by Brandon R. Iriarte
Susan Moses was the president of College of Micronesia for eight years. She lives in Uh, one of the municipalities in Pohnpei. She got her doctorate in Special Education from the University of Oregon. She came to Pohnpei on the 1st of January, 1972. She came here on a three month contract and instead, she ended up in a life-time career.
She voluntarily stepped down from being the president to being an instructor in Education in January of 2002. She said she wanted to return to teaching because she is "a teacher at heart". This is her field or the position that she was studying before coming to Pohnpei. Although she became the president of COM., she was applying for a position to become an instructor. She was hoping that the position re-opened so that she could return to teaching. Even though it has affected her salary she wanted to take the job. As a president, she had to be on a twenty four hour a day work schedule.
Now she's spending her life as she has wished to, as an instructor in Education. She's excited about helping to teach people to read, write, and communicate. All the frustrations and pressures of being President of the College are gone and she's doing what she always wished to do.
Susan Moses and her husband first met on a Friday on a late afternoon many years ago, while he was reading under a coconut tree. Then he invited her to a birthday party. They began dating and eventually married. She lives with her husband and three children, two adult sons and teenage daughter and three grand- children in Uh. We welcome her back into the fold.
We welcome Dr. Michael Tatum as the new President of the College of Micronesia-FSM. MAY THE JOURNEY BEGIN.