Faculty & Staff Directory

Shellye Vardaman
Director of the School of Nursing

Richard Trull
Professor of Bible

Reeda Traw
Library Services Assistant

Ned Swanner
Assistant Director, Elec. Serv & Research

Reed Sutton
VP for Athletics

Audrey Hall
Clinical Educator, OT

Mila Stevens
Clinic Technician

Toby Guest
Admissions Counselor, Transfer Students

Michael Speakman
Associate Professor of Law

Patrick Smith
Master of Business Administration Director

Nicole Shears
Director of Speech Language Pathology, Associate Professor

Scott Sanderson
Basketball Head Coach
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In the fall of 2004, I took an undergraduate biology course taught by Dr. Graham. He was a small man with a soft voice, lecturing to an auditorium of at least 150 students. School had always come easily to me, so I began the semester sitting about three-fourths of the...
Responding to Students with Disabilities with Empathy and Professionalism
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The Role of Asynchronous Communication in Modern Teaching
Communicating with students has become more complex in the digital era. While synchronous, in-person communication is still incredibly valuable, students have begun to expect asynchronous, digital communications in addition to traditional communication methods. While...

