EDUCATOR BOB
Dr. Bob Rue was energetically involved in the Education field for over 40 years. A strong advocate for adult, continuing, and community-based education programs, he was Founding President and President Emeritus of Mohegan Community College (now Three Rivers Community College) in Norwich, Connecticut; President Emeritus of C.S. Mott Community College in Flint, Michigan; and Founding Dean of the Urban College of Boston.
Throughout his 34 years as a college and university administrator, Dr. Bob taught both undergraduate and graduate courses in topics such as anthropology, communications, cultural diversity, public speaking, sociology, and the history of American education.
Administrative Background
- Founding Dean of the College — Urban College of Boston
(Boston, Massachusetts)
- Owner/Operator — Little Professor Book Center
(Niantic, Connecticut)
- Coordinator — CAP Program, University of Connecticut
(Groton, Connecticut)
- President — Spoon River College
(Canton, Illinois)
- President — C. S. Mott Community College
(Flint, Michigan)
- Founding President — Mohegan Community College
(Norwich, Connecticut)
- President — Gordon Military College
(Barnesville, Georgia)
- Assistant to the President for Development and Director of Community Education — Olivet College
(Olivet, Michigan)
- Community School Director — Dort School
(Flint, Michigan)
- Paratrooper — U.S. Army, 82nd Airborne Division, Chaplain's Assistant
(Fort Bragg, North Carolina)
Teaching Background
- Sociology, Anthropology — University of Connecticut at Avery Point
(Groton, Connecticut)
- Sociology, Public Speaking — Three Rivers Community and Technical College
(Norwich, Connecticut)
- Cultural Diversity, History of American Education — Graduate Faculty, University of New Haven
(West Haven, Connecticut)
- Sociology, Communications — Urban College of Boston
(Boston, Massachusetts)
- Sociology, Communications — Mitchell College
(New London, Connecticut)
- Sociology — Spoon River College
(Canton, Illinois)
- Sociology, Communications — C. S. Mott Community College
(Flint, Michigan)
- Visiting Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence — Georgetown University
(Washington, DC)
- Visiting Graduate Professor (Sabbatical awarded by Connecticut Community College Board of Trustees) — Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
(Blacksburg, Virginia)
- Visiting Graduate Professor — Eastern Michigan University
(Ypsilanti, Michigan)
- Communications — Olivet College
(Olivet, Michigan)
Education
- Adult and Continuing Education; Sociology and Counseling Cognates — Michigan State University
(East Lansing, Michigan)
- Community Education — Eastern Michigan University
(Ypsilanti, Michigan)
- Liberal Arts (Teaching Certificate); Minors: Fine Arts, Speech, and English — Michigan State University
(East Lansing, Michigan)
