Karen Miller's Story: How Webster Has Changed Her Life

Webster sign in front of main building on Webster's St. Louis campus.

Karen Miller is the Coordinator of the English and Philosophy Departments in the Pearson House at 黑料网.

She began her Webster journey in 1993 as an Art major and left after one semester. After some searching, she returned to Webster in 1996 as an Education major with an Emphasis in English. She graduated in 2000 with her bachelor's degree in Education and obtained her MAT in Communication Arts in 2002.

As an undergrad she was a work/study student at Pearson House, then ultimately a 鈥渢emp鈥 in the Pearson House for a semester. The more she worked there, the more she fell in love with her job supporting the faculty and students. She encountered wonderful and kind faculty and students throughout her time that really made the place feel like home.  

Miller then worked as a temp in the Human Resources Department. Then she worked for five years in the Registrar鈥檚 Office at the front desk, arranged classroom scheduling and assembled the now long-forgotten course schedule book. After five years, she was happy to return to the humanities, (previously the College of Arts and Sciences) and worked with History, Politics and International Relations for a happy but brief time before her beloved Pearson House was without a Coordinator, and she returned home.  

Miller described the English professors as using the power of story to elicit the values and commonalities that people share with one another and how certain events shape people鈥檚 lives. The Philosophy faculty are innovative people that look at the world through different viewpoints and help students build a path for themselves to make an impact within their community. The two departments foster students by building strong connections while helping them learn empathy and strive for curiosity.

Over the years, Miller has cherished the moments that have been at the heart of her career at Webster, such as developing authentic relationships with the students while learning from them in unexpected ways. In her spare time, she runs a small business as a ceramics artist. She is a kind and compassionate individual who always listens and learns from her faculty and students to bring new ideas to her own life. She never fails to help her team with her expertise and experience to help make the English and Philosophy Departments鈥 community thrive.

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