Rennie VanKampen

For the past seven years, Rennie VanKampen has worked at the International Academy of Design & Technology in Tampa. She began as an adjunct instructor teaching humanities and American history courses and was recognized by the Academy for "Academic Excellence." She also received a "Faculty Recognition" award from American InterContinental University Online in 2002 for her work as an instructor there.

VanKampen was promoted to Chair of the General Education Department at the Academy in Tampa in 2002. In 2004, the Academy began to offer online courses and she took on the additional role as on-campus coordinator for students in online classes. In 2006, she was honored to receive the President's Leadership Award and also received recognition for "Dedication to Excellence." Today, she is also the Chair of the General Education program for the Academy Online.

In addition to her administrative work as department chair, VanKampen serves on the board of several committees, including the Publication Review, Operations Council, Graduate Steering and Academic Council. She coordinates Constitution Day observation events each year to celebrate and commemorate the signing of the Constitution on September 17, 1787.

VanKampen is a member of the Renaissance Society of America and the College Art Association. She has worked with McGraw-Hill as a consultant with the Image Vault project in 2004 and completed a textbook review for Matthews & Platt The Western Humanities in 2005. In 2006, VanKampen traveled to Boston to participate in a focus group to critique and review remediation programs and ThomsonNOW technologies hosted by Thomson/Wadsworth.

Born on Kwajalein, a small island in the atoll of the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, VanKampen moved to California, then to Florida, graduating from Riverview High School in Sarasota. She graduated from Tallahassee Community College with honors and worked as a tutor for the Disabled Student Services Department. She then attended the Florida State University and graduated with a B.A. in Humanities with a focus in religion, classics, and the Renaissance. She later earned an M.A. in Humanities while working three jobs.