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staff is a mix of people that work on a variety of grants, as well as people who work in the custom- ized training field and other things. ... I think that Hot Springs is really important for the future of Arkansas, and I love the fact that I can be a part of that. As far as my role at the college, I love what I’m doing now; it’s got a great variety, there’s a lot of opportunities for me to take
on new activities, and I always welcome that.
“Ultimately I’m going to do whatever else I can do to help our students.”
In her experience, some have struggled to distinguish the workforce department from the school’s career ser- vices division, but Embry ad- mitted that there are objective similarities between the two as well as defining differences.
“Usually whenever I tell
people my title they go, ‘Oh
so you get students jobs?’ And I say no, ... but it makes sense,” she added. “I mean, it’s workforce and I work very closely with our career services because there’s a lot of different areas in the col- lege that support the businesses in our communi- ty; I’m just one.
“Everything through my division is noncredit,
and we do all the fun classes like the pottery, sign language, and computer (classes). It’s a wide va- riety of different classes that we do. We also have several grants that we work on. ... I’m an officer of the college so my cabinet-level responsibilities are for the strategic initiatives of the college. ... As you can see, I wear a lot of different hats and I like it
matched and not something she’s willing to trade any time soon.
“After I graduated from Hope High School, I left. I remember I thought I’ll probably never move back to Arkansas,” she said. “I just didn’t see myself back here (then) lo and behold 25 years later, I wound up back in Arkansas in Hot
Springs. ... After my young- est child graduated from high school — she graduated from ASMSA — I kinda thought, you know, I could move anywhere I want now.
“I’m single and I’m free to do whatever I want, and then I stopped and I thought, ‘I don’t want to live anywhere else. I don’t want to go (and) I can’t imagine anywhere in the world that’s better than Hot Springs.’ Isn’t that funny? And I’ve lived all over. I’ve lived in England, California, Virginia, and Texas,
and there’s nowhere quite like Hot Springs. It’s got a great diversity of activities and I love the outdoors. I love to hike and I have my own ski- boat so I love to go on my boat.”
A “passion for education in a rural, small- town” held by fellow comrades already employed at NPC is what ignited the inspiration to embark
      that way. I like the variety; I get to learn something new every single day when I walk into National Park College so it’s been a lot of fun.”
After spending time in various regions around the world, Embry claims that the enjoyment and fulfillment of her life in Hot Springs are un-
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