Kate Powers Floyd, daughter of Christine & Kevin Powers of Manchester, hired at Saint Michael's College

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Kate Powers Floyd, caughter of Christine and Kevin Powers of Manchester, hired at Saint Michael's College.

COLCHESTER, VT (07/20/2012)(readMedia)-- Saint Michael's has named Kate (Powers) Floyd, 2006 graduate of Saint Michael's College, as assistant director of MOVE, the college's volunteer service organization. Ms. Floyd was, from 2010 to the present, Social Service Program Coordinator & Educator for Transitional Services for Youth and Families, in Burlington.

Ms. Floyd will focus on working with student leaders in MOVE and will oversee coordination and implementation of the college's Extended Service Program.

"I saw MOVE as home, and was intrigued when I heard of this position," Ms. Floyd said. "I wanted to be back at Saint Michael's College working with college students; I wanted to do beautiful hands-on social justice work." In the Extended Service Program, "we work with people, not for people."

Ms. Floyd earned a bachelor's degree from Saint Michael's in 2006 majoring in Spanish and minoring in Global Studies, with a 3.4 overall GPA.

She was a volunteer with AmeriCorps in Alamosa, Colorado, in 2006-07, and was the only bi-lingual staff member in the group. Many of the people they served spoke only Spanish. She was hired as Volunteer Coordinator & AmeriCorps Program Director at the La Puente Home from 2008-09, where she also recruited and managed 15 full-time AmeriCorps volunteers. She worked closely with the migrant farm-worker population in the area, focusing on homelessness outreach and prevention. "This was my first experience," she said, "working with a lot of people with a lot of need."

In moving back to Vermont, Ms. Floyd took a position as live-in house adviser and work crew leader at Spring Lake Ranch in Cuttingsville, Vermont, 2009-2010. There she worked with a population dealing with psychiatric and/or substance abuse issues.

From the summer of 2010 to the present, Ms. Floyd worked at Transitional Services for Youth and Families in Burlington, helping at-risk youth build self-awareness, develop healthy relationships, and be active citizens.

Ms. Floyd lives in Burlington with her husband William Floyd, who is employed at Spectrum Youth and Family Services.

Ms. Floyd is the daughter of Christine & Kevin Powers of Manchester, N.H.

Learn What Matters at Saint Michael's College, The Edmundite Catholic liberal arts college, www.smcvt.edu . Saint Michael's provides education with a social conscience, producing graduates with the intellectual tools to lead successful, purposeful lives that will contribute to peace and justice in our world. Founded in 1904 by the Society of St. Edmund and headed by President John J. Neuhauser, Saint Michael's College is located three miles from Burlington, Vermont, one of America's top college towns. Identified by the Princeton Review as one of the nations Best 376 Colleges, and included in the 2012 Fiske Guide to Colleges, Saint Michael's has 1,900 undergraduate students and 500 graduate students. Saint Michael's students and professors have received Rhodes, Woodrow Wilson, Pickering, Guggenheim, Fulbright, and other grants. The college is one of the nation's top-100, Best Liberal Arts Colleges as listed in the 2012 U.S. News & World Report rankings.

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