Course Listing - by Instructor
| Name | Biography |
|---|---|
| LERN Staff | |
| Voices For All, LLC | Voices For All, LLC, The Voices For All Voice Coaches/Producers/Instructors are known for their fun and informative presenting methods. Our coaches have many years of experience in the voiceover industry and are masters at teaching all of the information pertinent to making it in voice acting. Whether it be speaking, presenting, writing, producing, or announcing, Voices For All has it covered. With hundreds of regional and national commercials, and public service announcements under their belts, our instructors not only deliver the highest quality education and coaching to their students, but their unique enthusiasm and expertise bring an element of fun and excitement to the virtual classroom as well. |
| Ayumi Amama | Growing up in Osaka, Japan, Ayumi always enjoyed cooking. Since she started making rolled omelets at 7 years old, she has continued learning new techniques and developing new recipes. Ayumi has also taken calligraphy lessons in Japan for about eight years and is trained in architectural design. She enjoys sharing Japanese culture. |
| Natalie Beharry | |
| Becky Behling | Becky has taught Awareness Through Movement® lessons for ten years. She is certified as a practitioner by the Feldenkrais Guild of North America. She is also certified by the American Council on exercise as a personal trainer and group exercise instructor and has been teaching a variety of classes since 1987. |
| Tom Boley | Tom has been a hobby woodworker all his life and became a woodturner in about 1995. One of his joys in life is standing at the lathe, teaching the craft to others. He teaches in his shop at his home near Wamego. When an opportunity to make actual money in the woodturning business arose in 2005, he changed directions to focus on architectural woodturning. From December 2005 to July 2014, he was a full-time custom architectural woodturner in northern Virginia, making turned items for both restoration and new construction, numbering from a single item to sometimes hundreds of the same thing. Examples of that are new balusters in the same style and shape as old ones for the restoration of a railing around the porch of an old house. Newels, porch posts, table legs, and finials were also commonly requested turnings. As of August 2014, Tom mostly retired from that business and moved to Wamego, near Manhattan, the home of his beloved Kansas State Wildcats. Now, in addition to some commercial work, he very much enjoys working on the artistic side of woodturning as a hobby and participates in one or two craft shows each year. The hobby produces bowls, bottle stoppers, pens, sweater pins, and other items. Tom's favorite turnings are natural edge bowls in several different forms, specializing in square natural edge bowls and what he calls "log bowls." And he has started a woodturning club for local turners called Flint Hills Woodturners (www.flinthillswoodturners.org), a great place to meet fellow woodturners, and be inspired by the Show and Tell items they bring to the meetings and learn about the craft. |
| Brian Braun | Brian Braun has taught OSHA and Construction classes for the last nine years. He has been in the industry for 40 years and in that time has continuously improved his trade skills with a specialization in the field of plumbing. Brian has his Master Plumber certification and enjoys sharing his knowledge with others. |
| Sydney Brinneman | |
| Ted Cable | Ted Cable is Professor Emeritus of Park Management and Conservation at Kansas State University. He has authored 14 books, several book chapters, four scenic byway video scripts, and more than 250 articles, reports, and presentations dealing with nature, travel, and heritage interpretation. Four of his 14 books deal specifically with birds and Dr. Cable has birded in all 50 states and on every continent. He has seen more than 4,000 species of birds globally and more than 440 species in Kansas. He has received teaching awards from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and was named Kansas Wildlife Federation Communicator of the Year in addition to many teachings, student advising, and faculty mentoring awards from Kansas State University. He received the National Association for Interpretation’s Master of Interpretation Award and in 2000 he received their highest honor by being named a Fellow of the National Association for Interpretation. In 2020 the American Academy of Park and Recreation Administration awarded Ted the Park and Recreation Legend Award. |
| Angie Chae | |
| Cary Chappell | |
| Zenobia Charania | |
| Melissa Copp | |
| Jeremy Dembowski | Hello! My name is Jeremy Dembowski and I'm a third year Art Education major at KState! I have been creating art since I was little and have grown to love teaching it to others! My motto for anything creatively challenging is "Try it! What's the worst that can happen?" My focus is water colors and charcoal, but I dabble in just about anything you can think of! |
| Sarah Denton | |
| Body First | |
| Monica Franco | Monica Franco Franco is an English-Spanish teacher who works in a public high school. Monica has over ten years of experience teaching foreign languages and is a K-State alum who lives in Equador. |
| Ana Franklin | Ana Franklin began practicing yoga in the 1970s. However, Ana's exposure to yoga started in early childhood as her father practiced yoga faithfully every day since 1951, making this a regular part of the household activities. Then in 1963, Ana's mother began to attend yoga class and also became a faithful practitioner. Ana has been teaching yoga since 1984. In the '90s, Ana traveled to Hawaii and took five Yoga Teacher Training sessions from Gary Kraftsow, founder of American Viniyoga Institute. She has also been certified by the Krishnamacharya Health and Yoga Foundation in Chennai, India. "Yoga is a lifelong commitment for me, and with such a rich subject, there is always more to learn, and to teach! I hope to continue doing both for a very long time." |
| Kat Goetting | Kat has a masters in creative writing from K-State and is currently working as an Instructor of English at K-State. |
| Mark Grimsley | Mark F. Grimsley is a 13 year U.S. Army Veteran that started his career as an enlisted Abrams tank crewman. He has served in 3 overseas tours that include Korea in 2002 followed by Iraq in 2003 as a tank gunner, and finally Afghanistan in 2010-11 as a logistics officer with the 101st Airborne Division. He has completed numerous schools in the Army to include Air Assault and Airborne. As a civilian, Mark has completed over 120 hours of firearms training and runs a modest YouTube channel called Fit'n Fire. |
| Olinga Grover | |
| Eliana Gueron | |
| Vanessa Hager | Vanessa is a Certified Yoga teacher who loves community, health and helping people feel their best. |
| Barbara Hanae Johnson | |
| Sabrina Handy | |
| Katharine Hensler | Katharine Hensler is the new Director of the Riley County Historical Museum. She moved to Riley County, Kansas in 2017 and brings over 20 years of experience in collections management and museum administration. Originally from northcentral Pennsylvania, Ms. Hensler received an undergraduate degree in History from Lock Haven University of Penna. and a graduate degree in Historic Preservation from Goucher College in Baltimore, Maryland. |
| Caity Hinnergardt | |
| Joanna Howe | |
| Jake Huber | |
| Marsha Jensen | |
| David Jones | David is an AHIP-certified independent insurance agent focused on Medicare-related products and services. |
| Anuththara Karunarathna | I am a Sri Lankan graduate student currently studying at K-state. Sri Lanka is a south Asian country which is famous for the authentic Sri Lankan curries. Spices are the secret ingredient in Sri Lankan dishes. My mother used to cook authentic Sri lankan dishes for her restaurant back in Sri Lanka and I was trained under my Mom since my childhood. |
| Jane Kim | Jane Kim is a certified Korean language instructor who has a passion for sharing Korean culture. |
| Mary Kohn | |
| Community Led | |
| Travus Lexroux | |
| Sue Maes | |
| Pedro Marquez | Pedro is a Golden Gloves winner. He has a bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology and 10+ years boxing/coaching experience. |
| Pedro Melendez | Pedro Melendez is a Borinquen born artist that now resides in Manhattan, Kansas after serving in the US Army for seventeen years. As a child he found his love for art within the pages of comic books and taught himself to draw by tracing then copying the characters on the pages. While attending East Side High School in Newark, New Jersey, where he grew up, he discovered graffiti and a world of urban art that he was closed off from. There the spray can became his medium and the streets of New York and New Jersey his canvas. After his time in the military, he took advantage of the GI Bill and got his BFA in Studio Art with a concentration in Ceramics at Kansas State University in the Fall 2020. After a break to open his online pottery business, The Witch and The Geek, with his partner Nicole Peters, and to manage the ceramics studio as well as teach ceramics to adults and children at the Manhattan Art Center in Manhattan, Kansas, he returned to school to complete a second concentration in drawing. Pedro’s first gallery exhibition in the Fall of 2020 at The Mark A. Chapman Gallery at Kansas State University he celebrated his art beginnings with a show of graffiti and sculptures, depicting tools of the trade. Plaster and cardboard were used to make his pieces, with flowing forms bringing his graffiti work into the room with motion and color. In the Spring of 2022, Pedro introduced a narrative related to mental health mental health. With a combination of graphite drawings and acrylic paint, he gives the message of the details that are often overlooked by others: suicide, medication, and often defeat. |
| Camille Meritan | |
| Aliah Mestrovich Seay | |
| Justin Montney | Justin Montney is a Ph.D. Teaching Assistant for the KSU Kinesiology Department. He has 5+ years of field experience working with students and clinical patients related to instructing exercise and performance. |
| Naho Nagai | |
| Debbie Newton | Debbie has been a certified yoga teacher (CYT) since 2007. |
| Terry Olson | |
| Hannah Parker | |
| Georgia Nonte Perez | Georgia Nonte Perez has taught Dream Catcher making for over 30 years. She has dedicated her life to learning and teaching folkarts, which she learned at the feet of her grandmother starting at 3 years old. Skills taught to her were beading, weaving, basketry, embroidery, herbal lore, and many other skills. Georgia has taught classes for UFM, Manhattan Parks and Recreation, and private lessons to KSU Native American students and others in her art studio. |
| Vivian Price | Vivian Price is a K-State graduate with a BA in Theatre. She studied Dunham Technique modern dance through the Alvin Ailey Extension NYC, West African Dance at Djoniba Dance and Drum NYC, as well as taken several West African dance master classes. She is an ACE-certified Group Fitness Instructor. |
| Kyler Reith | Professional bicycle mechanic with 5+ years of experience in the industry. |
| Robert Rosenberg | |
| Lucas Shivers | Growing up with huge farm gardens in rural Kansas, Lucas has been an avid gardener since his days in 4-H and FFA. He's an educator and can't wait to work with you to find success as a great gardener. |
| Melinda Sinn | |
| Robert Smith | Robert Smith was born in Nebraska and attended Nebraska University where he majored in history. Bob has always had a love for history and a particular interest in military history as he comes from a military family. Prior to his return to academia and advanced degrees Bob managed a family operated business where he learned management and organizational skills. He returned to academia in 1998 attending Kansas State University receiving a Master of Arts in military history in 2004 and a Ph.D. in military history in December 2008. Currently Bob is the Director of the Fort Riley Museum Complex, Fort Riley, Kansas. |
| Chris Sorensen | |
| LERN Staff | |
| Neal Strathman | Hello, I am a retired 22-year-Veteran of the U.S. Navy and Navy Reserves. I started my appreciation of whiskey (American and Irish) and whisky (Scottish, Canadian, or Japanese) shortly after turning 21 while stationed near Seattle. It was a great benefit having disposable income that I could use to explore more expensive Scotches, Ryes, Irish whiskeys, and Bourbons. I joined the Navy Reserves at the age of 30 where I was deployed to Japan several times assisting in radiation surveys after the Fukashima reactor accident and shipyard maintenance. It was here that I discovered the possibility of good whisky being made in any place where care is taken to ensure quality. I am grateful for the ability to share my passion for great drinks with friends and family. |
| Michelle Toews | |
| Amber Vennum | |
| Tim Vettel | Tim Vettel is the passionate owner and lead trainer at our award winning fitness center in Manhattan, KS. With an impressive seven year tenure while owning multiple locations and managing over 1000 clients. Tim guides individuals on their journeys to achieve unparalleled physical and mental wellness. Tim's expertise is backed by his esteemed certifications in Kickboxology and as a Master Trainer boot camp certification holder, equipping him with a unique blend of skills to offer a diverse and challenging instruction and workout environment. Being a former football player at the collegiate level instilled in him the values of perseverance, and teamwork. At the heart of Tim's training philosophy is the belief that everyone, regardless of their starting point, has the potential to unlock their best selves through kickboxing and general fitness. |
| Betty Wilson | Betty and Kirk Wilson have been Master Gardeners since 2001. Their yard has been on the Riley County Garden Tour three times. Over 30 years of trial and error, failure and success stories to share. Many do's and don'ts to share. |
| Kirk Wilson | Betty and Kirk Wilson have been Master Gardeners since 2001. Their yard has been on the Riley County Garden Tour three times. Over 30 years of trial and error, failure and success stories to share. Many do's and don'ts to share. |
| Stan Wilson | Stan Wilson has studied martial arts since 1970 and has a black belt in Hakkoryu Jujutsu and a black sash in Pai Lum Kung Fu. |
| Kelly Yarbrough | |
| Dukno Yoon | Dukno Yoon is an Associate Professor in the Department of Art at Kansas State University as well as the Area Coordinator of Metalsmithing and Jewelry. |
