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Jocelyne Couture-Nowak

Jocelyne Couture-NowakDuring her four years at Virginia Tech, Jocelyne Couture-Nowak made friends with her students and colleagues in the foreign-languages department and really enjoyed her job.

"She was someone who just gave everything for her teaching," said Richard Shryock, chairman of the foreign languages department and a fellow French instructor.

"She always delighted in trying to be able to find new ways, or interesting ways, to present material. She was constantly challenging herself in that way, trying to stimulate the students, and she was very successful at what she did." Shryock said Couture-Nowak’s attributes went far beyond just being an excellent instructor of French.

"As a person, she was a fabulous individual," Shryock said, "just a very personable, very warm and caring individual. We are a close-knit department … Jocelyne and Jamie [Bishop] were two people who were universally well-liked in the department."

Couture-Nowak was the wife of Jerzy Nowak, chairman of the horticulture department at Tech.

— John Packett, Media General News Service

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