SPCS faculty celebrate faculty promotions & service awards at annual ceremony

January 12, 2015

Faculty in the School of Professional and Continuing Studies celebrated promotion announcements and service awards during that annual awards ceremony held during the spring faculty meeting on January 8, 2015.

The annual awards ceremony is traditionally held during the spring faculty meeting. Promotions along with service awards in five-year increments are announced and celebrated during the ceremony. Promotions and awards are listed below. SPCS adjuncts are scholar practitioners, so each individual’s professional title is listed below.

Adjunct Faculty Promotions

The following adjunct faculty members earned promotions during this year’s award ceremony. Promotions are awarded based on documented service, scholarship, instructional excellence, and peer review and mentoring. 

  • Mark Allan, Director of Licensure and School Leadership, Virginia Department of Education
    Promoted to Adjunct Associate Professor, Education
  • Eric Armbruster, Principal, Carver Elementary School, Henrico County
    Promoted to Adjunct Associate Professor, Education
  • David Burgess, Retired Principal, Ward Elementary School, Henrico County Public Schools; Educational Consultant, James Madison University
    Promoted to Adjunct Associate Professor, Education
  • Kathryn Burnes, Coordinator for Homebound Instruction, Chesterfield County Public Schools
    Promoted to Adjunct Associate Professor, Education
  • Deborah Caravelli, Teacher at Coventry Elementary School, York County Public Schools
    Promoted to Adjunct Associate Professor, Liberal Arts
  • Dallas Dance, Superintendent, Baltimore County Public Schools
    Promoted to Adjunct Professor, Education
  • Matthew Edinger, Senior Lecturer in Education Studies, University of Derby, UK
    Promoted to Adjunct Professor, Education
  • Rich Hall, Principal, Jacob L. Adams Elementary School, Henrico County Public Schools
    Promoted to Adjunct Professor, Education
  • Cathy Herweyer, Instructional Designer, Luck Companies
    Promoted to Adjunct Professor, Liberal Arts
  • Laura Kuti, ESL Assessment Specialist, Virginia Department of Education
    Promoted to Adjunct Associate Professor, Education
  • Carrie Ludovico, SPCS Librarian, University of Richmond
    Promoted to Adjunct Assistant Professor, Liberal Arts

Adjunct Faculty Service Awards

5 years of service

  • Mark Allan, Director of Licensure and School Leadership, Virginia Department of Education
  • Sheila Ashley, Instructional Specialist for Exceptional Education, Richmond City Public Schools
  • Gretchen Flynn Morris, Program Director, Human Resource Management, SPCS; Interim Program Chair, Undergraduate Human Resource Management, SPCS
  • Judy Richardson, Professor Emerita, School of Education, Virginia Commonwealth University; Fulbright Scholar, Macedonia, February-August, 2015
  • Waide Robinson, Director, Math Science Investigators (MSI), UR
  • Elizabeth A. Sheehan, Director, Partners in the Arts, SPCS
  • Carol Stevens, Retired Director, Secondary Education, Hanover County Public Schools
  • John Temple, Retired elementary school principal, Chesterfield County Public Schools

10 years of service

  • Kevin Bruny, Director and Chief Learning Officer, Learning and Performance Center, Chesterfield County
  • Carolee Hall, Retired department chair, Tucker High School, Henrico County Public Schools
  • Rich Hall, Principal, Jacob L. Adams Elementary School, Henrico County Public Schools
  • James Lanham III (awarded posthumously, received by Education program chair Cathy Fisher)
  • Jana Leonard, Special Education Teacher, Hanover High School, Hanover County Public Schools

15 years of service

  • Gayle Childers, Retired Assistant Dean, School of Math and Science, J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College
  • Thomas Dertinger, Principal, St. Mary’s Catholic School, Richmond
  • Daniel Hocutt, Web Manager, SPCS
  • Donna Shumate, Retired Human Resource Director, Virginia Retirement System, Commonwealth of Virginia
  • Lee Stevens, Retired Humanities Librarian, Boatwright Library, UR
  • Wayne Tennent, Best Products, AMF and Cadmus Communications; Independent HR Consultant and Executive Coach
  • Ronald Witcher, President, Profiles of Virginia

20 years of service

  • Rosalind Reilly, Adjunct Professor, SPCS

30 years of service

  • Jean Moorefield, Adjunct Professor Emerita, SPCS

In addition to earning the 30-year service award, Senior Associate Dean Pat Brown announced that the University’s Board of Trustees approved adjunct emerita status for Jean Moorefield.