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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