Summary
Adelyn Noda (née Benjamin; born 5 October 1950) is a former teacher from Kosrae in the Federated States of Micronesia. In 1983, she became the youngest women from Kosrae to be ordained as a deaconess.
Biography edit
She was born on 5 October 1950 in Malem, but grew up in Utwe. Her father was Reverend Benjamin Benjamin. She attended Utwe Elementary School and Bethania High School in Belau from 1965 to 1969. She graduated in 1972 from Micronesia Community College. She married mechanic Henry Noda and returned to Utwe Elementary School to teach. In 1974, she moved to teach English at Kosrae High School and from 1978 to 1985 was head of the department.[1]
In 1983, she was ordained as a deaconess, becoming the youngest woman to be ordained to the position in the history of Kosrae.[2]
As of 2006, she was a Kosraean culture tutor at the College of Micronesia.[3][4]
Awards edit
- Kosrae Teacher of the Year (1982)[1]
References edit
- ^ a b Simon-McWilliams, Ethel (1987). Glimpses into Pacific Lives: Some Outstanding Women (Revised) (PDF). Portland, Oregon: Northwest Regional Educational Lab. pp. 52–3. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
- ^ Buck, Elden M. (2005). Island of Angels: The Growth of the Church on Kosrae: Kapkapak Lun Church Fin Acn Kosrae, 1852-2002. Watermark Pub. p. 523. ISBN 978-0-9753740-6-1.
- ^ "Kosrae Upward Program: 14". pacificdigitallibrary.org. Retrieved 2021-10-25.
- ^ "Current Staff / Teachers - Kosrae High School". sites.google.com. Retrieved 2021-10-25.