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Name: Molly Berry

Birthday: March 25, 1983

Birth Place: Clyde, Ohio

Workplace: Millikin University

Known for: Being the Director of the Office of Inclusion and Student Engagement & campus/community involvement.

Introduction:

Molly Berry was born to John and Sandra Pawsey on March 25 in 1983. Her father, John, did not attend college but has been a shoe salesman all his life and the owner of Farrar Shoe Store in Clyde, Ohio from the mid 1990’s until 2006. He is currently working at Lee’s Comfort Fit Shoes in Fremont, Ohio. Her mother, Sandra, went to nursing school where she obtained her LPN degree and was a nurse until she retired in 2017. Molly has two younger sisters, Katie Pawsey and Anna Wildermurth. Her family has had a huge impact on her life and are the main reason she chose a profession helping others. She was raised in a very tight knit community where everyone knew everyone. Her parents valued family time, so they spent many having family game nights and going on family trips and doing other things together.

Education:

She graduated from Clyde High School in Clyde, Ohio in 2001. She was involved in varsity softball, band, choir, Nationals Honors Society, Key Club, and various mentoring programs. She was very passionate about theatre and was cast in all of the theatrical shows and plays. Being super involved carried over to her time spent in college being a student leader in many clubs and organizations at Bluffton University. After high school, she attended Bluffton University in Ohio and obtained her Bachelor of Arts in Communication and a Certificate in Church Organization, graduating in May of 2005. She then attended Bowling Green State University, also in Ohio, and obtained a Master of Arts in College Student Personnel, graduating in May of 2007.

Career:

After graduating with her Master’s Degree, she started her first job in 2007 as Millikin University ’s Living Learning Communities Coordinator, in Office of Residence Life until 2011. During this she was in charge of supervising the 10 paraprofessional living learning community resident assistant staff and created creative education programs to help engage and educate the students in the community. In the middle of that time period, in 2008, she became part of the Adjunct Faculty for Interdepartmental Studies and is still a part of that to this day. From 2011 to 2012, she was the Assistant Director of Residence Life and in 2013 she was the Director of Residence Life. Throughout that time period, she supervised many organizations and managed budgeting for the office. She even created the vibrant “Be. Community.” Branding campaign for the Office of Residence Life. For the last five years, she has been the Director of Office of Inclusion and Student Engagement. She is in charge of many of the orientation services, inclusion and cultural programming, fraternity and sorority life and administrative responsibilities as well.

Honors:

In 2009, she received the Outstanding New Professional for the State of Illinois- Great Lakes Association of College and University Housing Officers.