At the end of every academic year, Mount faculty and staff gather for the President’s Appreciation Dinner to celebrate achievements of the past year and to mark significant career milestones: anniversaries, faculty promotions and retirements.
The celebration this year was held on May 8. Among those honored were four professors who were granted faculty emerita status: Marsha Sato ’77, EdD, director of the master of science in nursing program; Terri Eichman, assistant professor of nursing; Wanda Teays, PhD, professor and former chair of the philosophy department; and Katherine Brueck, PhD, retired professor and former chair of the English department.
Congratulations to the following for their promotions:
Promoted to Professor:
- Guillermo Garcia, Religious Studies
- Leah Fitzgerald, Nursing
- Michelle French-Holloway, Business Administration
Promoted to Associate Professor:
- Christian Teeter, Business Administration
- Darla Dunlop, Psychology
- Gloria Okoh, Nursing
- Julius Carlson, Music
- Kimberly Nao, Education
- Paul Lee, Physical Sciences/Math
- Sharon Moore, Nursing
Tenured faculty (effective Fall 2019):
- Adriane Jones, Biological Sciences
- Carol DeLily, Nursing
- Craig Newsam, Physical Therapy
- Johnny Payne, MFA, Creative Writing
- Leah Fitzgerald, Nursing
- Shani Habibi, Psychology
Sabbaticals
- Mark Alhanati, Business Administration, 2019-2020
- Marsha Nickerson, Fall 2019
- Sylvine Deprele, Physical Sciences/Math, Fall 2019
- Sr. Darlene Kawulok, Religious Studies, 2019-2020
Retirement
- Fehrn Hesse, Nursing
- Anne Rigone, Business
- Marsha Sato ’77, Nursing
- Terri Eichman, Nursing
- Wanda Teays, Philosophy
Faculty Emerita:
- Marsha Sato ’77, Nursing
- Terri Eichman, Nursing
- Wanda Teays, Philosophy
- Katherine Brueck, English