Jacklyn Kimberlin Cutting ‘58 Speaks at Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony

Jacklyn Kimberlin Cutting ’58 addressed a sea of graduates and families at Kean University’s 2008 Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony.  As the chosen representative of the Newark State Teachers College Class of 1958, she encouraged the University’s newest alumni to carry on their pride and loyalty.  She and her former classmates were the first to graduate from the Union, N.J. campus, and they had just returned to Kean in May for their 50th class reunion.

Kimberlin Cutting graduated summa cum laude from New Jersey State Teachers College in 1958. In the fifty years that have passed since, she has enjoyed a success in both her career as an elementary school teacher as well as a public relations executive.

Upon graduation, she began her career teaching first grade in Woodbridge, N.J. However, her husband's job transfers eventually led her to various elementary school teaching positions across the country, in places such as Cambridge, Mass., San Jose, Calif.  and Evanston, Ill. While in California, when she was not teaching, Jacklyn often spent her leisure time racing sailboats on the San Francisco Bay. 

Following yet another family relocation that brought her to Reading, Pa., she began working at the Literacy Council, which subsequently led to her producing and hosting more than one hundred local television programs.  Jacklyn then became the Director of Public Relations for the Reading area office of Camp Fire USA, one of the nation's largest youth-development and family-strengthening organizations. 

Her work was filled with fun and enthusiasm as she participated with the Camp Fire boys and girls in live interactive television programs.  Soon after returning to New Jersey, she taught in Wall Township, working in the elementary classrooms for more than 14 years teaching and utilizing computers.  In retirement, Jacklyn enjoys sailing, golfing, as well as working at her local church.