Rock On
Tina Moser considers Slippery Rock University a second home.
Moser, who has worked at SRU for 20 years, is the assistant to the president. She said she enjoys working with the students.
“I love the energy of the students,” said Moser, 46, of Mercer County.
Moser started at SRU in 1993, working in the office of career services coordinating part-time employment opportunities for students.
She started working in the president's office as the executive office manager in 2002. In 2004, she was appointed as President Robert Smith's assistant, a position she continued when President Cheryl Norton started at SRU in 2012.
Moser also is the liaison to SRU's council of trustees. In that role, she coordinates the council's quarterly meetings and works closely with the president on university policies and procedures.
She has to attend those trustees meetings, and also sometimes has to go to other State System of Higher Education schools and to Harrisburg.
“There is travel involved,” Moser said.
Her workday can be different each day, and she tries to get out to different parts of the campus as much as possible.
“There is no typical day, which makes it exciting,” Moser said.
A big part of her job involves making a positive impression on behalf of the president's office, something she prides herself on.
“This is about relationship building,” Moser said.
The job also involves working with other departments.
“That's how we get things done,” Moser said.
In addition to her main duties, Moser serves as a volunteer judge for SRU's communications department's senior presentations, where she provides assistance with mock interviews and resume workshops for students.
“That's something that I love to do,” Moser said.
She is a past coordinator of SRU's Strategic Planning Steering Committee, has served on the Middle States Accreditation planning committee and is a member of the university president's cabinet.Moser also is a past member of the President's Commission for Women, where she was the past chair of the public relation committee and the membership committee, and was the treasurer of the commission. She also has been involved in the planning of Young Women at the Rock, which is SRU's version of a “take your daughter to work day.”She grew up in West Sunbury and attended the Moniteau School District until her family moved to Grove City.Moser got her associate degree in business information from the Shenango Valley School of Business in 1986. While working at SRU, she decided to go back to school and earned a bachelor of science degree at SRU in 2005.Before working at SRU, Moser was the assistant to the president at Globe Printing in New Wilmington.When her husband, who works at Instron Corp. IPG in Grove City, was transferred to New Jersey in 1988, she moved with him and took a job as the executive assistant to the vice president of operations at a cable company in New Jersey.When her husband was transferred back to Pennsylvania, she went back to work at Globe Printing.“They asked me to come back,” Moser said.Outside of work, Moser enjoys exercising. She also enjoys traveling, particularly to beaches.“Not that I get to do it very often,” Moser said.This year, she is serving on the planning committee for Slippery Rock's VillageFest, which will be in September.Moser was a member of the Leadership Butler County Class of 2012.“It really helped me to become reacquainted with Butler County,” Moser said.Because she spends such a large amount of time at SRU, she said it can be a challenge to be involved beyond the campus.She said that it was eye-opening to see how the county has grown and changed, and she was impressed by the variety of industries.She said her favorite part of the leadership class was working on service projects. The class had two projects, raising money to give shoes and clothing for needy children, and completing a mural in downtown Butler.“It was a really great experience to be there,” Moser said.She said that she appreciated being able to meet other professionals outside of education.“I've made lifelong friends because of my involvement with Leadership Butler County,” Moser said.
<B>Age:</B> 46<B>Address: </B>Liberty Township, Mercer County<B>Family: </B>Husband, John; children, Tyler and Megan<B>Education: </B>Associate degree in business administration from Shenango Valley School of Business in 1986 and bachelor of science degree from Slippery Rock University in 2005<B>Employment: </B>Assistant to the president at Slippery Rock University<B>Business: </B>Slippery Rock University<B>Address: </B>1 Morrow Way, Slippery Rock<B>What it does: </B>A public university with nearly 9,000 students that has undergraduate and graduate programs<B>Employees: </B>975Community leadership: Member of the committee for Slippery Rock’s VillageFest<B>LEADERSHIP IS:</B>“All effective leaders, no matter how they differ from one another, have two main qualities, honesty and integrity.“The best leaders are into people building, not just business building.“Great leaders also have a great sense of humor.”<B>INSPIRATION</B>“He (Abraham Lincoln) appreciated learning through trial and error, he was humble and took advice from others, he made tough decisions despite the critics, and he told great stories.”
