NEWBERRY - Key Persons
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- Vice President for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging Chief Diversity Officer
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- Associate Dean, Enrollment Management International Student PDSO
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- Vice President of Student Affairs
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- Vice President for Academic Affairs
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- Chief Development Officer Institutional Advancement
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- Senior Admission Counselor / Student Ambassadors
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- Associate Dean for Community Building & Campus Life
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- Associate Director for Multicultural & Civic Engagement
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- Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice Faculty Council Chair
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- Chairman of Teacher Education Assistant Professor of Teacher Education
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- Special Advisor to the President
Dr. Lenna C. Young is a retired higher education leader and educator. She most recently served as Vice President for Academic Affairs at Greenville Technical College, retiring from that position in December 2017. As a seasoned leader in educational settings, Dr. Young has long championed quality education through teaching excellence. She arrived at Greenville Technical College in August 2009 where she first served as Dean of Business and Public Service, focusing on supporting faculty to offer innovative teaching practices and service to students and leading academics to offer world-class status career and technical education.
Prior to her career in higher education, Dr. Young followed her military spouse for nearly 25 years across the U.S. and Europe. During that time, she began her federal civilian service career leading military children and youth programming for more than 10 years as a program director or curriculum and training specialist. Her federal civilian service also included four years as a budget analyst for U. S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) research and development and procurement accounts. While serving at SOCOM, Dr. Young was nominated as one of a limited number of civilians to complete the Air Force's Squadron Officer Leadership School. During her service in federal civilian service, Dr. Young was selected as a recipient of the Army Special Act Award and the Air Force Meritorious Civilian Service Medal.
Upon returning to South Carolina, Dr. Young began teaching in the Early Childhood Development (ECD) Program at Tri-County Technical College in Pendleton, SC, as an adjunct faculty member. At the same time, she began her doctoral studies at Clemson University where she also taught as a graduate teaching assistant and worked as a graduate research assistant. Dr. Young later accepted the position as ECD Program Coordinator at Tri-County Technical College and began the program's self-study for the National Association for the Education of Young Children Associate Degree Accreditation resulting in the program being one of the first 30 in the nation to receive accreditation. Dr. Young was later appointed as the Department Head for Public Services.
Dr. Young's community involvement prior to her return to South Carolina included service on the Board of Directors for the Gulf Coast Women's Center for Non-Violence and the Board of Directors of the Biloxi (Mississippi) Chamber of Commerce where she assisted in initiating military welcome dinners and orientations to integrate military members into the community. While living in Greenville, Dr. Young's service included: Academic Members Council, University Center of Greenville; Furman University Undergraduate Evening Studies Advisory Council; Greenville Hospital System MedEx Academy Advisory Board; and Greenville Chamber of Commerce Education Committee.
A native South Carolinian, Dr. Young earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology / Guidance and Counseling from Newberry College, Newberry, South Carolina, and a Master of Education from the University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida. She completed her doctoral studies at Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, with research focused on the selection and effects of professional development on teaching quality. Dr. Young and her husband, Colonel (Retired) Lance S. Young, reside in Gilbert, SC.
Dr. Sarah Bowie earned her Ph.D. in Language and Literacy from the University of South Carolina with a research emphasis on biliteracy and the impact of bilingualism in emergent literacy. With 20 years of experience in public education, Sarah has served in schools as an early childhood educator, Reading Recovery teacher, instructional coach, and literacy specialist. Sarah has extensive experience with personalized learning, literacy intervention, and curriculum and standards alignment.
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- ELCA South Carolina Synod Representative
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- Associate Director of Admission, System Operations & Data Analytics
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- Member of the Board of Trustees
- Member at - Large
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- Administrative Assistant for Enrollment Management
Dr. Cole received his B.A. in Spanish from the University of Toledo, his M.A. in Spanish from Miami University of Ohio, and his Ph.D. with a specialization in Hispanic poetry from the University of Kentucky. His Ph.D. work focused on female poets in Spain during the 1920s and 1930s. His dissertation was published by Mellen Press in 2000 and entitled Spanish Women Poets of the Generation of 1927.
Dr. Cole is also a poet who writes in English and Spanish and has published three collections of poetry: Pausal Sighs (Sterling House Press, 2000), The Moodier Could of Being (Ravenna Press, 2005) and most recently, Frases to or (Ravenna Press, 2011). Presently, Dr. Cole teaches all levels of Spanish.
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- Professor of Criminal Justice and Psychology
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- Interim Vice President for Business Affairs & CFO
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- Director of Online and Graduate Operations
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- Member of the Board of Trustees
- Member at - Large
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- Assistant Director of Admission
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- Coordinator of Admissions CRM Operations
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- Assistant Director of Recruitment
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- Associate Professor of Mathematics
Professor Al-Hasan joined Newberry College in Fall 2012. Prior to arriving at Newberry, he was an associate professor at Milwaukee School of Engineering, WI, during 2007-2012, associate professor at An-Najah National University, Palestine, during 2006-2007, assistant then associate professor at Mount Mary College, WI, during 2001-2006, and assistant professor at Clayton State University, GA, during 1999-2001. Professor Al-Hasan's research is in the area of Harmonic Analysis, specifically Singular and Oscillatory integrals, History of Mathematics during the Islamic Golden Age, and Mathematics Education.
Professor Al-Hasan is currently the Mathematics Program Coordinator, a Pi Mu Epsilon Mathematics Honor Society Advisor, the Newberry College Fishing Team Coach/Advisor, and the MAA Liaison. He is currently a member of the American Mathematical Society (AMS) (member since 1996) and the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) (member since 2000).
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- Director of Human Resources Title IX Coordinator
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- ELCA South Carolina Synod Representative
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- Assistant Volleyball Coach
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- Assistant Professor of Military Science
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- Director of Wessels Library
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- Dean of Enrollment Management
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- Director of Athletic Club
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- Vice President for Institutional Effectiveness
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- Administrative Assistant to Music
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- Admission Chief Operations Manager
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- Help Desk Technician - N3
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- Associate Director of Athletics