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Walking into classroom in
her Kbc green sweater black leg-
gings and thick-heeled shoes
Angle McDonald could easily be
mistaken for a graduate student
But five minutes in class with her
at the podium makes it quite
clear that she isn't a typical pro-
fessor. In fact very little about
McDonald is typical
At 31 McDonald assistant
rofessor of psychology already
las been through a variety of dlf-
kult experiences that have given
icr the keen understanding of
people and life that she brings
into the classroom.
Just before her senior year in
high school McDonalds stepmo-
ther died suddenly from a brain
aneurysm leaving behind a 5-year-old
daughter and a 3-year-old son.
For a year McDonald was a surro-
gate mother to her young siblings.
"My senior year was really a
unique time with them. I got out of
school early and went home and
took care of them I ended up being
die mom that year ... they were very
k much like my children. Its hard for
me to Imagine loving my own chil-
dren more than 1 love them."
McDonalds sister Rachel who
is taking a semester off from
ACU said having Angie care for
her seemed normal.
"It was what I knew" Rachel
said. "She was much more mature
than most people her age because
of all of the responsibilities she
had. Most high school students
arc very selfish and are just con-
cerned with themselves but she
took roe everywhere she went"
Despite her desire to continue
caring for her brother and sister
she left for ACU following her
senior year. After graduating
from ACU in 1988 McDonald
went on to complete a masters
degree at Texas A&M In psycho
logy and counseling and then
spent a year in Kenya doing mis-
sion work. The time in Kenya
was a powerful period for Her.
"I got there and I atoohrttty
feved everything about Kenya. I
don't know that lVe ever been
happier than I was that year. I wac
Very fulfilled. I'm not even sui
kw much Ldid f -r anyone but k
was a tremendous time for me."
While in Kenya McDonald
decided she wanted to teach psy-.
chology. She was accepted Imp a
doctoral program focusing on
developmental social and per-
sonality psychology at the Uni-
versity of Texas in Austin.
She is now completing her do-
ctoral dissertation. She moved to
Abilene in the summer of 1996
and began teaching developmental
psychology and statistics that fall.
As one ofjmly a few single pro-
fessors McDonald Is in a unique
position and she admits being a
member of a rather small dem-
ographic in Abilene single
35-year-olds is at times difficult
"I don't have a lot of peers" she
said. "I am with students all day and
Im very genuine wkh students but
its dBcult to find people who are Wee
me. I try to appreciate that there arc so
many things I have been able to do
thatl would not have been able to do
married and definitely would not
been able to do with children. I am
enjoying things while I have them. 1
may not always be this free and there
are some advantages to freedom."
McDonald believes too great
an empltasis is placed on dating
and marriage at ACU but Is
quick to say she is not against
marriage or dating.
"When we brought my younger
sister to the dorm there was a sign
on a bulletin board that read 'How
to be a Godly Wife. How to be a
Godly Woman would be a great
theme but at 18 most of them
barely have a handle on wliat that
might mean" she said.
"1 think for a lot of students and
for myself it baa jm taken
for God to finish what he.i
to dtowith me for me to be
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major from Dallas rm had Mc
Donald lor developmental
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you along. She shows me that)
you can do a lot a? an individuAj."
Her best friend and college
roommate Lynette Wilson wld '
it was difficult to put McDonald".
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"She is a role model In that she
is OK with where she is at In
life" Wilson said.
Thechallenges in her own life
affect the way McDonald runs
her classroom. " 1
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