By Karen M. Sughrue | Oct 3, 2016
My two decades as Executive Director of UC Berkeley’s International House – a residential/cultural center for more than 500 students and scholars from over 80 countries – helped propel a retirement of teaching and writing. In my encore, I’ve...
By Karen M. Sughrue | Oct 3, 2016
In my encore, I paint the unassuming people from less mainstream cultures that we have in our country. I respectfully tell their stories for art exhibits that I create. On my website, I call it “Art That Gives.” As a kid in a small rural town, I would read...
By Karen M. Sughrue | Oct 3, 2016
My life has been enriched by individuals who took special notice of me. This attention was not always warranted by anything special I did, but by the kindness of the individuals’ hearts. I’ve always been motivated in life, but someone always seemed to be...
By Karen M. Sughrue | Oct 3, 2016
About 15 years ago, as I was approaching 50 and after a personally rewarding quarter-century as a journalist, I decided the next chapter of my life would be dedicated to my children. So I did what any good father would do for his kids: I quit my job without knowing...
By Karen M. Sughrue | Oct 3, 2016
As a Catholic kid growing up in East Toledo, my dream was to become a priest. But when my father got taken off to prison leaving my mother with four kids and no job, we moved to Weiler Houses, aka the “projects.” That’s when I became a bad kid. When...
