Jocelyne Couture-Nowak: In Memoriam

I contacted some instructors in Jocelyn's faculty and I got an email response I wanted to share with you.

"Joycelyn was one of the most upbeat, enthusiastic people I have
ever met.  I knew her all the years she worked at Virginia Tech,
first as a part time instructor of French and then full
time. She was creative, always looking for ways to connect with her
students.  Her classes were dynamic, and often side-splittingly
hilarious according to some of her students.   Her laugh was
infectious.She cared deeply about each one of her students and ached personally
any time she found out that one of them was upset either personally or
academically. Jocelyn was the only French-Canadian instructor in our department, and
she was very proud of her country, her language and her
heritage. I know she was a loving mother, keenly interested in the education of
her daughters, in knowing their friends, in making sure the girls
didn't forget their French, not just to speak it but to read it and
write it, too.  She and her husband were very active in the
lives, upbringing and formal education of their daughters.

She was an exceptional person, and all of us in the Department of
Foreign Languages and Literatures will miss her."



Elizabeth Cure Calvera

Instructor of Spanish