Alumni SAGE Society Legacy Oral History Project Peck recently retired as Public Relations Director for the University of Illinois Springfield. She attended the upper division only Sangamon State University as a nontraditional part time student to get a degree in English while she worked as a newspaper reporter in Decatur, IL. She took classes with Judy Everson, Proshanta Nandi, and Rich Shereikis and later became a graduate assistant for Mike Lennon while continuing her education in English, earning a master’s degree. The opportunity arose for her to work at SSU in the Public Relations department and enjoyed the “glorious ride,” as Peck refers to her years of service at the university. See also D2/1/3 Alumni SAGE Society Legacy Oral History Project.

Digital audio file, 56 min., 17 pp. Interview by Mary Caroline Mitchell, 2010 OPEN