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GATE Staff

Jill Blondin , Ph.D.
Director
Center for Global Education

Dr. Jill E. Blondin received her B.A. in art history from Indiana University, and her M.A. and Ph.D. in art history from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. A faculty member in the Department of Art and Art History since 2002, Dr. Blondin developed the Department's biennial Italy travel/study program. Dr. Blondin has lived in Rome, Italy, and has traveled around the world to places including Egypt, India, Tunisia, Belize, Greece, Romania, Turkey, and many other European countries. Dr. Blondin has received numerous awards for her teaching and research, including the UT System Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award, UT Tyler's Chancellor's Council Teaching Award, and the Kress Fellowship in Art History from the Renaissance Society of America.

 

 

Ashley Ward
Assistant Director and Coordinator of GATE
Center for Global Education

Ashley Ward joined The University of Texas at Tyler staff in 2002. Ashley received her B.B.A in Marketing and M.S in Human Resource Development from UT Tyler. As a student Ashley traveled to Thailand, England and Ireland on university sponsored travel study programs. During her time with the University she has been responsible for creating and running many new student programs including Student Learning Communities, Freshman Year Experience, New Student Orientation, and GATE.