Et cetera : Dorothy Olszyk joins NCCC staff at Vinton campus‏

Dorothy Olszyk is originally from Eugene, Oregon and has recently been hired as the Assistant Member Support Specialist for the North Central Region.

She graduated in May 2014 from the University of Portland in Oregon with a Bachelor’s of Arts in Communications with a focus in Public Relations. During that time she was a feature writer for HER campus, an online magazine for women. In her position, she was involved with social media, organization events, outreach activities and recruiting potential members. Dorothy describes it as one of her favorite college experiences and enjoyed working with great people.

This is not Dorothy’s first experience with AmeriCorps NCCC. Last year, she served as a Class 21 FEMA Corps member for Pine 1 here in Vinton. She describes her motivation for joining, “I wanted to dedicate a year of service, travel around the country and learn about new communities.”

As the Assistant Member Support Specialist, Dorothy provides support to 160-640 members with payroll and personnel data management, medical benefits administration in addition to a variety of administrative support to assist the workflow of the campus operations department.

She describes why she returned as a full time staff member, “I loved my time in FEMA and it really affirmed my passion for service. I was ready to join the workforce and advance my professional career. I also love the Vinton staff whom are very dedicated and great people to work alongside.”

Some fun facts about Dorothy:

Q: What is your favorite TV show and why? Modern Family – it literally makes me laugh out loud.

Q: What song best describes you? I don’t have a favorite but I love Pop and Country.

Q: If you could have a superpower what would it be and why? To apparate anywhere because I would love to travel all over the world.

Q: What is the most challenging and/or exciting thing you have done? Being a FEMA Corps team leader, I learned a lot but it was much more challenging than I expected

Q: What is one thing you can’t live without? Coffee, definitely. It gets me out of bed in the morning.

Q: What is one thing you would like to try but have not had the chance? I would love to travel internationally. I’ve studied French so I would love to go to Paris.