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Snyder retires from MAC General Services

Friday, June 20, 2008

 Bo Snyder, of Farmington, has announced his retirement from Mineral Area College after working full-time for about 20 years in the community college's General Services Department. His retirement officially begins July 1.

When asked what the high point of his time was at MAC, Snyder pointed to the three "General Services Employee of the Year Awards" he accumulated under three presidents, Dr. Dixie A. Kohn, Dr. Terry L. Barnes and Dr. Steven J. Kurtz. "Makes me feel good, kinda like I was able to serve each administration well," Snyder said.

Snyder has worn many hats at the college, running a variety of errands and tasks around campus and doing maintenance and repair work. Among the hundreds of day-to-day things he did around campus, he handled outgoing and incoming mail and freight, took care of the disability-accessible doors, hung pictures, moved furniture, help set the dozens of clocks around campus, and generally made himself available to faculty and staff for anything of a handy nature with which they needed help.

"I think what I'll miss most about MAC is the variety of things, doing a lot of different things for a lot of different people," he said. "It's really like a family at MAC, in fact, from day to day, I've been around them more than I've been around my own family. They're charming, nice people, especially the staff of Student Services, the Print Shop, HospiceCare, Upward Bound, Talent Search."

Snyder once wore a pedometer for awhile, just to see how much ground he covered in a day at the college, walking through the halls, around the grounds, up and down the stairs. He found out he walked at least 5 miles a day. "I get a lot of exercise on the job," he said.

In retirement, Snyder said he plans to take it a little easier, and do "whatever comes natural—hunting, hiking, fishing, work at home. I'm a bit of a handyman and I hire out for the odd job or two. I don't know how to sit still real well."

He said he'll also have more time for his family, wife Linda, and son Chuck and his family and son Jason. "The kids are in Texas, in the Houston area, so I plan to visit them when I can," Snyder said.