91传媒 administrators, faculty named SEC academic leadership fellows
Contact: Sasha Steinberg
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擣our Mississippi State administrators and faculty members are among 50 selected as 2015-16 Southeastern Conference Academic Leadership Development Program Fellows.
Since its inception in 2008, the professional development program has worked to identify, prepare and professionally advance academic leaders for key roles at each of the 14 SEC-member universities.
The 91传媒 honorees include:
鈥擫inda Cornelious, professor in the instructional systems and workforce development department.
鈥擥reg G. Hall, professor and associate dean of the College of Architecture, Art and Design.
鈥擱on McLaughlin, professor and associate dean for administration in the College of Veterinary Medicine.
鈥擫inda W. Morse, director of the Center for Teaching and Learning and professor in the counseling and educational psychology department.
Through this academic initiative, the athletic conference works to sponsor, support and promote collaborative higher education programs and activities involving administrators, faculty and students. Providing an online platform to showcase achievements of these individuals on regional, national and international levels is among its primary missions.
Designated by provosts at the respective institutions, ALDP liaisons serve as the conference鈥檚 primary point of academic contact.
鈥淭he individuals selected by their SEC universities to participate in the SEC Academic Leadership Development Program represent the future of higher education administration,鈥 said SECU Executive Director Torie Johnson. 鈥淭he leadership skills they already possess are sure to be enhanced by the SEC ALDP experience.鈥
Cornelious is a Florida State University doctoral graduate who was named in 2003 as Outstanding Faculty Woman of the Year by the 91传媒 President鈥檚 Commission on the Status of Women. A published author, she regularly serves as presenter and leader at national, regional and state professional conferences. Her primary areas of research include, among others, instructional technology, educational leadership, multicultural education and community service learning.
Hall is an award-winning architect, educator and administrator with extensive local, regional and international experience. He holds a doctoral degree from University of Hong Kong and bachelor鈥檚 degree from University of Texas at Austin, both in architecture. Along with receiving a certificate in Japanese language from Osaka, Japan-based Kansai University of Foreign Studies, Hall completed liberal arts studies at Graceland College in Lamoni, Iowa. In addition to cross-departmental undergraduate and graduate courses in such areas as design and construction technology, he has developed and taught courses on architecture design management and global architecture practice.
McLaughlin, a board-certified veterinary surgeon who specializes in small animal surgery, started at 91传媒-CVM in 2000 as an associate professor and chief of surgery. He became head of the department of clinical sciences in 2006. A University of Missouri-Columbia veterinary medicine doctoral graduate, he provided leadership in establishing the college鈥檚 Veterinary Medical Technology program, one of only three 4-year veterinary technology programs in the country.
Morse is a Florida State University doctoral graduate with extensive experience in instructional design, development and evaluation. Along with being a John Grisham Master Teacher, she is a research fellow for the university鈥檚 Social Science Research Center, where her efforts focus on cognition issues and development.
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