This month, say hello to Joanne Dolan, the Director of Academic Technology and Client Support, who has been with Clark for almost 10 years.

Born and bred in Dublin, Ireland, Joanne got wanderlust while studying Computer Science at Trinity College Dublin. Over the following years, she worked as a director of a sports and tech summer camp in Washington DC, a programmer in Gujarat, India, and an English teacher in Nagoya, Japan. On her travels, Joanne acquired a Wisconsinite husband and moved to Green Bay so he could complete his nursing degree. There, she worked at UW-Green Bay and got a master’s degree in education before Clark came knocking.

Hear from Joanne herself below!

How do you explain your job to people at parties?  For my previous positions I used to say I taught teachers how to teach online, but I’d never bore people with my current job! The most I say is that I work in IT!

What’s your favorite part of the job?  It’s different every hour, every day, every semester, every year. There’s always something new and cool that people are doing on campus that needs some technology or pedagogical support that we get to help with.

What question do you wish more people asked you at work?  Would you like to help us with this exciting project?

What are some fun facts about you?

• I love cooking and I’m trying to perfect my dumpling game – I have learned to make my own wrappers, and fold different shapes. I even made soup dumplings last month!
• I love to travel, and I’m off to Paris and London soon.
• I have previously been known as a crazy pug lady because for most of my marriage we had 4 special need pugs – Lexie with only 1 eye, Toad with only 3 legs, Porter with no eyes and Hammond with half a brain. They’ve all shuffled off this mortal coil so we’re down to a normal 1 pug now – a crazy 6-year-old called Ezio.
• My party trick is reading tarot cards which despite not actually believing in, I’ve been told I’m quite good at.
• I once got my arm stuck in a vending machine