Dear Sir or Madam:
I have a Masters in Psychology from Walden University (2002). Prior to this, I earned an Associates degree in Liberal Arts from Brookdale Community College (1994) and a Bachelor's in Psychology from Monmouth University (1999).
Now, I am seeking a job position regarding designing / editing web pages, on-line teaching, proofreading, advocating for physically disabled children / young adults, entering data, or writing newsletters / articles.
Having a strong background in computer science has given me the skills to design a personal web page http://home.att.net/~ysinger/. I am proficient with HTML code, and have experience working with Javascript Code to permanently place midi / MP3 files and graphics (http://home.att.net/~ysinger/bannerysg.htm) on a site. I am also familiar with FTP and DOS commands.
Currently, I am teaching an Introduction to Psychology on-line course at Middlesex County College, New Jersey. My responsibilities include communicating with twenty-six students and the psychology chairman through E-mail, making class announcements on the CampusCruiser, teaching fourteen textbook chapters [Wood, S. E., Wood, E. G., & Boyd, D. (2006). Mastering the world of psychology. (2nd ed.). Boston, Massachusetts: Pearson Education.], presenting lessons as PowerPoint slide shows, admiinistering and grading two examinations, assigning weekly discussion questions and five page research papers, informing students of their progress, and submitting grades to the Registrar Office. For additional information, please read the Monmouth University Magazine’s and Star Ledger’s articles by clicking on these links http://home.att.net/~ysinger/YVONNE_SINGER.PDF and http://home.att.net/~ysinger/slartps.htm.
Previously, I was an independent contractor for Monmouth Housing Alliance (http://www.housingall.com/). My website maintenance functions were updating general information as requested, maintaining a bulletin board and notifying staff of the need for response, responding to outside requests for links, insuring banners and ads are current and that events haven't expired, and changing and updating technology and language as appropriate. For more information, see recommendation letters.
In addition, I am editor of the disability directory (http://open-site.org/Society/Disabilities/) located on the Open Site - The Open Encyclopedia Project (http://open-site.org/). Plus, I was the webmaster for Dr. Pharra DeWindt’s DLA/DVTI Project Homepage (http://www.dla-dvti.org/). I also help maintain the EdIndex, a web portal to K-12 education resources managed by Bernie Poole, Associate Professor of Education at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown. This portal may be reviewed at the following URL: (http://www.pitt.edu/~poole/edmenu.html). For more information, see recommendation letters.
One of several tasks I have been responsible for on this latter website has been writing reflections based on quotes from famous people in Poole’s Archive of Thoughts for Teachers, located on the web at http://www.pitt.edu/~poole/ARCHIVE.HTML. Our goal is to have a Thought and accompanying Reflection for each day of the K-12 school year--180 in all. If there is interest, we plan to publish this in hard copy as a motivational booklet for K-12 teachers. For more information, see recommendation letters.
My writing skills have made my web site a glowing success. Two of my essays were published in a Canadian magazine entitled The Ability's Network, which were the following: YES, I DO EXIST!!! and Seeking a Post-Secondary Education. In addition, I had several of my writings published in Brookdale Community College's as well in Monmouth University's literary magazines and newspapers.
I am enclosing my resume. If you are interested in any of my skills, feel free to contact me at YSINGER@WORLDNET.ATT.NET. If you need additional information about my qualifications, you can contact my mentor, Bernard John Poole (Associate Professor of Education and Instructional Technology). He can be reached at tel: 814-269-2923, fax: 814-269-7084, or POOLE@PITT.EDU.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
Yvonne Singer
Walden University, May 2002, Minneapolis, MN, Masters of Science of Psychology, GPA 3.78/4.00
Monmouth University, August 1999, West Long Branch, N.J., Bachelors in Psychology, Psi Chi, thesis presented at the Conference in March 1998 sponsored by EPA and presented at the 28th SEMIANNUAL MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY: Undergraduate Psychology Research Conference on April 24, 1998, Dean's List, two semesters, GPA 3.35/4.00
Brookdale Community College, May 1994, Lincroft, N.J., Associates in Liberal Arts, Dean's List, two semesters, GPA 3.58/4.00
Yvonne,
I hope you found the experience educational. I am sorry I did not have any time to spend working on projects with you personally, but Bev has very good things to say. Please use us as references.
Thanks,
Ron
Hi Yvonne,
I had nice conversations with Beverly from Merck -- and also an email from Ron Maturo a few weeks ago. They were both impressed with your dedication and your commitment to doing a good job.
The status for us is follows: To give you useful work, I need to have someone on the inside to be able to put the work together and support you with directions and answering questions. Problem is that I don't have anyone in production to do that right now. We are in a little bit of a flux -- we are hiring a new person to manage the production process and I hope things will get a little more structured.
Please keep in touch -- there may be an opportunity later on in the year.
Greg
Dear Yvonne,
YES! World Association of Persons with disABILITIES [WAPD] will place you in our "Members Up Close" area and link to your site that is very nice! I also am very impressed with the very positive tone and am asking our Webmaster to put your site on top of the others...this message is Cc: to her.
Thank you for letting us display your site...
Warmest Wishes,
George Kerford
George B. Kerford,Ph.D. President/CEO Tel: 210.656.0688
World Association of Persons with Disabilities [ WAPD ]
Executive Offices 13031 Park Crossing, Suite 3101
P.O. Box 700625 San Antonio,Tx 78270 Fax: 210.656.0828
http://www.wapd.org - Email: thehub@wapd.org
Beacon of Knowledge/Refuge for the World's Largest Minority
Dear Yvonne, (Ref. Your attached message) World Association of Persons with disAbilities [WAPD] has your story listed in our "Members Stories" section and will change same to reflect your new URL below.
Please go to: http://www.wapd.org/linktous/index.html and select a WAPD banner for your nice site.
Support Initiative 2000
Your web site is included in the INITIATIVE 2000 individual link
section.
Please show your support of INITIATIVE 2000 by placing the POWER TO
PREVAIL icon on your site. You can find a copy of the logo ast
http://www.initiative2000.org/icon.html
To get involved in Initiative 2000 email Mark_Johnson@shepherd.org If you would like to suggest another web site or have a suggestion for the web site contact webmaster@initiative2000.org
Thank you
Teresa Carroll
webmaster@initiative2000.org
Hi, Yvonne:
Check out http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tell-your-story-NEW/
I like your web site and would like exchange links with you.
Until later ...
Jim Hasse
Hi, Yvonne:
I have had your banner on my Great Disability Sites page for some now, and, because I'm impressed by the interactivity, diversity and accessibility of your site, I invite you to become a tell-us-your-story.com Affiliate.
That's a distinction limited to only to those sites I personally select as doing the best in helping those of us with and without disabilities see how much we have in common.
As an Affiliate, you can now place my special 400 x 50 banner on your site. This banner highlights *a new story every day* written by or about a person with a disability.
My special banner will tie your site's visitors into tell-us-your-story.com, the Internet's premier discussion forum for helping people with disabilities share their personal-experience stories about awareness, rights, inspiration.
In exchange, I will place your site's banner within the text of one of my forum's feature stories. I highlight each of my feature stories as "Today's Feature Story" on my home page once every 30 days.
Your banner will also continue to appear in my Linked-Banner Directory of Affiliate Sites.
In both cases, there's no cost or upkeep. I do the work.
I'm looking forward to working with you as an Affiliate.
Thanks,
Jim
James R. Hasse, IABC Accredited
Developer, Facilitator, Marketer
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tell-your-story-NEW/
Finding What We Have in Common One Story at a Time
(Add your story or browse 300 others.)
Dear Yvonne,
Thank you for your assistance. WAPD recently was involved in
movement to another website and this possibly caused some of
the problems. Our webteam is being notified and will change
this asap.
**************************************************************
Member Services Department
World Association of Persons with Disabilities [WAPD]
P.O. Box 14111 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73113
E-Mail: TheHub@wapd.org - Website: http://www.wapd.org
Beacon Of Knowledge & Refuge for The World's Largest Minority
**************************************************************
Yvonne,
Your link is working now. May I suggest you post a bulletin board message asking members to visit your site. I'm sure it would be of great interest and help to many people.
Thank you for being part of the mission of WAPD.
Tom Mecke
President-WAPD
Yvonne,
Thanks for alerting us about the problem with these links. I have fixed the problem. Please let us know if you find any others.
Thanks again,
Tom Mecke
President-WAPD
Yvonne,
I apologize for emailing you twice. I visited your site and read some of your writings. I would love to feature some of your pieces on AdaptZ.com...The Disability Source. If you are interested in this, or doing some writing for us please let me know. Email me directly at: TWoska@adaptz.com
Thanks again
Tom Woska
http://www.adaptz.com
TWoska@adaptz.com
Hi Yvonne,
Tom Woska referred me to your webpage. I'd like to talk with you more about what kinds of writing you'd like to do for the adaptz.com website. One thing I've wanted to do is have a "correspondent from college" -- a college student with a disability who could write a regular column about his or her experiences. You've already written some about your college life; if you are still in school, maybe that's something you could do over the course of the school year. We could talk about how often you would write a column for us -- I'm open to almost any schedule, as long as it is regular. We can also pay you something -- not a lot, but something.
What do you think?
Look forward to hearing from you.
Warm regards,
Kim Schive
Managing Editor, AdaptZ.com
Yvonne, Thank you so much for your wonderful site. Female Authors of the Web has visited and wishes to award you for our favorite "Non-Fiction" site this week. You can read about yourself at http://www.xnet.com/~malibu/winners.html.
We hope you keep writing so we can all keep reading.
Lanie
http://www.xnet.com/~malibu/faw.html
Ms. Singer:
Thank you for your recent invitation to your web site. I did so this evening and was impressed and, well, moved. You have done a wonderful job there and I commend you for it. I did not read everything, but intend to go back over the coming week as time permits to continue. Thank you again for providing me with this opportunity. Best regards, km
Kent Morrison, Ph.D.
President
Walden University
Walden URL: http://www.waldenu.edu
Hi Yvonne. I read over your note below. Thank you for providing the details and information that you have. I also scanned your web site. You really provide a lot of information, and many useful and interesting links. This is helpful and interesting.
I would encourage you to continue to pursue your educational and professional goals. Walden University, and other institutions that offer distance learning courses and degrees, has opened up an entire market of persons who otherwise would not and could not seek viable post-secondary educational options. Many of the persons who come to Walden do so because of busy personal and professional lives. However, as with yourself there are a number of qualified and interested individuals who can and will also benefit from Walden's distance delivered degree programs.
I see that several counselors from Walden have responded to some of your questions and comments already. Remember that the Walden master's (M.S.) degree in Psychology does not require any on-campus components to earn the degree in full. The exception are the two "Intelligence and Personality Testing" online courses that include a three week summer residency at Indiana University in Bloomington. These courses again are not required to earn the full MS degree. However, we require these, either here at Walden or at another regionally accredited approved institution, if you seek admission to one of the licensure-based Psychology PhD specializations (ie, Clincal or Counseling PhD options).
Your plans to enter the Organizational Psychology program sound excellent. Per my most recent e-mail (today, 10/12/99), consider several factors when deciding which program to pursue: your professional and educational goals; which option(s) will best meet your needs and interests; preparation and qualifications for the stated program; employment trends and outlook (which can be found at the US Department of Labor web site); and other personal and professional variables.
A plan of action for you immediately may be to volunteer, or possibly work, with the young adult and business population that most interests you. This can provide the needed experience for meeting the admission criteria, and better help you define what it is you wish to do once the degree(s) are earned. Furthermore it establishes you as a respected individual in the field, and connects you to persons who can act as mentors and future reference sources.
I am impressed with the extensiveness of your web pages. You really provide much information. Thank you as well for linking Walden's web site to your's - good plug for us. Did you really learn to write web pages/HTML through the Internet? Amazing. Considering your interest in and obvious capabilities in writing web pages and other information, maybe you should research the possibilities of writing - contract or otherwise - for publications that target the populations in which you are interested (ie, disabled young persons, etc.). You have the interest; you have as well a personal exposure to the special needs and concerns of these persons; and you have the skills. Just a thought.
Hope this helps Yvonne. If you need anything let me know and I hope to help you through the application process for Walden - the application deadline is January 1, 2000 for March quarter 2000. Now is the time to start sending in your application and materials.
Have a great day.
Bill
Yvonne,
I actually hope to do better than adding your link to my page. I'd like to ask for your contribution to my upcoming E-Zine. The purpose of the E-Zine to to promote diversity.
I am a married, disabled 34 year old, ( not necessarily in any order) man. I am quadriplegic at the C-5 level due to a spinal cord injury 13 years ago. I use a manual wheelchair. I have two stepsons 18 & 22. I am currently employed as a Technical Support rep for Computer Associates.
Due to my injury it is also better for me to talk. My numbers are : cell (XXX)XXX-XXXX home (XXX)XXX-XXXX.
Please call or email, or provide a number where & when you can be called.
Thank you,
Mike
Yvonne;
Thanks for writing! I checked out your web site and I must say Nice Work! We are more than happy to add your link to our website. We will be putting in your link within the next few days. I have put your link in 2 locations on our Link Barn: Cerebral Palsy and Personal Home Pages
I hope you will be able to include us in your links!! We call our link list "The Disability Link Barn" Since it is very comprehensive and maintained daily, many sites use it as their link list, and embed a clickable "Disability Link Barn" graphic in their page. We would be pleased if you incorporated it into your site to enhance the experience of your site for your visitors.
I have included for your convenience a copy of our Disability Link Barn Banner-we would request that you link it to
Please let me know if you are interested in working with us!
Best Wishes!
Leslie Holbert, Webmaster
Access Unlimited
WWW PAGE: http://www.accessunlimited.com
E-MAIL: webmaster@accessunlimited.com
Hi Yvonne
I received your resume that was sent to David Clark and forwarded to me. CAST does not have any openings that take advantage of your skills currently. I will keep your resume on file for future consideration if an opportunity were to emerge.
A service that CAST provides is Bobby which you may want to know about. Bobby is a web-based tool that analyzes web pages for their accessibility to people with disabilities. CAST offers Bobby as a free public service in order to further its mission to expand opportunities for people with disabilities through the innovative uses of computer technology.
To analyze your web site, type in the URL of the page that you want Bobby to examine and click Submit. Bobby will display a report indicating any accessibility and/or browser compatibility errors found on the page. Once your site receives a Bobby Approved rating, you are entitled to display a Bobby Approved icon on your site. Feel free to add Bobby as a resource to your web page.
Good luck in your search
Lynn Coppinger
Chief Operating Officer
CAST-Center for Applied Special Technology
39 Cross Street
Peabody, MA 0l960
http://www.cast.org/
http://www.cast.org/bobby/
Yvonne,
I received your letter and resume. At this time, the March of Dimes has no need for your type of skills. But, I would like to forward your resume to Mark Newland. Mark is a volunteer for the March of Dimes and designed and maintains our Web page. He may have suggestions for you. Good luck in your career and education!
-Patty Van Abs
Patricia P. Van Abs
Executive Director
Central Jersey Chapter
Thank you for contacting us regarding employment with our organization. Unfortunately, we have no positions available at this time. Can I suggest that you contact some centers for Independent Living. You can secure a list of where they are from the NJ Div. Vocational Rehabilitation Services (609) 292-5987.
Sincerely,
Karol Barbarula
Executive Director
LFA/NJ
Hi:
We currently have no open positions with PRISMAdesign. We thank you for your interest in our company and wish you the best in finding the right job.
Regards.
PRISMAdesign
HI!
Wonderful stuff! I think you and Walden are a perfect match! Your commitment to social change expressed in your Professional Goals fits perfectly with the mission of Walden University. Add to that your scholarly work as an undergraduate (quite impressive) and you certainly seem capable of meeting the high standards of the Walden graduate programs.
On a personal note, I too am a big fan of Carl Rogers. In High School I was first drawn to Freud, but my brother gave me a Rogers' book for Christmas and I was convinced that his approach was the healthier of the two. While I gave up pursuing a career in psychology (Inidana University, my alma mater, was very heavy into Skinner and so I wasn't interested in pursuing a psychology degree there) I still find Rogers' approach and work to be very enlightening and a good formula for relationship building.
I'm still working on contacting faculty to get a better idea of the expectations of the Walden master's programs. I will report to you my findings and encourage faculty to contact you directly in hopes of giving you a better idea of what lies ahead for you at Walden.
Thanks for sharing,
Jay
yvonne -
thanks for your interest in clerical plus
however, this business can be classified more as a hobby and we do not require any additional help
good luck
Lar Pernini
Clerical Plus - "one stop shopping website implementation"
http://www.clericalplus.com
info@clericalplus.com
Hi Yvonne; We received your inquiry for part time freelance. I'm am on my way out of town and will be in touch with you when I return. I haven't had time to even look at your site. Do you have a computer, scanner etc. to build small websites Take a look at http://www.diversifiedmediafirm.com/ this is the type we would be interested in. We Pay approx. $100.00 for a Site like this. Obviously, the larger the site the more we pay. Thanks Bob Kubis
Good morning Yvonne,
Thank you for your interest in Walden University, Inc. Your background and experience is quite impressive. We do conduct a summer session at the University of Indiana in Bloomington each year. This session often brings some challenges as it relates to our ability to work with our physically challenged students. We are currently evaluating ways in which to streamline our processes and at the same time offer the assistance necessary to accommodate all of the Walden students who participate in this important exercise.
Your experience may be just what we're looking for. I have taken the liberty of forwarding the information you provided to the appropriate parties responsible for coordinating the summer session. We will be in contact if there appears to be an opportunity that would be advantageous to both you and Walden University.
Once again, thank you for your interest and best of luck to you as you continue your education with Walden.
Sincerely,
Cindy Mills-Price
Director of Human Resources and Administration
Hi Yvonne! I am the new director of communications at the National Organization on Disability in Washington, DC. I stumbled on your website while doing a search for celebrities living with disabilities (your list was very helpful--I had forgotten about Richard Pryor, and had never heard of Geri Jewell).
I also read your statement, and I thank you for sharing your personal experience. It deepened my understanding of life with cerebral palsy. Best of luck with your studies at Walden and with your search for work.
I will share your web site with Craig Gray, who is joining our staff this week to work on employment issues affecting people with disabilities. I'm sure your site will be very useful to him.
All the best,
Brewster Thackeray
Director of Communications
National Organization on Disability
910 16th St., NW
Washington, DC 20006
http://www.nod.org
Dear Yvonne-
Barry Corbet here, editor of New Mobility. Your essay submission was forwarded to me by Jean Dobbs in our Santa Monica editorial office. It's not the sort of thing we publish--we cover lifestyle issues--but please consider us for future submissions. I'm pasting in our writers guidelines for your information. But if you're really interested in writing for us, I think the best thing you could do is get a couple of copies of our magazine and see what our style actually looks like. I think then you'll understand how far off is the present submission. Thanks for your interest-
Barry
Hi,
I was visiting your web page today ( http://home.att.net/~ysinger/me.htm ) and noticed that you had a link to the monster board.
I was wondering if you would be kind enough to add a link to my website,
"Net-Temps, A world of Jobs neatly Packaged"
Please let me know if this is ok with you, the people that visit your site can visit ours and create a Free Desktop for their Job Hunt.
Thanks,
Billy Moliter
Net-Temps
Ms. Singer:
Let me introduce myself. My name is Ignacio Carrera and I'm the Chief Information Officer for Waterford Corporate Services, a management consulting company. Gayle Flanagan gave me your name and mentioned that you have had some experience in Web development.
Even though we do not have any specific requirements at this time, I would like open the dialog with you in case something comes in the near future. If you happen to have a resume explaining your background, I will really appreciate if you could forward it to me.
My very best regards,
Ignacio Carrera
VP & CIO
Waterford International, L.L.C.
(561) 394-4120 (phone)
(561) 394-4442 (fax)
Yvonne:
Yes, I received your resume and visited your web site. Both are impressive. Unfortunately, at this times things are very slow at the company we were thinking about any further web development. Nevertheless, I will keep you posted.
Very best regards,
Ignacio Carrera
VP and CIO
Waterford International, L.L.C.
(561) 394-4120
Dear Yvonne,
Attached to the end of this email is a media release I have just sent to a number of media organisations around Australia regarding a proposal to establish group Internet facilities for disabled poets and writers with the assistance of a grant from the Queensland Regional Arts Development Fund and the Warwick Shire Council. Having experienced first hand the difficulties faced by a disabled poet and writer in becoming "established" I believe such a facility might prove to be of great benefit to those poets and writers like myself who are physically confined by a disability - any disability. However before I can proceed with this concept I need to establish contact with other disabled poets and writers around the nation and indeed around the World (why think small).
I thank you in anticipation of any assistance or involvement you may be able to provide. Please note my preferred model of structure at present is an umbrella association of other disabled writer groups and websites.
Yours sincerely,
D.J. Ludlow.
http://www.home.gil.com.au/~dludlow/
Yvonne:
As you know I am the Director of the MS Psychology program. I appreciate your message to me and let me make a suggestion. I am not certain what the policies are regarding employment. After next week I will be attending Walden's summer session and will try to talk to some people and learn some specifics to your questions.
OK?
You might not hear anything from me until towards the end of the month.
Regards,
Hi Yvonne-
I cover technology for The Star-Ledger of New Jersey. To mark the
ADA anniversary, I am writing a story about the impact technology has had on
the disabled over the last decade.
NOD suggested I speak to you about the Web's possibilities. Can I interview you about your experience?
What technology excites you? What frustrates you?
Any chance we can speak by phone Tuesday morning? Thanks-
--Kevin
Kevin Coughlin
Technology Writer
The Star-Ledger
Star-Ledger Plaza
Newark, NJ 07101
voice: 973-877-1763
fax: 973-877-5845
Dear Yvonne-
I read about you in this mornings Plain Dealer article on how the Internet is leaving many people behind. You were quoted and referred to as one who the internet has helped. The article has said you were looking for full time work. I work as an Independent Represeentative for Excel Communications and think you should look into this also. They are expanding rapidly into e-commerce and have helped thousands set up their own Superstore to earn commissions. I will give you a number of references to check out and if you are interested for more information-- just let me know. I will be happy to answer them and help you get started, if you wish.
Jim Stone-- http://www.teleglobe.com --parent company -handles 1/3 of all the worlds internet traffic http://www.excel.com founded in 1988 went from 427th largest Long Distance company to 4th largest in North America. and my IR Homesite which has our products and services , Business Opportunity (View 10 min Presentation) and finally my Superstore which has over a million items in it. It costs me $12.95 per month as an Excel Rep. and I get paid for everything that is purchased thru my Superstore. http://www.excelir.com/stones
I am also a member of the Seedlings Foundation - http://www.seedlingsfoundation.org -- which has been endorsed as a fundraiser by the National Episcopal Council For Womens Ministries--to use Excel Teleglobe products and services
http://arc.episcopalchurch.org/ens/99-183D.html
Well- I've enjoyed listening to your music, but Its time to go for now. Hope you have a great day and hope you have lots of questions. Jim Stone
Dear Yvonne,
My name is Patricia. I am in charge of putting the links on our links page at http://www.inspire.melb.net Our site is about expressing and promoting creativity by people with disabilities within the disabled community and beyond. This can take the format of writings in many different genres or artwork like paintings, pictures, cartoons, etc.
You asked Rebecca (Editor) if a link could be placed on our site to yours. After exploring your sight and getting a positive vibe about you and what your site is about, I will put a link to you on our links page.
What I need from you is a graphic or logo to link to your site and a short description/sentence telling people what your site is about. You can email this to me on the above address or to contactus@inspire.melb.net Once I have completed the link, I will then email you to let you know.
Regards
Patricia, Inspire Website
http://www.inspire.melb.net
Hi Yvonne,
I am Phil Chase - I live in Athens, GA and I've been on the faculty of The University of Georgia since 1979 (long time!!). My teaching and research emphasis is in rehabilitation counseling - my service emphasis is advocacy and community awareness.
Please visit our web site http://www.coe.uga.edu/hsmi and explore the job coach area. If you have questions after visiting our site, please contact me. Again, I enjoyed you web site and plan on spending more time exploring.
Phil
Philip E. Chase, Director
Human Services Management Institute
The University of Georgia
414 Aderhold Hall
Athens, Georgia 30602
(706)542-1360
(706)542-4130 Fax
http://www.coe.uga.edu/hsmi
Dear Yvonne,
I visited your Web site and I was very impressed with your ability. By your hard work and your presence on the Internet, you are doing a lot for the disabled community.
My name is Betty Abiodun, and I train disabled individuals at PHC, or Portland Habilitation Center in Portland Oregon. I also have a web site which I have titled The Equal Opportunity Network. It is my way of encouraging disabled individuals to create their own opportunities. If you do not currently have a job, I believe this method may work for you. The address of my site is http://www.homestead.com/adetinuke.network.html. It is not as fancy as your site, but I have tried to assist disabled individuals by suggesting a job creation method I have used with some of my trainees. I hope you will visit my site. I also hope that you will give my method a try.
I will include your site on my site. I like what you have to say.
Sincerely,
Betty J. Abiodun
The Equal Opportunity Network
P.S. If my Web site address does not work, be sure to email me. I am not as gifted in this area as you are, and I am just learning how to manipulate my way around the web building routine.
Dear Yvonne Singer,
Thank you for your interest in becoming an Open Directory Project editor! After careful review, we have decided not to approve your application at this time. Your willingness to volunteer is greatly appreciated and perhaps we will be able to utilize your talent in the future.
Regards,
The Open Directory Project
Additional reviewer comments:
Hi Yvonne,
Your website and resume are very impressive. I loved some of the effects [the 'circular marquee']. Creativity is certainly a forte. After seeing what you are capable of doing, you would probably be wasting your time with us...but the offer is still open.
Working for the 'Spider' at first would be a part time proposition. We are a three person outfit. I am the boss [ha!]. Mary Grasso is my tech and does some web designing. Sue Kuhlman is our sales person. Presently we have only about 30 clients. Of those 30, we have produced websites for 8 of them. The others are maintenance contracts [sigh].
Most of our business is centered on the South Jersey Shore. Of course this time of year is slow, because the tourist trade is not here. After tax time, we believe that many of the small businesses will be ready to talk and go web. In other, we're lucky to get 2 jobs a month during the winter, and hope to do a LOT better come April.
How it would work is: we would make the sale, do the photography, then turn everything over to you. Hopefully, in a week or two, you could produce a web for us. Sue handles the domain registration and web-hosting for us. Pay would be the same as we all make: $300.00 per web produced. We have no benefits [yet] and I don't honestly know if we will grow or go under. We are TRYING to grow.
If you're still interested, you know how to contact me.
Bob
http://www.southjerseyspider.com/
Hello Yvonne,
Thanks for writing again, but I am unable to help you with this request. Our corporate website is administered by our IT staff and carefully monitored by our Senior Staff and Marketing department at our company. We are not a university or public institution, and there are specific criteria as to the content we display on our site. I do not have permission to place personal information on the website - not for myself or for others. Please accept my apologies for not being able to help you with this. I did spend considerable time browsing your web pages the last time you sent me those links and was impressed with your accomplishments. I do hold the highest respect for you Yvonne, and wish you the best of luck with your endeavors.
Best regards,
Jennifer
Your story was forwarded to me and I'm so glad it was! I would like to share your story with students who would benefit by hearing it. Best wishes in your pursuits and don't give up! There's too much work to be done....
Marie Stevens Cooper
Disability Services
Bucks County Community College
275 Swamp Rd.,
Newtown, PA 18940
215-968-8463
I just came back from looking over some of your sites and I AM IMPRESSED! God Bless you for being what you are and for your goals and objectives. I would like to publish a special about you and your projects and ask, if I may, if you can tell me what you think would be the best, OR, write something for me to put on my site. If you have some goal or objective you wish to reach and there are some people who are standing in the way, or simply are not acting to help you, then let me know what I can possibly do, other than financial help.
As a 50% service-connected veteran I do not have the funds to help you with this, but I do have a Domain and perhaps maybe I can help in some small way. I greatly admire your dedication and the things you have put on the Internet. Your determination is great!
So, let me know when time permits and God Bless you on all your journeys. I pray God will help you to achieve that which you desire.
Gary King
Hi Yvonne,
Thank you for sending me the Ananova article. It's a cold cold world out there. I'd like to ask you why you are so down on home-based businesses? Have you tried any yourself? Have you had a bad experience?
I myself survived a fatal car accident in 1986. All my breaks healed, however I did suffer from a concussion and still do today. I'm one of the luckier ones though and can hide my problem enough to get a job without anyone ever knowing my secret. It is not easy however and I am terrified every time I must look for another job, which seems to happen every 3-7 yrs. I started looking for other options and trying a home-based business sounded great to me. I've been an an independent distributor for Neways for 17 months now and really enjoy it. I plan to keep building it so I can live off the income one day. The ShopN2000.com web mall was something I was looking at as another business but have decided not to participate. The company who owns it allows online casinos to advertise on the site and I am opposed to gambling in any form and most certainly do not want to contribute in promoting it.
I think your plans of being a pshycologist for the physically disabled youth is a good one. Do you see any obstacles that would prevent you from attaining that goal? I checked out some of your links about the abuse that is so prevalent and am sickened by it. What can be done to stop it... There is a need for a loving, understanding shoulder out there.
Cindy
Yvonne,
Dr. Burnham forwarded your email to me for consideration and response. Congratulations on the completion of your Master's degree!
Regarding your interest in teaching on-line courses at Brookdale, generally such courses are developed by full-time faculty members who are familiar with the required course content and interested in teaching in an asynchronous modality. Adjuncts (part-time faculty) would be assigned only when demand requires opening more sections than the full-time faculty are available to teach. At this time, on-line Psychology courses have not been offered through BCC. Nevertheless, I have spoken to both the department chairperson and the Manager of Distance Education Applications and both have asked that I forward your resume to them for possible course development support.
Yvonne, before I forward your email, I would like to suggest that you re-send your resume directly to me. In the transmission I received from Dr. Burnham, your resume was intermingled with formatting commands. Once I receive a "clean" copy, I will forward it on.
In addition to sending your resume to appropriate faculty and administrators at Brookdale, I would be happy to forward your resume to my colleagues at the other New Jersey community colleges. Just let me know if you would like me to make that connection for you.
Thank you for your interest in employment at Brookdale. I hope that the follow-up contacts will result in an opportunity for you here or at another community college.
Patricia L. Sensi
Dean, Human Resources
Hi Yvonne,
I remember meeting you while you were a student here! Glad to hear how you progressed educationally.
I heard about your interest in teaching an on-line Psychology Course. Unfortunately, at the present time we do not offer such a course. We have been discussing the development of an on-line Psychology course within the department, however, contractually, the teaching of that course must first be offered to a full-time faculty member before an adjunct faculty member could be offered the opportunity. I have heard of other colleges that offer an on-line course in Psychology and hopefully one of them might be interested in your services.
Sincerely,
Lynne Schmelter-Davis
Department Chair, Psychology
Yvonne,
I doubt that I have real job for you this summer, but there might be a slim chance.
I have to admit to being impressed with the brazenness of your self-promotion and promotion of what you see to be the interests of disabled folks everywhere. And with your website, which I mucked around on, altho I did not go thru it all.
I was actually not all that surprised about your thesis results (I read the abstract, not the whole thing). If you go to http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~jussim/life.html and http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~jussim/inprogress.html you will get some sense why I was not all that surprised.
Indeed, I would suggest that you try to publish your thesis in a scholarly journal (you won't make any money on it, but it is a good way to get the research out there). In your shoes, I would probably send it to Journal of Applied Social Psychology (after making some revisions and tightening up the writing).
I do not have any grant money so could not hire you to do any work for me. I do have tons of data that could be analyzed, which you could do at your leisure, but all I could offer you on that would be possible co-authorship. But even there, you would need pretty strong stat skills (familiar with SPSS, HLM, LISREL, multiple regression, repeated measures, and the like?). The stuff is on stereotypes, but usually stuff on race or ethnic stereotypes. I could imagine being interested in doing something on stereotypes/prej towards the disabled, but not for a while -- too much old stuff to clear out first.
On the other hand, I am overseeing an attempt to upgrade the Psychology Dept's Graduate web site. Our first step, still in progress, is to revise the basic organization of the pages, and then add some informational and self-promotional content. After that, we might be interested in somebody who could snazz and jazz up the pages. I will let you know if and when we get to that point.
Are you looking for just summer work, or also stuff during the regular academic year (we may not complete our own revisions till mid- or late-summer)?
Lee
Yvonne, you came to my attention through the Admissions Office at Capella University. I understand that you just graduated from the MS psychology program at Walden University. I am curious why you haven't sought the guidance of your faculty and program director at Walden. You probably don't know this, but I created the Division of Psychology at Walden in 1994 and served as the head of the PhD program until I left in 1998 to create the School of Psychology at Capella University. In any case, I encourage you to seek the guidance and assistance of your graduate faculty and program director in your job search.
Regarding why community and four year colleges are not picking up on your application, I suspect it is due to your lack of teaching experience at the college level. Your best bet is to seek an adjunct appointment at one of the many online university's to teach undergraduate courses. With that experience, I suspect that community colleges offering online courses will be interested in you as an adjunct instructor. Very few online psychology programs hire full-time faculty at the present time and when they do, they are looking for doctoral level psychologists.
Several of the online undergraduate programs you might look up on the web are the University of Phoenix, Webster University, Chapman University, Regents University, Liberty University, and Vermont College. These schools and others also offer MS degree programs. An excellent source to identify distance learning and online schools is John Bear's book on nontraditional schools. Nearly every bookstore carries this book.
I wish you much success in your search, it took most of my graduate students about 6 months to find their first position, so don't be discouraged.
Best wishes,
Brian Austin, Senior Core Faculty, Capella University.
Yvonne, thanks for sening me your updated resume, and congratulations on your graduation from Walden! Way to go!
Have you ever seen the movie The Graduate? In it a father's friend pulls young, freshly graduated Ben (Dustin Hoffman) aside and offers him one word of advice: "Plastics."
The word I hear frequently in disability circles is: "Government." Government agencies are increasingly feeling pressure to hire more people with disabilities, and once hired they offer great security. However, their applications are often very finicky, and you must fill them out and include all required items to be considered. But from my own experience, it's an area I'd recommend you consider. My wife works for the Department of Agriculture, and they have a number of employees with varied disabilities, including two new hires from Gallaudet University who are Deaf.
In reading the resume, and cover letter, I found myself saying, "This woman deserves to be hired!" And you do. Unfortunately, though, employers generally do not care how much we deserve a job. They care about one thing: what can we bring them?
I urge you to consider revising your resume to focus on your skills (web page design, writing, etc.) Since you don't have extensive work experience, skills are the most important thing you need to share with a potential employer. Next would come education, then employment...
I can't offer to do so right away, but if it would be helpful to you I could help you revise your resume to make it more competitive.
What I especially want to brainstorm on, though, is what kind of jobs might see your disability as an ADVANTAGE. Just like FDR was a better president for having had polio, some business will be lucky to get you because of the parts of your person that are stronger, better, more determined, etc. as a result of your disability experience.
N.O.D. is not a direct service organization, so we can't help people find jobs generally; and I'm not a career counselor myself; but I am going to keep an eye out for any relevant opportunities because I think you exemplify our slogan, "It's Ability, Not Disability that Matters." And that has to be the case in the working world.
Best of luck and do let me know if you want me to work over your resume.
Brewster Thackeray
Director of Communications
National Organization on Disability
910 16th St. NW
Washington, D.C. 20006
Hello Yvonne.
Curt passed along your letter and resume to me. Currently, NAPAS is not hiring anyone for the jobs you spoke of. I also noticed that you said you lived in New Jersey and hoped to commute only a short distance (if not working from home). We are only located in Washington, DC and are not linked in terms of staffing and office organization with our network of state and territories offices such as the New Jersey P&A.
You can visit our website at www.napas.org and view our jobs/internships posting page or disability links page if you like. You can also visit the New Jersey P&A site at www.njpanda.org.
I wish you the best of luck in your employment search and thank you for your interest in NAPAS.
Sam Stein
sam@napas.org
Currently we don't have any open positions. We are a small office and do not employ any psychologists or students here. We have had interns in the past, but we recently filled that position with a part timer. I've really given you all the resource information that I was able to uncover. While I thought you may have made some of these type of contacts in the past, I was told these organizations might advocate for someone like yourself with regard to employment.
You seem to be well educated and there are things you can do with a masters in psychology even if that might be research. I also know that even under the best of circumstances, the job market is extremely tight. I'll see if I might be able to uncover some other opportunities for you.
Jane Selzer
I am responding to your June 18, 2002 letter to Dr. Teh-Yuan. At this time we do not have any consulting positions available. However from time to time we have a need for people to read proposals and we will keep your resume on file. Should I hear of any on-line teaching positions I will let you know. Thank you for interest. If you have any other questions please contact me.
Connie Centrello
New York State Education Department
Room 366 EBA
Albany, NY 12234
Phone: (518) 486-5832
Fax: (518) 486-5905
e-mail: ccentrel@mail.nysed.gov
Please send me your information.... You may have found your home. I value all those who wish to teach and I see no reason why a person whould have to teach in the classroom before teaching online. I also value those who persevere over personal obstacles and have the desire to do mainstream activities. Knowing the difficulty of doing a job well and working through the experienced physical and/or mental misfortune makes a teacher that much more empathetic for students and learning difficulties. I personally am deaf in one ear and constantly compensate to be as good as a 100% dual hearing person. Send me some information and let's see if we can help one another. Regards,
Jim Picquet, Ph.D.
Vice President, Instruction
Dallas TeleCollege
jpicquet@dcccd.edu
Dear Yvonne:
Thank you for your interest in joining the part-time teaching staff of Atlantic Cape Community College.
Your resume was received and will be forwarded to the appropriate department for review. You shall be contacted again only if a suitable opening becomes available. If you do not hear from us within a few weeks, you are welcome to send another cover letter and resume for the next semester. My email address is ccorrea@atlantic.edu
To find out more about the Colleges employment opportunities visit our Web site at www.atlantic.edu
Sincerely,
Cynthia Correa
Human Resources Manager
Atlantic Cape Community College
Phone (609) 343-4906
Fax (609) 343-5030
I tried to reach you by phone; however, I was unable to reach you yesterday. I am hoping that by explaining a little of how our district works for employment purposes, you will be able to readily connect with our Employment Office in such a way as to be able to receive consideration on those vacancies/positions you may be qualified for. We ppreciate your interest and resume in seeking employment through our college; however all employment processes within our district start at our district office.
There are ten community colleges that comprise the Maricopa Community College District. All vacancies and applications for employment can be located at http://www.dist.maricopa.edu/jobs/.
I hope this will help you in your search for meaningful employment.
Sincerely,
Betty Burman
Admin Secretary, CGCC
Dear Yvonne,
Thanks for your interest in Shoreline CC. I will forward this information to the faculty who teach in Psychology. They make recommendations regarding faculty who teach in the department.
Andrea Rye
Dr. Andrea Rye, Dean
Intra-American Studies and Social Science
Shoreline C. C.
16101 Greenwood Ave North
Seattle, WA 98133
You forgot to mention your name so I don't what to call you.
My name is Carl Brahe, President of Technos America. We are manufacturers of assistive technology products. http://www.mctos.com
When I earned my MA in psychology I found that it qualified me for jobs that paid upwards of $10/hr, less than a dishwasher or housekeeper. It feels like a terrible betrayal to work so hard and pay so much to end up worth less in the job market than when you started. It shows a lack of value of people's emotional health, even though physical, social and spiritual health depend on emotional health.
The point of my email is that we are very interested in employing people with disabilities. We are a small company struggling for survival since the new administration has shifted the governmental and societal focus from creating and healing to war and destruction. The only thing I can offer is commission sales. It is fine if you work totally using email.
Check out our website. There is an article from Good Housekeeping about us you might find interesting. It's link is under People at Technos.
Perhaps in the future when we have income again we could talk about you taking over the website. I do it all myself these days and being self taught, sometimes it consumes a lot more time than I can budget for it. It seems like it is a full time job.
Sincerely,
Carl Brahe, President
Technos America LTD LLC
386 Quartz Circle
Bailey, Colorado USA 80421
3003-816-9006
carl@mctos.com
http://www.mctos.com
Yvonne:
That's quite a colorful web site you pointed people to in the newsgroup. I'm writing from my wife's computer at home -- my work email is hbundy@inclusionsolutions.com. I'm VP of a company that's working to make businesses and polling places more accessible to people with disabilities. I wish we had the success, money, and business plans to be hiring web designers and people with your skills, but we don't (at least right now).
What we do need is people to help sell our product, the BigBell, a wireless alert system to make doors more accessible. Unlike power doors, which can cost many thousands of dollars, BigBell retails for $99 -- something that anyone can afford. We are looking for motivated people to help us sell the product. There aren't any parameters -- just a staight 25% commission on sales. In any case, I know this isn't quite your background, but I'd love to talk with you sometime. Check out our company Web Site at http://www.inclusionsolutions.com. And best of luck to you.
Respectfully,
Hollister Bundy
Vice President
Inclusion Solutions
1-866-ADA-KITS
http://www.inclusionsolutions.com
hbundy@inclusionsolutions.com
Hi Yvonne,
I've been embroiled in a couple of things here. I think your resume is very good. I suggest trying some of the on-line universities. Dunnow as I could be your advocate, but can make suggestions.
Let me think about some possibilities, and I'll get back to you.
Ann P.
-- Ann K. Parsons
email: akp@eznet.net
ICQ Number: 33006854
WEB SITE: http://home.eznet.net/~akp
"All that is gold does not glitter. Not all those who wander are lost." JRRT
Dear Ms. Singer:
Thank you for your recent letter offering your volunteer services at Gimbel MS Center in Teaneck, NJ.
We are always in search of volunteers and your resume is very impressive. Would you be available to come in to our center? It is at least a 45 minute drive from Matawan. If not able to travel here, may we request your proofreading services.
Mainly we look for people to help us with mailings (stuffing envelopes, etc.), filing, proofreading, copying.
If any of this interests you, please let me know.
Thanks again!
Best regards,
Tina Trott, Executive Assistant
Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers
c/o Gimbel MS Center
718 Teaneck Road
Teaneck, NJ 07666
Phone (201) 837-0727, ext. 120
Fax (201) 837-9414
http://www.mscare.org/
Ms. Singer,
First, let me apologize for the delay in responding to your generous offer to volunteer your time and services. I was out of town when your message arrived.
Yes, I would very much like to talk with you about volunteer opportunities at United Way of Monmouth County. For someone with your background and skills, I am sure there are ample activities from which to select...that would also meet your interests as well.
Please let me know what would be a convenient time to meet. 732- 938-5988. Best wishes, Jose.
Jose C. Pena, Ph.D.
President & CEO
United Way of Monmouth County
(732) 938-5988
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Yvonne,
I am very happy with the quality of your work. To put it in simple terms, I think its excellent. So, feel free to make any suggestions at any time and I will guide thru the process as to what we can or can not do. Remember, when you think of this website look at it from two angles. First as an individual with a disability and second from the point of view of Monmouth County Government. We want to offer the general public as much information as possible about resources for people with disabilities in Monmouth County and in New Jersey as well. That should be the primary focus of the site. As far as I am concerned I think we are on the right track. I have to discuss the site with Alex and with my Director before we can announce it to the general public. However, I think that you have done a wonderful job in a very short period of time. I think this is just the beginning of a very productive work relationship. One that I hope will benefit primarily individuals with disabilities.
This coming Monday, December 16th I am having lunch with a good friend of mine, Paul Wichansky (http://www.eden.rutgers.edu/~pstuart/personal.html). Paul is an excellent web/graphic designer and he is also a Ph.D candidate at Rutgers University. I will ask him for input in the development of our website, and see if he can develop some graphics depending on his busy work schedule. I will keep you inform.
Have a Nice Weekend!
Luis
PS I forgot to tell you. My friend Paul has Cerebral Palsy, but as he always tell me, he took the dis- from disability a long time ago.
Dis - Ability!
I have been a director of the Monmouth County Office on Disabilities either as a volunteer for 9 years or as a paid person to the present.
I have seen many changes both in law and attitudes by the public. I sometimes become discouraged by our progress as disabled Americans. Many, many more of us should be able to have employment and homes or apartments. Transportation still has some gaps in our ability to use public transportation, but its getting better than the year I started 1979.
I still have not lost my excitement when I see folks with disabilities accepting challenges that make me feel great about this office and most of all, the opportunity we give our friends to show their accomplishments. Tune in to our new web site and view the accomplishments of my friend Yvonne, who in my eyes has made it to the big leagues; what a future she has, I’m proud to know her and her family.
Over the years many of my disabled friends have taken on the challenges a disability can bring and have moved us forward to the present. Together we will make strides and the world will be a better place for those of us who are physically and mentally challenged to fulfill our personal goals and desires for the future.
May the year 2003 bring these wishes to you, and may we do this together.
HAPPY NEW YEAR
ALEXANDER A. BUONO, YOUR FRIEND
To Whom It May Concern:
I am a Faculty Mentor for Northcentral University in Prescott, Arizona. This past spring, Yvonne Singer was a student in my class entitled Information Research Strategies. The purpose of this course is to enhance and broaden students¹ searching and evaluation skills, particularly in the online information environment.
Yvonne performed all coursework in a thorough and professional manner, and demonstrated tenacity and strong self-motivation in doing so. She finished required assignments ahead of schedule, and received an A in the course.
I enjoyed working with Yvonne, and found her to be both an interested and interesting student, anxious to learn and to achieve.
Sincerely,
Kit Keller
Faculty Mentor
Northcentral University
Hi Yvonne:
Yes, I was very impressed with what you have done with your life so far. And yes, I want to accept your offer to work with us. I'm glad you found us.
The thing is, what would we ask you to work on? I like your attitude and expressions on empowerment.
Perhaps you could review our entire website content and recommend improvements.
I'd really like the ability to get as much of our stuff on Google, etc. as possible and to get new events or projects shown there - we have three to four projects to roll out that the extra publicity would boost immensely. Do you know an effective method to use to get us picked more often by webs such as Google?
I do have digital photos we could place on our web that would improve our Photos Section, but can't seem to do cropping that will hold in place to send to you or anyone. I know I'm not able to manipulate my software properly. Without the ability to crop, many of the photos would not portray what I want to emphasize. Attached is a photo that I would like to have on our website, but needs cropping. Ideas?
Cordially, Bruce
Bruce A. Montville, President & CEO
LifeWise Community Projects, Inc.
P.O. Box 124
Barrington, NH 03825-0124
Phone: (603) 664-9827
E-Mail: bmontville@lifewise-nh.org
Web Site: http://www.lifewise-nh.org/
"Advocates of Citizen Involvement in Civic Affairs, Community Service and Public Safety"
Dear Ms. Singer:
Thank you for your kind e-mail and offer to be a volunteer with us. Given that I am new to my position and am in the process of assessing our needs and processes, I am not prepared at this time to jump into many new projects until I can arrange my priorities. However, there may be some of our United Way partner agencies that could benefit from your abilities and willingness to volunteer. As such, you can expect to here from Christine Jagerburger of our staff to inquire of your willingness to have us share your name with those organizations.
I congratulate you on have pursued your education and on your many accomplishments to date. Your commitment to helping others is also very evident, and we are fortunate to have individuals such as yourself working and living in our community.
Most sincerely,
Philip A. Brown
Philip A. Brown, III
Chief Executive Officer
United Way of Monmouth County
1415 Wyckoff Road
Farmingdale, NJ 07727
(732) 938-5988 Ext. 11
Fax: (732) 938-2850
PBrown@UWMonmouth.org
http://www.uwmonmouth.org/
dear yvonne,
the united way of mon cty shared your generous offer with us. we would love to speak with you! our agency website is http://www.aslanyouth.org/. our agency is located in red bank and we welcome your time & talent!
bill porter is a personal pal! i was thrilled to see you mention his amazing story on one of your attached links.
sincerely,
hillary roberts, director of development & vol resources
aslan youth ministries
732-741-7824