WILLIAM MCGUIRE has joined Cazenovia College as a visiting instructor in the equine business management program. He received his bachelor’s degree in animal sciences from Kansas State University and a master’s degree in reproductive physiology, also from Kansas State. McGuire earned a doctorate in physiology from Colorado State University. He has worked as an instructor […]
WILLIAM MCGUIRE has joined Cazenovia College as a visiting instructor in the equine business management program. He received his bachelor’s degree in animal sciences from Kansas State University and a master’s degree in reproductive physiology, also from Kansas State. McGuire earned a doctorate in physiology from Colorado State University. He has worked as an instructor at several colleges and in various positions in the animal industry. McGuire has been director of and instructor in the equine program at Arkansas State University, area program director and agent for the Cooperative Extension Service at New Mexico State University, and department head and instructor for the equine program at Cloud County Community College in Kansas. In those roles, he taught animal science, human physiology, and anatomy classes, and coached the livestock and horse-judging team. His past jobs also include serving as assistant general manager at Sequel Stallions and a prairieland beef team representative for Moorman’s Manufacturing Company.
MARA METZGAR has been hired as a visiting instructor of mathematics at Cazenovia College. She has experience teaching math to students from elementary-school age to the college level. Metzgar most recently served as coordinator of the PTECH program at Onondaga Community College, helping students navigate college and tutoring various subjects and college-success strategies. She developed the STEAM curriculum program and taught STEAM subjects at the Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science and Technology. Metzgar also teaches SAT preparation courses at Onondaga Community College and Manlius Pebble Hill School, writes national math and science curriculum materials, and trains adults to be Montessori teachers in the United States and Europe. Metzgar’s background includes mathematics teaching positions at Scottsdale Community College and the University of Advancing Technology in Arizona. She has taught at and developed curriculum for Montessori schools in Texas, New Jersey, and Syracuse, and has worked for Evans Newton, Inc., developing coaching and professional-development initiatives for high school teachers and administrators. Metzgar earned a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Arizona State University and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Phoenix.