CAMPUS NOTES

By Denise Dick

CAMPUS NOTES

GROVE CITY COLLEGE, Grove City, Pa.

The college has welcomed five new faculty members to the ranks this fall.

Michelle Bruns, assistant professor of physical education and head women’s basketball coach, graduated from Southwest Minnesota State University with a degree in wellness and human performance with a concentration of exercise science and a minor in coaching. Upon graduating in 2005, she spent a season as a graduate assistant basketball coach at Eastern Washington University, while studying sport psychology and leadership. She completed her master’s degree in human performance and physical education with a concentration in exercise science from ASC in December 2008.

Lisa Cantini-Seguin, associate professor of communication studies, is now a full-time faculty member this fall after working as a visiting lecturer in the Department of Communication Studies for the past five years. Cantini-Seguin has taught courses in video and audio production, digital citizenship and social networking and documentary film history at the college.

Dr. Lorie Johnson-Osho, director of multicultural recruiting and retention and assistant professor of education, comes to Grove City College from the University of Pittsburgh where she served for the past 10 years as assistant dean in the School of Arts and Science. There, she was responsible for managing recruitment and retention activities designed to improve the quality and diversity of the institution.

Todd Gibson ’02, assistant professor of physical education, assistant football coach and head men’s and women’s track coach, joins the Department of Physical Education and Athletics as a full-time assistant professor of physical education and exercise science. The 2010-11 academic year will be Gibson’s first season as Grove City College head men’s and women’s track coach. He will also enter his seventh season as an assistant football coach, working specifically with outside linebackers and as the team’s strength and conditioning coordinator.

Timothy Sweet ’85, assistant professor of entrepreneurship, graduated from Grove City College with a bachelor of music degree. He spent two years at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and completed his Master of Divinity degree at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary in 1988. For 13 years, Sweet served as an associate pastor at the First Presbyterian Church of Bakerstown, Pa., where he focused on preaching, exegetical teaching and the development of small groups and a contemporary worship ministry.