Katherine Graff's UTA Web Page

	My Life   I am married to Nicholas Graff and we have two children, Madison (8) and Jacob (5).  I am originally from Chattanooga, TN and my husband is from St. Louis, MO.  We currently reside in Jacksonville, NC, home of Marine Corps Base Camp LeJeune.   I like watching movies and listening to music. I love a day of pampering at the spa. I like going to the beach. I like going for a run at 0730 on a Sunday when there is noone out except me and the birds. I love thunderstorms late in summer evenings. I love the fall-its my favorite season. The air is crisp, the leaves are ballerinas in the air with orange, red, yellow and brown leotards. I love college football on Saturday afternoons and the smell of fireplaces burning in the fall dusk. I look forward to sitting in my car on the way home from work and listening to my daughter and son sing and talk about random subjects when they think I am not listening.

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	Coastal Carolina Community College   Since 2005, I have instructed Arabic full-time at Coastal Carolina Community College-working in Partnership with the II Marine Expeditionary Forces.  I am responsible for getting 30 Marines and Sailors of all ages and education levels to achieve a 0+ level of listening and speaking (Survival Level per the International Language Roundtable) in Arabic.  I have 20, eight-hour class days to accomplish these objectives.  It is a difficult task and it has many obstacles, challenges and pressures, but I cannot see myself in any other profession in the world.

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	Education   I graduated from East Ridge High School in 1995 with an Academic Honors Diploma and went to the University of Tennesse at Chattanooga seeking a Bachelor in Education from 1995-1997.  I currently have my B.S. in Liberal Studies focusing in Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies from Excelsior College/SUNY.  I am working on my Master in Education in Teaching currently and will obtain certification to teach Secondary French shortly thereafter.

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	Marine Corps   I enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1997 as a 2671 Arabic Cryptologic Linguist/Ground Electronic Warfare Technician.  I attended the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California from 1998-2000.  I then went on for more technical training in Texas and then onto my duty station at Fort Gordon in Augusta, Georgia.    I was awarded Company D Marine of the Year 2001 and several other kudos for my performance and aptitude.  I served on several fundraising and special event committees and was editor and publisher of our Company newsletter.  I was honorably discharged in November 2002.   In March 2003, I was reactivated in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.  I served in Iraq and I lived in the Presidential Palace for a month while performing my duties, and was honorably discharged again in June 2003.