Dina Florian
Director of Enrollment Systems for Professional Education

Dina joined the Professional Education department in January 2023. Previously, she served with the Student Systems group in ITS and as Assistant Registrar in the Office of the Registrar. She holds a BA in Computer Science from Hope College in Holland, Michigan and a Masters in Linguistics from California State University, Fresno with training in both General Linguistics and TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages). Her Master's Thesis explored how hearing adults learn American Sign Language as a second language. Before moving into Higher Ed in 2002, she worked as a programmer and systems support at a large food distribution company.
She enjoys the functional tech space where she can apply her technical experience to the functional business operations, including crunching numbers and analyzing data. This space allows her to communicate effectively with both technical and functional personnel, create documentation, and provide clear training for business processes or technical processes.
With her TESOL credentials, she has also had the opportunity to teach English both in the United States and in Africa. Her main focus in Africa was working with adult students at a discipleship school and leading outreaches as a missionary. She especially enjoyed introducing students to a different culture and different way of life and being with the people. In Waco, she serves on the leadership team in her church, where she is actively involved.