{"id":7715,"date":"2013-10-02T09:00:02","date_gmt":"2013-10-02T16:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=7715"},"modified":"2013-10-16T09:19:46","modified_gmt":"2013-10-16T16:19:46","slug":"know-your-profs-camosun-accounting-instructor-amy-hoggard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2013\/10\/02\/know-your-profs-camosun-accounting-instructor-amy-hoggard\/","title":{"rendered":"Know Your Profs<\/em>: Camosun College accounting instructor Amy Hoggard"},"content":{"rendered":"

Know Your Profs<\/i> is an ongoing series of articles helping you get to know the instructors at Camosun College a bit better. Got someone you want to see interviewed? Email editor@nexusnewspaper.com and we\u2019ll get on it.<\/p>\n

This time around we caught up with accounting instructor Amy Hoggard and talked about knuckle-cracking, fraud, and handbag addictions.<\/p>\n

1: What do you teach and how long have you been a teacher at Camosun?<\/i><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been teaching at Camosun for five years. I\u2019m an accounting instructor and I teach financial accounting, auditing, and fraud awareness.<\/p>\n

2: What do you personally get out of teaching?<\/i><\/p>\n

I love being in the classroom and interacting with students. It\u2019s pretty awesome that I get paid to talk about accounting theory all day.<\/p>\n

3: What\u2019s one thing you wish your students knew about you?<\/i><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t say it enough but I really am on their side and want them all to succeed. There\u2019s usually a method to my madness, and sometimes things are hard and challenging to prepare them for the future. It wasn\u2019t long ago that I was in their position, so I push when needed.<\/p>\n

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Camosun\u2019s Amy Hoggard: won\u2019t tolerate fraud, will tolerate handbags (photo provided).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

4: What\u2019s one thing you wish they didn\u2019t know about you?<\/i><\/p>\n

I am a fairly open book so my students probably know a little too much about me. I need to cut down on my handbag addiction comments.<\/p>\n

5: What\u2019s the best thing that\u2019s ever happened to you as a teacher here?<\/i><\/p>\n

It\u2019s a tie. I\u2019m so grateful to be able to be a faculty advisor for Camosun\u2019s DECA [business club] students. To see our students give back to the community and compete successfully in international competitions makes me one proud mama bear. I also am happy when I hear about students getting jobs that they love and that something I taught them is allowing them to do well (attention to detail is a must for auditors).<\/p>\n

6: What\u2019s the worst thing that\u2019s ever happened to you as a teacher here?<\/i><\/p>\n

I hate having to discipline in cheating circumstances; it\u2019s an uncomfortable process for me and a breach of trust is very hard to overcome. But, to be clear, I will not tolerate it; did I mention I teach a fraud awareness course?<\/p>\n

7: What do you see in the future of postsecondary education?<\/i><\/p>\n

We will see increased online learning, but I believe Camosun\u2019s in-person, small classes taught by instructors who truly care will be considered a competitive advantage and will continue to thrive.<\/i><\/p>\n

8: What do you do to relax on the weekends?<\/i><\/p>\n

I\u2019m working on a Master\u2019s, so I don\u2019t get much time to relax, but when I can I play squash and spend time with my friends and family.<\/p>\n

9: What\u2019s your favorite meal?<\/i><\/p>\n

Cho Muang (purple dumplings) at Simply Thai in Yaletown; I try to make it there every time I\u2019m over in Vancouver.<\/i><\/p>\n

10: What\u2019s your biggest pet peeve?<\/i><\/p>\n

Loud chewing and people cracking their knuckles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Know Your Profs is an ongoing series of articles helping you get to know the instructors at Camosun College a bit better. Got someone you want to see interviewed? Email editor@nexusnewspaper.com and we\u2019ll get on it. This time around we caught up with accounting instructor Amy Hoggard and talked about knuckle-cracking, fraud, and handbag addictions. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7716,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,114],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus","category-october-2-2013"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t