Ms. Susan Essex Luce supports both local and international recruitment. If her name sounds familiar, it may be because she taught Latin at Rice for 10 years. She is warm, caring, and brings great ideas and knowledge to our admissions team.

Background:

• BA, German and Political Science, UVM
• MA - German, Middlebury College
• Fulbright Scholarship to teach English in Austria
• She taught German and Latin from 2001-2006 at Rice, and then Latin from 2014-2017, and then subbed from 2017-2019.
• I taught Spanish and German in middle school in Newburyport, MA, for a year, and I taught German at Springfield HS (VT) for a year
• Studied Italian in Rome and Spanish in Málaga, Spain
• She recently taught ELL and I also taught a series of classes at City Market on Pysanky,  a traditional Ukrainian egg decorating craft
• She has volunteered with the Social Justice Committee at CTK parish and have volunteered with the Family Room and the Red Cross in Burlington

Get to Know Her:

What is your favorite thing about your job?  Meeting new students and their families

If you had an unexpected afternoon off, what would you do with your time? In summer, I’d hike Mt. Philo, go to Cookie Love in Ferrisburgh for a maple affogato, and finish off the afternoon by swimming at Kingsland Bay State Park and reading a book on the lawn until the sun sets.

Best vacation/trip you’ve ever been on: Costa Rica with my husband and sister. Pura vida!

Anything else you’d like to say? I’m excited to be back at Rice - it feels like coming home.