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New Faces
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Adelaide Caroci Durkin |
Nursing
After working at Loma Linda University as an instructor of nursing and assistant professor for three years, Adelaide Caroci Durkin joined Kettering College’s nursing faculty this fall as an assistant professor. She obtained her BSN from Centro Universitario Adventista in Sáo Paulo, Brazil, in 1995 and completed a residency in the cardiac department at the Heart Institute in Sáo Paulo. She earned a Master of Science in nursing in adult and aging care from Loma Linda University in 2001. Adelaide is married to Robert and likes to read, cook, and travel. She can speak English, Portuguese and Spanish.
Staff
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| Sarah Newberry |
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Sarah Newberry has been named associate registrar after working for Kettering College since December of 2003 as an enrollment services counselor. She received her bachelor’s degree in public relations from Andrews University in 2003. Her mother graduated with the first nursing class at KCMA, and her parents live in Michigan. Sarah enjoys shopping, reading, scrapbooking, and spending time with friends.
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Sarah Shultz |
After obtaining her associate’s degree in liberal arts and sciences in 2000 from Sinclair Community College, Sarah Shultz is the new student accounts representative. Sarah loves to cook, swim, and play with her pets, and although she has no children of her own, enjoys being an aunt to Madelyne, Emma, and Zach.
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| Tammy Erickson |
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Also new to the staff, Tammy Erickson is an enrollment services counselor. She worked for the past seven years at Spring Valley Academy. She has three children, Dustin, Ryan, and Nicolas. Dustin is a student at KCMA; Ryan is at Union College in Nebraska; Nicolas and his wife, Amber, have one son, Zacary. Tammy enjoys riding her motorcycle, reading, traveling, and camping.
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Shannon Hammons |
Shannon Hammons became associate director of student finance in the fall. She has associate’s degrees in business office management and medical office management from Miami-Jacobs Career College and is working toward a bachelor’s in business management from Urbana University. Shannon loves reading and being outdoors.
Melissa Reynolds (not pictured) has moved into a new position as a financial aid counselor after working for Kettering College since 2005 as a student accounts representative. She has two children, Kylie and Justin. Melissa enjoys spending time with her children, boating, and playing with her dog, Eva.
Champ Camp
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| Sara Retherford and a Champ Camp camper |
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A group of senior respiratory care students spent the week of June 16-23 volunteering as counselors at Champ Camp.
Champ Camp is held each year at Recreation Unlimited in Ashley, Ohio, for children ages 6 to 18 who are dependent on mechanical ventilators.
This year, Kettering College sent the largest group of student volunteers—Christa Butcher, April Dunn, Kiann Ferguson, Sara Retherford, and Dawn Wooley. Our students, along with the rest of the camp staff, provided a valuable service that allowed children with tracheostomies and those requiring technological and ventilator assistance to participate in a summer overnight camping experience. Throughout the week, the respiratory care students participated with the children in typical camp activities including canoeing, horseback riding, climbing a 40-foot alpine tower, fishing, swimming, recreational games, creative arts, outdoor living skills, pontoon boating, and nature and stream studies.
“This was the most exhausting and exciting week,” said Sara Retherford ’07. “We had a chance to help kids that normally have many limitations achieve a normal week in a camp atmosphere, and with the help of the volunteers, each camper could participate in exciting and fun activities.”
If you are interested in assisting with or learning more about Champ Camp, see http://www.champcamp.org/.
Kettering College Welcomes New Dean for Enrollment Management
 Victor Brown has joined the administration of Kettering College of Medical Arts as the dean for enrollment management. In this position Brown will oversee admissions, residence halls, public relations, recruitment, and chaplaincy.
Brown had served as vice president for enrollment services at Walla Walla University in College Place, Wash., since 1998. Prior to that, he served as both chaplain and vice president for enrollment services at Southwestern Adventist University in Keene, Texas, for 13 years.
Brown also had ministerial, teaching, and recruitment experience at Shenandoah Valley Academy in New Market, Va., and at Mile High Academy in Denver, Colo., from 1976 to 1985.
Brown received his master’s degree in theology from Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Mich., in 1986, after earning his bachelor’s in both history and religion from Pacific Union College in Angwin, Calif., in 1976. He was ordained as a minister in 1983.
Alumni Art Auction
Kettering College of Medical Arts recently held its first online art auction to benefit the Alumni Association Scholarship Fund.
The 21 auction items were original creations of the college’s own faculty and staff and ranged from quilts to photography to scrapbook creations. Through generous bidding, nearly $1,400 was raised to benefit our students. Thank you to all of the bidders and donors.
If you would like more information about how to make a cash or deferred gift to this or any other Kettering College scholarship fund, please call the college development office at (937) 395-8607. |
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