Education:
Ph. D., American Diplomatic History
University of Southern Mississippi
M.A., American Diplomatic History
University of Southern Mississippi
B. S. Biology/History
William Carey College
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE:
RIVER PARISHES COMMUNITY COLLEGE
SORRENTO, LOUISIANA
JANUARY 1999-PRESENT
EXECUTIVE VICE CHANCELLOR
Supervise Academic Affairs, Student Services and Learning Resources
• Report to the Chancellor
• Supervise Dean of Enrollment Management/Student Services
• Supervise Director of Learning Resources
• Recruit and hire all full and part-time faculty
• Develop curriculum and degree programs
• Assist in development of campus facility master plan
• Negotiate articulation agreements with Louisiana colleges & universities
• Develop Incumbent Worker Training Grant for BASF
• Represent RPCC at Louisiana’s Management Boards
• Oversee the college’s accreditation initiative (completed December, 2004)
FLORIDA COMMUNITY COLLEGE AT JACKSONVILLE
INSTRUCTIONAL DEAN 1994-1999
Mathematics/Natural Sciences and Adult Education
• Report to the Campus President
• Supervise the Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning (Received the Theodore M. Hesburgh Award—Certificate of Excellence for Faculty Development to Enhance Undergraduate Teaching, 1995)
• Coordinate the Center for T & L’s National Conference on College Teaching and Learning
• Coordinate the Outstanding Faculty Award Program
• Monitor National Science Foundation Grants
• Recruit, hire and evaluate faculty
• Oversee curriculum development and revision
• Coordinate class offerings
ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT-INSTRUCTIONAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 1988-1994
• Report to the College President and Executive Vice President
• Supervise the Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning
• Supervise the Faculty Instructional Network
• Chairperson, Educational Council (President’s Leadership Team)
• Coordinate International Education
• Study Abroad-Oxford, England
• Assist FCCJ and Community Colleges for International Development program in Kazan, Tartar Republic, and
(Formerly U.S.S. R.)
• Coordinate the Visiting International Professor Program
• Supervise Office of Curriculum Services
• Supervise Center for Academic Technology
• Chair, Part IV, Educational Program, SACS Visit, 1992
• Coordinate Faculty Development Initiatives
• Developed Continuing Contract Program for new faculty
• Developed and published Faculty Handbook
• Supervise FIPSE and NSF Grants
• Co-Chair, General Education Review
• Coordinate College-wide Fall Convocation
ASSISTANT DEAN-SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES 1986-88
DIVISION CHAIR-SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES 1985-86
PROFESSOR, HISTORY 1967-85
• Coordinated Program for Academic Excellence
• Coordinated Interdisciplinary Studies Program
• Phi Theta Kappa-Professor of the Year, 1972
• Outstanding Professor of the Year, 1984 (Peer Selection_
• President, Florida College Teachers of History, 1986
• Adjunct Instructor, History, University of North Florida
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES ASCENSION PARISH, LOUISIANA
• Past President, Rotary Club of East Ascension
• Past Chairman, Ascension Parish Chamber of Commerce
• Member, Citizens Advisory Panel, Ascension Parish Chemical Industry
• Member, Ascension Community Coalition for Strong Schools
• Member, Process Technology Advisory Board (Louisiana Technical College)
• Member, Volunteer Ascension Board of Directors (January 2006)
• Member, St. Elizabeth’s Hospital Board
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
• Leadership Jax (Class of 1993)
• Chamber of Commerce Educational Committee
• Jacksonville Sister Cities-Murmansk Committee
• FCCJ Speakers’ Bureau
• Cathedral Foundation Board of Directors-Past President
• Palms Presbyterian Church-Elder and Past President; Trustees
• Palms Presbyterian Church-Chair, Pre-School Board of Directors
• Stanton College Prep Advisory Board
• Learn to Read-Board of Directors
• First Coast International Forum
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