GETTYSBURG – The Gettysburg Campus of HACC, Central Pennsylvania’s Community College, has announced the appointment of four new full-time faculty members for the fall semester.
The new faculty are Mary Arnold, Ed.S., Ph.D., tenure-track faculty counselor; Catherine Frost, assistant professor of mathematics; and Valerie Bugosh and Ronda Morrison, nursing clinical instructors.
Arnold, who also will oversee disability services, has a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Beloit (Wash.) College, master’s and doctorate degrees in counseling from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and a doctorate in counseling from Oregon State University.
Arnold has 10 years experience as an educational consultant, designing and implementing presentations for colleges and universities on leadership, diversity, student success and team building. In addition, she has clinical experience as a psychotherapist and has been a visiting professor and co-instructor in college counseling and counseling psychology courses. She has a strong interest and background in social justice topics.
She will teach developmental math and all levels of college mathematics offered at HACC-Gettysburg Campus.
Her nursing experience also includes positions at Messiah Village and Pinnacle Health, Polyclinic Hospital. Bugosh accompanied eight HACC nursing students to Africa last summer for a three-week course/clinic to provide direct care to children and families.
She has been an adjunct clinical instructor in the nursing program at HACC-Harrisburg Campus and has held various nursing positions within the Pinnacle Health System and at Lewistown Hospital.
“As our campus expands and our enrollments grow, we are pleased to be able to add four new faculty to our full-time staff,” said Shannon Harvey, campus executive dean of academic affairs. “These well-qualified educators help us maintain our high academic standards and our student-centered approach to learning.”
HACC-Gettysburg Campus staff includes 23 full-time faculty members and more than 130 part-time adjunct instructors. More than 2,200 students are enrolled in credit classes for fall 2010 at the campus.
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