Mount Ida College to Host Renowned Woodrow Wilson Fellow

NEWTON, Mass. - Sept. 14, 2016 - PRLog -- Mount Ida College has invited Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow Mary Tabor, an internationally renowned journalist and writer for an intensive week-long visit October 17 - 20. Tabor will conduct classes, seminars, workshops, and lectures and will meet with students and faculty members informally throughout the week to share her practical knowledge in the areas of journalism and the craft and invention of fiction writing.

"Tabor will be a perfect fit for Mount Ida. Our students will have a chance to meet a world-class journalist and author with a deep knowledge of how to bridge the gap from business and politics to the creative world and how to establish a foundation for attaining life-long career goals based on a liberal arts education. Tabor helps to create better understanding and new connections between the academic and nonacademic worlds," said Ronald Akie, Provost and Chief Academic Officer.  "We're delighted that Mary Tabor will also have time to get to know our campus and to explore in depth how the classroom and campus relate to the broader society."

About Mary Tabor:

Mary Tabor published her first book of fiction at age 60 after a 16-year career in corporate America, a senior executive, director of public affairs writing for the oil industry's trade association, landing her in both Who's Who in America and Who's Who of American Women. She was a high school English teacher who bridged the gap to the business world, rising on the corporate ladder while also raising two children. She then made a transition from the business world to the creative world, leaving her corporate job when she was 50 to earn an MFA degree in Creative Writing. Her book The Woman Who Never Cooked won Mid-List Press's First Series Award. Tabor's experience spans the worlds of journalism, business, education and fiction writing. She was a visiting writer at University of Missouri in Columbia, teaches fiction writing at George Washington University, the Smithsonian's Campus-on-the-Mall, and works with the DC library to reach less-privileged populations on how to begin writing about  family, personal history and writing a story—the stuff of life. She's been interviewed on XM Satellite Radio and Pacifica Radio to discuss Joyce, Shakespeare and others and her lifelong career-journey.

The Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellows program, which is administered by the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) in Washington, DC, brings prominent artists, diplomats, journalists, business leaders, and other professionals to campuses across the United States for a week-long residential program of classes, seminars, workshops, lectures, and informal discussions. For 35 years, the Visiting Fellows have been introducing students and faculty members at liberal arts colleges to a wide range of perspectives on life, society, community, and achievement. The Visiting Fellows program is available to all four-year colleges and universities.

About Mount Ida College

Founded in 1899, Mount Ida College is a small, private college located on a 72-acre campus in Newton, Massachusetts.  Mount Ida provides career-focused programs built upon a strong foundation in the social sciences, humanities and the arts, all developed and implemented to prepare its approximately 1,500 students for success.  The College is comprised of the School of Applied Sciences, the School of Social Sciences and Humanities, the School of Design and the School of Business, awarding associate, bachelor and master's degrees.  www.mountida.edu