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The \u201copen door policy\u201d of Barbara Alfonso, the chair of the School of Continuing Education and Professional Development<\/span><\/strong><\/a> at the North and West campuses, will finally close as she retires from Miami Dade College on March 17. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For Alfonso, running her department meant giving people who need enrichment and professional skills the chance to learn and gain credentials in their fields.
\n<\/span>\u201c<\/span>One of the best memories I will take with me was the first GED graduation,\u201d Alfonso said. \u201cStudents wore caps and gowns and walked into the auditorium to the strains of <\/span>Pomp and Circumstance<\/span><\/i> [the music traditionally played during graduations].\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Alfonso said one of her biggest accomplishments was creating the Adult Education program that overlooks the General Education Development (GED) and ESOL program and obtaining a $1 million grant to help fund it. Through the Adult Education program, 10,000 students enrolled at all campuses have earned diplomas, successfully transitioned to college and learned English in 2016. That number does not include the Medical Campus. <\/span><\/p>\n

Before working at MDC, Alfonso lived in Hertfordshire, north of London in the United Kingdom. Alfonso came to the U.S. in 1976 where she earned her doctorate in leadership from Nova Southeastern University in 2014, a master\u2019s in teaching English to speakers of other languages from Florida International University in 1985. She also has bachelor\u2019s in modern language from Leeds Metropolitan University in the UK, which she earned in 1975. <\/span><\/p>\n

Academia has always been in her blood. She taught English in Spain and worked at FIU teaching English and linguistics to master\u2019s students. <\/span><\/p>\n

Alfonso started working at MDC in 1997 at Kendall Campus as the college-wide director of adult education; in 2005 she was invited to become chair of Continuing Education at North Campus. Nine years later, Alfonso took over the post at West Campus as well.<\/span><\/p>\n

As Chair of the School of Continuing Education and Professional Development, Alfonso works with employers to customize training courses for students in specific fields. For example, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration grant she wrote allows construction students to receive free OSHA training. <\/span><\/p>\n

Alfonso has written numerous grants and many of them have been approved and funded by <\/span>state and federal agencies including the U.S. Department of Labor, the Florida Department of Labor, the Florida Department of Agriculture and small foundations. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe have the opportunity to create programs or classes at any time to respond to community demand, or as a result of environmental scanning to assess what our competitors are successfully offering,\u201d Alfonso said. <\/span><\/p>\n

Her department offers short term classes, certification programs, summer camps, and services for students to learn skills that will help students find employment. The noncredit courses include child care training, health careers, languages, music, GED, ESOL and writing.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cShe will truly be missed by our team,\u201d said Janet Bringuez, the program manager for the OSHA grant at the School of Continuing Education and Professional Development. \u201cShe\u2019s been my mentor, teaching me about grant management. She\u2019s in her office early in the morning, and if she needs to stay really late, she does. She just gets things done.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Alfonso works closely with the Department of Testing and Assessment, which offers testing services to her students so they can receive certifications like passing ESOL and GED courses.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI always tell her she\u2019s the person that gives me the hardest time and the most work, but I love her anyways because it\u2019s always been for her students,\u201d said Marisel Madrigal, the director of testing and assessment at North Campus. \u201cShe\u2019s become a friend over the years.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Alfonso has helped countless students reach educational and professional goals through non-traditional means. Once she helped a student receive his GED and go on to Harvard Medical school.<\/span><\/p>\n

She enjoys going beyond the job\u2019s expectations. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Once a student came to my office\u2014a teenager\u2014who had been abandoned by his mother and was sleeping in the streets. With support he finished his GED and went on to college,\u201d Alfonso said. <\/span><\/p>\n

The blonde, short-haired Englishwoman\u2019s energy inspired her colleagues to give her the nickname the Energizer Bunny.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we heard she was going to overtake West Campus, we said that \u2018Hurricane Barbara\u2019 is going to take West Campus by storm,\u201d said Celina Romero, program manager of recreation and leisure under the Department of Continuing Education at North Campus. \u201cShe just has so much energy and so much drive, relentless, I swear.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Alfonso works with multiple departments to execute various events, such as open houses, summer camps for children and teens, and establishing programs like English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) and English for Academic Purposes (EAP) courses. She also created the Green Urban Living Center at North Campus, an environmental center that houses plants and butterflies for students to learn about sustainability.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Known for her serious drive for academics and resources for students, her colleagues said they will miss her humor.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cShe has a great capacity for puns, she\u2019s very witty,\u201d Romero said. \u201cShe\u2019ll do this thing where she makes a joke very subtly and when you ask her about it, she\u2019ll pretend that she didn\u2019t say anything, laugh and just go along with her work.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Alfonso said she is looking forward to spending time with her family and traveling during retirement. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI love to travel and have already visited about 25 countries with a lot more on the to-do list,\u201d Alfonso said.<\/span><\/p>\n

She hopes to visit Cambodia, Vietnam and Iceland, and teach part-time in the future.<\/span> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBarbara is so creative when she redesigns programs to help students in their field,\u201d said Jacqueline Pe\u00f1a, the Dean of Faculty at North Campus, who has known Alfonso for three years. \u201cThat support and that passion, that\u2019s what I\u2019ll miss.\u201d\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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