May-June 1996 found me teaching a summer session at York County Technical College when the College was located in Village By The Sea (a condominium resort on Route One in Wells). I had the opportunity to teach during the College’s first year of operation. My wife, Diane, and I shared a working vacation--I worked four days at the college and she relaxed at the Marginal Way House across from the beach in Ogunquit.

The York County Technical College (now York County Community College) students, staff and faculty so impressed us during our stay that Diane and I made the decision that I should apply for the full-time faculty position. I accepted the Technology and Applied Science Department Chair position in August 1997 and served in that capacity until May 2005. August 2005 found me in the classroom where I continue to teach a full course load--both online and in the classroom. Diane has been known to teach the Computer Applications course.

In June 1998 Diane and I traveled to Colorado and California so that we could learn about distance education, specifically teaching college courses using a "new" technology called the Internet. Based on the research, YCCC offered its first online course (Visual Basic) the spring semester of 1999. The College has continued to develop its online offerings with many courses available. One of our goals is to have a fully-online associate degree.