On a new Teachers' Lounge, it's Dr. Nour Al Naber! She’s a business professor at Waubonsee Community College.
She and her husband run two wine and liquor retail stores, so the examples she brings to her students are not hypothetical.
She wants her business and marketing students to start getting real-world experience of their own right away by partnering with local businesses.
Nour also shares a lot about herself, including her journey to the U.S. from Jordan.
"I talk about myself as an immigrant. I came to the USA in 2005 with my husband and my son. Back then I was struggling. English is not my first language," she said. "I'm proud to talk about my struggle when I started here, my financial struggle, because they're also struggling."
It is all to help build real, lasting relationships with her students — relationships that grow through extracurriculars like the business club, where students compete in national entrepreneurial competitions such as SkillsUSA. Last year, the Waubonsee team won the whole thing!
"We were so happy," said Nour. "We were jumping in the air!"
We talk about that, her passion for international relations, building spaghetti towers and much more.
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Dr. Nour Al Naber
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Music: Our show's theme music is from the northern Illinois-based band Kindoves, featuring the songs "Popn," "Origins" and "Quiche." You can find more of their music on their SoundCloud page. You can also listen to the episode of WNIJ's Sessions from Studio A where they were featured.
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