Staff Spotlight for October 2008
Name: Rebecca Coffey
Title: Administrative Specialist
Department/Unit: Public Health Sciences
What is your role within HEHD? Describe a typical day at work. I serve as administrative support within the Dept. of Public Health Sciences. My main duties are making departmental purchases, scheduling travel, reconciling the credit card, processing vouchers, and managing the contracts for our internship program.
What do you like best about your job? I like the variety of tasks and the interaction I have with the students and faculty.
Tell us about your family. I am the proud mother of two children, Lydia, 10 and Benjamin, 8. We enjoy watching football together, reading, travelling, baking, and trivia. Lydia is currently a cheerleader and is an avid softball player. Ben is currently playing football and enjoys Cub Scouts.
Please list your favorite(s).
• Hobby: Reading, Running, and Shooting Pool
• Book: Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell, and Tess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
• Electronic gadget: My iPod
• Vacation destination: Anywhere I haven’t been before. I love to travel and see new things.
• Music or musical genera: I love music and listen to a wide variety of artists and genres. I typically can be found listening to anything from Norah Jones to Korn. My favorite band is Linkin’ Park.
• Person with whom you would like to have a conversation: Robert F Kennedy
• Thing that makes you smile: My children, the witty sense of humor of my friends, and when the University of Alabama wins a football game
• Advice received: I don’t know if it is really advice, but someone once offered me this bible verse and it has made all the difference in my life. “I say this because I know what I am planning for you," says the Lord. "I have good plans for you, not plans to hurt you. I will give you hope and a good future.” Jeremiah 29:11
