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When he started college, Kenneth Boos didn\u2019t plan on a career in academia. He said no to teaching and even wrote an essay to show how <\/span>adamant <\/span>he was about not being a college administrator. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

After 32 years at Miami Dade College, he\u2019s done both.<\/span><\/p>\n

Boos, 67, will officially retire from Miami Dade College at the end of November. He taught his last class this past summer. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBeing at Miami Dade College has just been spectacular,\u201d Boos said. \u201cThe energy that\u2019s there, the enthusiasm, the ability of the students, and the talent of the faculty, is just amazing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

After receiving a doctorate degree in choral conducting from the University of Miami<\/span><\/a>, Boos became a professor at MDC in 1986, teaching choir and music theory. The next year, there was an opening to be the chair of the music, drama, and dance department at North Campus. He applied and got the gig. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t really want to do it,\u201d he said. \u201cBut, as I looked around, I saw a chance to build something that would benefit our students, and the faculty, and the college as a whole.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

After 11 years as chair, he became the associate dean of the School of Arts and Letters at North Campus. Boos said that when deciding whether to accept the administrative position, he wrote a list of pros and cons for each. A couple of years ago, he found both lists. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe reasons not to do it were longer than the reasons to do it, but the reasons to do it were more important,\u201d Boos said.<\/span><\/p>\n

After 18 years as an administratrator, Boos returned to teaching at Kendall Campus<\/span><\/a> in 2005. <\/span><\/p>\n

But it all ties back to music. The art form has always been a large part of his life.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIn my house growing up, 18 hours a day, there was music playing somewhere,\u201d Boos said. \u201cIn high school, my favorite thing to do was to sing in choir.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Boos originally planned a career as a singer, but after a few years of college he realized what he really wanted to do was teach singers. Teaching came naturally to him and he wanted to help singers use their voices properly.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBeing a teacher is who I am,\u201d Boos said.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 1995, Boos was selected as an endowed teaching chair by the College, which selects faculty members based on their excellence in teaching.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kendall Campus President Beverly Moore-Garcia described Boos as a laid-back, down-to-earth person, who goes above and beyond in and out of the classroom. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHe knew his students as real people,\u201d Moore-Garcia said. \u201cIf you were good at something, he made you better. If you were weak in something, he supported you until you got better. He always believed in you.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Boos plans to spend his retirement playing tennis, traveling and spending time with his grandchildren. He also hopes to start a new choir for people trained as singers, like teachers, who don\u2019t get to spend much time singing. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to do some music that other people aren\u2019t doing right now,\u201d Boos said.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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