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A host of Bluefield College faculty and staff earned a variety of professional development distinctions during the summer and fall 2008 terms.

November 20, 2008

 A host of Bluefield College faculty and staff earned a variety of professional development distinctions during the summer and fall 2008 terms.    

Dr. Dusty Anderson, professor of information technology, was a Visiting Scholar at a Jessie Ball duPont summer seminar titled "Ethical Implications of Biological, Cultural and Technological Transformation" in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.    

Amy Childress joined the school's Office of Enrollment Management this fall as the new administrative coordinator for the vice president for enrollment management. A native of Tazewell, Childress came to BC from Farm Bureau where she was an insurance agent. Her previous work experience also includes time as an office manager and contracts administrator for Pegasus Tower. 

Michael Gullion was promoted this fall from an interim to a permanent part-time office assistant for the BC Business Office. A 2008 graduate of Bluefield College, Gullion worked in the Business Office for two years while a student.    

Dr. Barbara Hudson, assistant professor of music, attended the Summer Vocal Pedagogy Institute at Indiana University. In addition to her teaching at BC, Dr. Hudson is director of the school's campus-community voice ensemble, Masterworks Chorale.    

Dr. Tom Kinney, assistant professor of history, recently worked as an exam reader for the AP U.S. History exam at the College Board Advanced Placement Program in Louisville, Kentucky. He also prepared an article titled "At Home in the Smith-Shop: The Remarkable Career of J.L.H. Mosier, Carriage Blacksmith," published in The Chronicle of the Early American Industries Association.    

Werner Lind, assistant director of library services, had an article published in the fall issue of the Journal of Information Ethics. The title of his work: "Cuba's Independent Library Movement Reconsidered." Lind has had two short stories and two reviews published in prominent periodicals over the past two years. He is also the author of Lifeblood, a supernatural romance novel published in 2004 by Silverlake Publishing.    

Dr. Rob Merritt, professor of English, attended a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar in Ireland. While there, he studied the life and works of W.B. Yeats.    

Bryant Moxley, assistant professor of music, led the school's select voice ensemble, Variations, to a summer performance at the prestigious Carnegie Hall. While in New York City, he also led the music students on a mission trip with Graffiti Church. In addition, Moxley served this summer on the faculty of the Virginia Baptist Summer Music Camp and was also elected recently to serve as president of Blue Mountain Performing Arts.    

Dr. Michelle Newton-Francis, an assistant professor of sociology and criminal justice in BC's degree completion program, received her Ph.D. from American University, who is ranked in the top five nationally in Ph.D. programs in criminal justice. She also published an article, "Adult Degree Completion Students' Satisfaction with a College's Support Services" in the Global Education Journal and a study on "Deviance and Race" in the Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity and Society.    

Betty Owoc was promoted from part-time to full-time payroll processor and accounting clerk. Owoc has 30 years of experience in payroll and accounting. She received her bachelor's degree in accounting from Bluefield State College and a master's degree in business administration from Point Park University.    

Dr. Scott Shauf was named interim chair of the Division of Christian Studies. Dr. Shauf, who also serves as faculty president and assistant professor of Bible and Greek, joined the BC faculty in the fall of 2003 after teaching first at Mercer University. He also recently was one of just a handful of faculty members from across the country to be selected to participate in the Young Scholars in the Baptist Academy summer seminar in Oxford, England.    

Dee Shoemaker was named interim chair of the management and leadership portion of BC's degree-completion program (DCP). She, a longtime professor in both the traditional and adult program, added the interim DCP position to her current duties as assistant professor and chair of the Division of Business. Shoemaker also recently led six BC students in the school's chapter of Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) to compete at the PBL National Leadership Conference in Atlanta, Georgia.    

Walter Shroyer, a professor of art and chair of the Division of Fine Arts, was recently nominated for a 2008 Governor's Award for the Arts, reflecting the "outstanding impact (his) artistic achievements or support of the arts have had in (the) community." Shroyer also was the opening presenter at this year's Online Teaching and Learning Summit sponsored by the Virginia College Fund.

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