the island of St. Vincent and the Grenadines for six months. I have over 6 years of Higher Education experience. I have worked for Canisius College which is the premier private institution in Western New York for their TRiO Program as an Academic Talent Search Counselor for 2.5 years. Currently, I have worked at Prince George's Community College for the past 4 years as a COAST Coordinator. I am placed in two of the 21 high schools in the county where I am the direct liaison between the high school and college regarding Dual Enrollment, Senior Recruitment, and College Outreach.
I have earned a Bachelor of Science in Education with a Minor in Business Administration with a concentration in advertising and sales from Baldwin-Wallace University (formerly called Baldwin-Wallace College) in Berea, Ohio. I have earned my Master of Arts in Higher Education at Morgan State University in May of 2020.
Although I love education and I know that credentials are needed to do the work, I firmly believe that you should have a passion, calling, or desire to be an educator. You need to see people beyond where they are now and empower them to learn the skills, to get them to their goals in life. I believe that you must have the attitude and disposition to serve and lead by example. Lastly, I am in the business of setting people up for success with knowledge and wisdom that I share with them daily. I must always remember that without the students there is no institution, therefore, customer service, cultural, gender, and race sensitivity, awareness, and the systematic foundation of intersectionality, are vital to have an impact on the students that I serve daily.
I aspire to move onto Senior leadership as my goal is to be a VPSA, however, I plan to take all my daily lessons I have learned along the journey, so I can always be a servant first and a leader second.
What are the values that drive you?
- Empowerment
- Faith
- Knowledge
- Loyalty
- Servant Leadership
- Transparency
- Wisdom
If you could do another job for just one day, what would it be?
Motivational/Inspirational Speaker.
If you could interview one person (dead or alive) who would it be?
Frederick Douglass
Survey Feedback Requested
Nanci, Otu, and Danielle created a brief four-question survey to understand CAPACRAO member needs.
Please take 5 minutes or less to complete the survey with your professional development thoughts. The survey will close on Thursday, April 22, 2021.
Nanci, Otu, and Danielle created a brief four-question survey to understand CAPACRAO member needs.
Please take 5 minutes or less to complete the survey with your professional development thoughts. The survey will close on Thursday, April 22, 2021.
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