From 1970 to 1977 I taught in small, rural school districts in Ohio and in the mountains outside of Albany, NY. My family and I have seen enough cows, barns and milk trucks to last a lifetime. We enjoyed the farm experience: especially taking our milk pail to the farm and dipping raw milk from the holding tank. Talk about fresh milk at the dinner table!

I taught for 20 years at Herkimer County Community College in upstate New York, just east of Utica. During those years I had the opportunity to teach courses in business, math, and computer technology.

In 1995 I was appointed HCCC Coordinator for Distance Education. For the next two years I co-managed the county-wide Interactive Television Network (ITVN) connecting Herkimer County school districts and HCCC. HCCC offered several courses for high school students while the high schools shared courses amongst themselves via the ITV network.

Spring 1996 found me teaching a mini-session at York County Technical College located at the Village By The Sea, a condominium resort on Route One in Wells. I had the opportunity to teach during the College’s first year of operation. My wife, Diane, and I shared a working vacation--I worked four days at the college and she relaxed at the Marginal Way House across from the beach in Ogunquit.

The York County Technical College (now York County Community College) students, staff and faculty so impressed us during our stay that Diane and I made the decision that I should apply for the full-time faculty position. I accepted the Technology and Applied Science Department Chair position in August 1997 and served in that capacity until May 2005. August 2005 found me in the classroom where I continued teaching a full course load--both online and in the classroom. Diane, as Adjunct Faculty, taught Keyboarding, Medical Terminology and Computer Applications courses.

In June 1998 Diane and I traveled to Colorado and California so that we could learn about distance education, specifically teaching college courses using a "new" technology called the Internet. Based on the research, YCCC offered its first online course (Visual Basic) the spring semester of 1999. The College has continued to develop its online offerings with many courses available. One of our goals is to have a fully-online associate degree.

I retired from YCCC May 2008. In August I returned to YCCC as Adjunct Faculty teaching online and on campus courses, and to work on special projects (Rural Initiative project bringing college classes to the rural parts of York County via a two-way videoconferencing system. The technology uses the Internet to connect the YCCC classroom in Wells with the Massabesic and Sacopee Valley communities).

During the summer of 2011 I was presented with the opportunity to teach Accounting II online. Through a series of events, I am teaching for Herkimer County Community College again, and having a great time learning a different online platform and renewing my accounting skills.