Name: Valerie Lee Vierk Job Title: Office associate, Sociology Years at UNK: Will be 33 on June 4, 2017. Hired June 4, 1984. Career Path: I’ve always worked as an office associate. I worked for psychology, criminal justice, sociology and geography departments. Family: Fiance, Don Behrendt. We will be married on June 3, my late mother’s birthday. Son, Edward, a lawyer, and his wife, Frauke Hachtmann, professor of journalism and mass communication at University of … [Read more...] about Valerie Vierk retiring after 33 years; ‘I love the spirit of UNK’