Penney Parmet

ESCANABA — Bay College has hired Penney Parmet as its new K-12 education coordinator.

Parmet is a long-time kindergarten through 12th-grade educator in the Upper Peninsula and has completed her doctoral coursework and exams in education at the University of Pennsylvania.

In addition, Parmet has been an award-winning education and communication instructor at Bay College for many years.

In her role as K-12 education coordinator, Parmet will continue to teach education courses while also helping to create new curriculum, support students in transfer opportunities, and work to build professional development opportunities for education majors.

One opportunity that Parmet has already created is opening of a Bay College Aspiring Educators’ Club.

In addition, students this semester will be helping honor area K-12 teachers at the Bay College Open House on Sept. 28, meeting with representatives from Northern Michigan University, and connecting with The Aspiring Educators’ Leadership/MEA.

For more information on being an education major at Bay College, contact Parmet at parmetp@baycollege.edu.