Berry College in Rome, Ga., has appointed Brett Kennedy to serve as director of admissions in the Office of Enrollment Management.
Mr. Kennedy joins the staff after four years at DePauw University, where he most recently served as senior associate director of admissions and director of technology and research.
Simms certified in psychiatry
Dr. Cassandra Simms has received her board certification in adult psychiatry from the American Board of Neurology and Psychiatry, earning the distinction ABNP Diplomate.
Dr. Simms is psychiatrist at Focus Psychiatric Services specializing in child and adolescent psychiatry. She is a member of the medical staff at Parkridge Valley.
For more information on Dr. Simms or the services offered at Parkridge Valley, contact RESPOND at 499-2300 or (800) 542-9600.
Doctors join Memorial group
* Dr. Teresa J. Baysden, specializing in family practice, has joined the office of Chattanooga Primary Care, an affiliate of Memorial Health Partners.
Dr. Baysden is board-certamily medicine and a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians.
Dr. Baysden and her husband, Michael Ringering, reside in Chattanooga.
* Dr. Lee Jackson, board certified urologist and prostate cancer surgeon, has joined Memorial Health Partners.
Formerly the chairman of the Department of Urology for the Cleveland Clinic in Florida for more than 17 years, Dr. Jackson has performed more than 1,000 open prostatectomies and 475 laparoscopic procedures for urologic cancer.
UTC students attend seminar
Caprill Hacker and LaShunda Hill, both members of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga University Honors Program, attended the Public Policy and International Affairs Junior Summer Institute at Princeton University.
The seven-week program included academic coursework, seminars and activities designed for careers in public service.
Miss Hacker is a senior political science major. She recently returned from Egypt, where she was enrolled as an exchange student in the Arabic Language Institute atAmerican University in Cairo.
Ms. Hill is a senior pursuing an International Studies concentration in both political science and humanities. She has been an intern in Nashville with House Majority Leader Gary Odom, and at The Washington Center, working with the Constituency for Africa.
She received a Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship to study abroad and completed her spring 2008 semester at the University of Ghana in Accra, where she interned with the WEB Dubois Institute and volunteered at a refugee camp.
Childers attends Discovery Institute
Tim Childers from Bradley County Schools was among 60 educators from across the country to participate in the first Discovery Educator Network Leadership Council Institute, which was held at the headquarters of Discovery Communications in Silver Spring, Md.
Mr. Childers is a member of the Tennessee Discovery Educator Network Leadership Council.
Faulkner new vice president at CSCC
Cleveland State Community College announces Dr. Jerry Faulkner was recenired as vice president of academic affairs.
Prior to accepting the position, Dr. Faulkner was employed at Chattanooga State Technical Community College as the Teacher Education Coordinator and the department head of Life Sciences.
Patty presents conference paper
Dr. Austin Patty, Lee University assistant professor of music, presented a paper at the annual conference of the Music Theory Society of New York State in Ithaca, NY. “The Balance Hypothesis: How Harmonic Rhythm Influences Closure with Analysis of Brahms’ G Major Violin Sonata” explored how Brahms and other romantic composers created a sense of yearning with unstable harmonies and chords that demand resolution.
Students attend accounting event
Eleven local high school students were among 70 students from across the state who attended the seventh annual Accounting Academy, sponsored by the Tennessee Society of CPAs. The four-day event was held at Belmont University in Nashville.
Teens attending were Michael Parham, Robbie Peterson, William rdick, Ford Charman, Scott Demirjian, Carisa Luck, Brittney McFarland, Shelby Englund, Cris Manka, Brittany Wigart and Meghan Smith.
During the program, participants visited Nashville businesses including the Tennessee Titans’ practice facility, HCA, Curb Records and Gaylord Entertainment, where they learned about the roles accounting and finance play in daily operations of a business.
McDowell joins Oxford School
Rebecca Tucker, president of Oxford Graduate School in Dayton, Tenn., announces that Dr. Susan McDowell has joined the faculty as an associate professor and a member of the Graduate Research Council.
Dr. McDowell, who moved from Nashville to Dayton, received her Ph.D from Vanderbilt University in 1998. She served as managing editor of the “Peabody Journal of Education” at Vanderbilt for 12 years, as well as editor and advisory board member of “The Home School Researcher.”
Bowers designs PGA poster
The Savannah College of Art and Design-Atlanta and The Tour Championship presented by Coca-Coled Kristine Bowers the winner of their second poster design contest. Her winning poster will be used to promote the Sept. 24-28 PGA tour finals at East Lake Golf Club.
Miss Bowers is a former Chattanoogan who is a graduate student at the Savannah College of Art and Design-Atlanta.
Students from both the graphic design and illustration departments participated in the competition, and a panel of judges selected Bowers’ design from 10 finalists. She received a $1,500 scholarship from The Tour Championship.
Miller earns life achievement award
E. Cheri Miller received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Environmental Protection Agency during a ceremony held in Arlington, Va. The award was presented by Susan Bodine, assistant administrator of the EPA Office of Solid Waste.
Ms. Miller received the award for her work with coal combustion byproducts marketing and recycling. Her business, Gypsum Parameters, provides expertise on strategic development of FGD gypsum resources.
Students earn ETSU scholarshipast Tennessee State University has named the students who will benefit from the Tennessee Edscholar Program for 2008. The $5,000 scholarships, sponsored by Edsouth and Edamerica, provide full tuition for incoming freshmen.
Among the four recipients is Michelle Goette, a graduate of Chattanooga Christian School, who recently completed a year of missionary service in South Africa. She is the daughter of Bill and Carla Goette.
* The university also named four recipients of $3,000 Academic Officers Transfer Academic Performance Scholarships. Eligible students must be Tennessee residents coming from two-year institutions where they exhibited scholastic excellence.
Philip Machoka earned an associate degree in general studies at Chattanooga State Technical Community College, where he served as a math tutor and volunteered with the Books for Africa project. The ETSU junior is the son of David and Agnes Machoka of Ooltewah.
Landon Saffles, son of Joseph and Tammy Saffles of Sweetwater, transferred to ETSU from Cleveland State Community College.
* Kelsey Bailey has received an ETSU Challenge 2000 scholarship, a $2,000 award endowed by alumni and friends of the university.
Miss Bailey, daughter of Dale and Sharon Bailey, has also been accepted as an Honors-in-Discipline scholarship student. She is a graduate of Soddy-Daisy High.
* Two Chattanoogans received ETSU Diversity Scholarships.
They are Michelle Gore, daughter of Kevin and Phyllis Gore, a graduate of Central High School; and Sean Hinton, graduate of Chattanooga School for the Arts and Sciences, son of Van and DeAndra Hinton.
Memorial bariatric program honored
The BlueCross and BlueShield Association has designated Memorial Hospital’s Bariatric Program as a “Blue Distinction Center for Bariatric Surgery.” Memorial is the only hospital in Chattanooga to receive this recognition.
The designation is awarded to medical facilities that have demonstrated expertise in delivering quality health care under objective selection criteria.
“This recognition provides the consumers with a level of confidence about the integrity of our program, expertise of our physicians, and commitment of our staff,” said Interim Memorial President Debra L. Moore.
To learn more about Memorial’s Surgical Weight Loss program, log onto www.memorial.org or call 495-2244.
Lee names department chairs
Lee University professors Dr. Randy Wood and Dr. Ollie Lee have been appointed chairmen of the Behavioral and Social Sciences Department and the Department of History and Political Science, respectively.
“Dr. Wood has coordinated our humanities program for several years and just completed a sabbatical in which he did research for a book on the family,” said Dr. Carolyn Dirksen, vice president of academic affairs. “He is an excellent teacher, scholar and administrator.”
“Dr. Lee is a veteran administrator at Lee having served as department chairman, associate dean, and vice president for Academic Affairs,” said Dr. Dirksen. “We are very fortunate to have someone with Dr. Lee’s experience servi position.”
Capone earns certification
Norma Capone recently received the Global Career Development Facilitator national certification. The Cleveland State Community College employee is ACCESS Center counselor and coordinator of Allied Health Careers outreach programs.
Global Career Development Facilitators are workforce professionals who provide career counseling and facilita
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