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This fall, Kodiak College is starting the school year with new director Jacelyn Keys. From Hermiston, Oregon, Jacelyn brings over 20 years of experience in higher education and has served in many roles, including as the Hermiston Center director at Blue Mountain Community College, Hermiston/Pendleton Center director at Eastern Oregon University and resident director at Oregon State University.

Keys says she discovered her passion for working with college students after doing things 鈥渙pposite鈥� of the way students typically finish their education.

鈥淚 had a professional career before I got my bachelor鈥檚 degree,鈥� she said.

Growing up in Oregon, Keys first wanted to become an actress, but her plan throughout college changed to becoming a teacher instead. She had already been working at Central Oregon Community College in a professional position by the time she received her bachelor鈥檚 degree and was going to teach English to kindergarten students in Spain after graduation.

Unfortunately, the 2004 train bombings in Madrid resulted in Keys鈥� contract cancellation, leaving her without a job until a new offer came around.

鈥淚 was asked to come on board as an interim director of student life at that college,鈥� she explained, 鈥渁nd from there, I had found my niche at that point in time. In a couple of months, I knew鈥� I like working with college students, I love the energy and the environment.鈥�

Kodiak College checked all the boxes when it came to job searching for Keys, one of which is the ability to be integrated and involved with the community.

鈥淭hat was one of my six things鈥攖hat I wanted to work in a college where it was the norm [to be involved],鈥� she said. 鈥淪ome colleges are so large that they get to, not isolate themselves from the community, but I don鈥檛 necessarily see administrators out and involved in the community. That鈥檚 not how I like to function.鈥�

Keys says she enjoys academic assessment and outcomes, so she looks forward to developing a strategic plan for Kodiak College, but at the moment, responsiveness to the community is also very important in the current time of COVID-19 and economic distress.

This includes looking at how the college will grow in its role in the community and be flexible.

鈥淗ow can we take the things that we already have and turn them into micro and macro programs and trainings that can help us recover?... We need to be looking forward to the role that we play in our communities,鈥� Keys explained.

Having been born and raised in Oregon, she鈥檚 excited to be in Alaska for the first time, describing the move into the state as 鈥渏umping off a cliff鈥� and pure adventure.

Learning to fish is an Alaskan pastime that鈥檚 on her list, though Keys is not new to hunting in rural Oregon.

鈥淚 like hiking,鈥� she said. 鈥淚 love the views, and I鈥檓 told Kodiak has some beautiful views, so I鈥檓 really looking forward to that and sea kayaking. Those are three things I have on my bucket list of adventures.鈥�