{"id":1924,"date":"2022-01-11T22:23:06","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T22:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/drc\/?p=1924"},"modified":"2026-03-11T14:07:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T21:07:15","slug":"dan-dryden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/drc\/dan-dryden\/","title":{"rendered":"Get to know Dan Dryden"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/drc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/252\/2020\/04\/DDryden.jpg\" alt=\"Dan Dryden\" width=\"180\" height=\"233\"><\/figure><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dan Dryden<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Administrative Coordinator<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Past Education highlights:<\/strong>&nbsp; Glendale College, Cal State Univ. Stanislaus<br><strong>Past Professional Experience:&nbsp; <\/strong>Financial Consultant<br><strong>Favorite Quote:&nbsp; <\/strong><q>It\u2019s not the years, it\u2019s the mileage.<\/q> \u2013 Indiana Jones<br><strong>What motivates me in the work of building accessible learning and spaces for interaction for students:&nbsp; <\/strong>My sister, born with multiple disabilities and the struggles we faced growing up.<br><strong>Proudest moment or accomplishment at the DRC:&nbsp; <\/strong>Being allowed to work for this department.<br><strong>Palomar Professor who inspires me and why:&nbsp; <\/strong>Bob Alidae (Mathematics) His unwavering commitment to student success.<br><strong>What I most love about the DRC:&nbsp; <\/strong>The true sense of family and our common commitment to students, versus personal gain.<br><strong>What I love most about Palomar:&nbsp; <\/strong>The incredible people I meet.<br><strong>One thing I have learned over the pandemic:&nbsp; <\/strong>How adaptable we all are.<br><strong>What is key to creating community at Palomar: &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong>Kindness and humility.<br><strong>What does a campus or world built with UDL at the forefront look like: &nbsp;<\/strong>One that lifts up each individual before it has to.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dan Dryden Administrative Coordinator Past Education highlights:&nbsp; Glendale College, Cal State Univ. StanislausPast Professional Experience:&nbsp; Financial ConsultantFavorite Quote:&nbsp; It\u2019s not the years, it\u2019s the mileage. \u2013 Indiana JonesWhat motivates me&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/drc\/dan-dryden\/\">Continue Reading<span> Get to know Dan Dryden<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11009,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-drc-faculty-staff-spotlight"],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pg2IzD-v2","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/drc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/drc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/drc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/drc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11009"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/drc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1924"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/drc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14727,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/drc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1924\/revisions\/14727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/drc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/drc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/drc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}