Upon graduating from Hope in 1976, Bill Moreau embarked on a 36-year career as a high school English teacher for Hamilton (Michigan) Community Schools. He served as the school district’s English Department chair (or co-chair) for 23 years and started Hamilton High School’s Advanced Placement English program. Bill taught AP English Literature and Composition during the last 17 years of his Hamilton teaching career.

After being selected as a Fulbright Teacher Exchange participant for the 1994–95 academic year, Bill taught at Farlingaye High School in Woodbridge, England. As a result, he established a student exchange program between Hamilton High School and Farlingaye High School. During the 18 years this program ran, over 350 students from the two schools participated.

In 1983, Bill started teaching part-time at Hope College. In 2012, after 29 years as a part-time professor, he accepted a full-time position in Hope’s Department of English.

AREAS OF INTEREST

自1983年以来，比尔一直在霍普大学教授中学英语方法课程(英语380/381)。多年来，他还教授了《英语113:特殊话题》的几十个部分，在这些课程中，每位教授都围绕一个选定的主题设计课程。在比尔的《113》中，学生们阅读了三本非小说类书籍，围绕着三种截然不同的现实生活中的生存场景，把它们作为优秀写作的例子，并作为自己写作的灵感。支持希望小学或高中的学生教英语，以及与希望小学一年级的作家合作，是他的两大教学热情所在。

EDUCATION

• M.Ed., Grand Valley State Colleges, 1982
• B.A., English, Hope College, 1976

HONORS

• Most Valuable Professor recognition for “transforming the lives of Hope College student athletes,” nominated by three students from Hope’s Athletes Coming Together/Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, 2016
• Four-time invited commencement speaker at Hamilton (Michigan) High School, 1979, 1992, 1994, 2012
• Hamilton (Michigan) High School Portrait (yearbook) dedication, 1982
• Phi Beta Kappa selection, 1976
• Sandrene Schutt Award, Department of English, Hope College, 1976
• Lambda Iota Tau member (English honor society), 1975

PUBLICATIONS

Bill has written over 150 feature articles focusing on educational issues and family life. They have appeared inThe Grand Rapids Press(Wonderland Magazine),The Grand Rapids Press Lakeshore Edition,The Muskegon Chronicle,The Holland Sentinel,The Church HeraldandNews from Hope College.

OUTSIDE THE COLLEGE

Bill likes to read, write, run, walk, garden, travel, visit his five grandchildren (in Illinois and Minnesota) and refurbish the 100-year-old house in Holland that he and his fabric-artist wife, Barb, share. Bill and Barb have three adult children, and they are members of Third Reformed Church in Holland.