{"id":4468,"date":"2025-02-21T19:16:57","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T19:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/alumni\/?page_id=4468"},"modified":"2025-02-21T20:11:03","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T20:11:03","slug":"elaine-salem","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/alumni\/board-of-directors\/elaine-salem\/","title":{"rendered":"Elaine A. Salem"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4468\" class=\"elementor elementor-4468\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7207b74 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7207b74\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41165c4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"41165c4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-822c598 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"822c598\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46547ec e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"46547ec\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86f0676 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"86f0676\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ce5b1b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1ce5b1b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Elaine.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4374\" alt=\"Elaine Salem\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Elaine.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Elaine-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Elaine-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32c9e55 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"32c9e55\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8642355 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8642355\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Elaine Salem '64<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64551da elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"64551da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Degree:<\/strong> BS Degree &#8211; Elementary Education\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<br \/><strong>Board Title:<\/strong> Honorary Life Member<br \/><strong>Board Committee Participation:<\/strong>Scholarship Committee; Travel Committee; Homecoming Committee; Former Chair, Student Relations Committee<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2cead0a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2cead0a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6cef7b elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"c6cef7b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01d5cf2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"01d5cf2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3541005 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3541005\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Professional Honors and Awards<br \/><\/strong><\/span>Kappa Delta Pi (1964); Who&#8217;s Who in American Colleges and Universities (1964); Member and Past President of Beta Omega Chapter, Pi Lambda Theta (1982-1984)<\/p><p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Professional Background<br \/><\/span><\/strong>Retired Teacher (32 years) Elementary Education Teacher (New Jersey &#8211; 3 years)<br \/>Correctional Education Teacher\/Program Coordinator, FCI Danbury (8 years)<br \/>Special Academics Program Counselor, Marist College, New York (2 years); and Teacher\/Employment Specialist, CT Court Support Services Division, Danbury AIC (11 years)<\/p><p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Academic Background<br \/><\/span><\/strong>WCSU (Danbury State College in my day); BS Degree in Elementary Education<\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Why I\u2019m Serving on the WestConn Alumni Board<br \/><\/strong><\/span>My degree from WCSU prepared me for a long and rewarding career as an educator to diverse student populations. Upon retirement, I returned to connect with the university and serve as a resource, particularly to the students.<\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Laugh<br \/><\/strong><\/span>I enjoy watching students during scholarship interviews mentally calculate my age when I tell them I graduated in 1964. 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