Summer 2007 - Hannibal-LaGrange University

10 Faculty Profile
Dr. Judy Lemons, assistant professor of science
education, is the science teacher known for entering
the classroom excited about using sedimentary rocks to
explain the earth’s tectonic plates. Her love for science is
obvious, and she emphatically says that students are the
most enjoyable part of her job. “I am so blessed to be able
to do what God has called me to do. I love the classes and
the students, and being able to make a small difference in
their lives.”
Lemons has been with Hannibal-LaGrange College
for sixteen years and has worked with the HLG Summer
Science Camp since it began fifteen years ago. The summer
science camps now attract over 100 area children between
2nd and 5th grade each year.
In addition to teaching, Lemons is also a faculty/staff
co-chairperson on the Building for the Future campaign.
“I was asked by Dr. Burt to be on the committee, and I
was happy to do it. It is something I believe in. HLG has
needed a new science building for a long time,” says
Lemons.
The expanded allied health/science facilities will
benefit the campus, as well as local employers who need
people properly trained in lab procedures. By educating
more students in the larger facilities, HLG will also help
Missouri and the neighboring states to meet the high
demand for science teachers. During the summer, children
in the science camps will also have access to the modern
advances in the new building.
“Our students need a better physical learning
environment without crowded laboratory spaces. The new
building will be such a blessing for our students, as well as
for the faculty,” explains Lemons. Through the building of
a new science center, Lemons believes students will know
that HLG is committed to the best science education.
For Julie Andresen, HLG library director, the college
library is more than just a building of periodicals and
books. “As a library, we serve not only academic needs,
but also social and spiritual needs as well,” says Andresen.
“I love being able to have influence on the students, getting
to encourage them in studies, as well as personal growth.”
Part of the plan for the Building for the Future
campaign involves adding a new library on campus that
will provide extensive facilities. The current library contains
a little over 130,000 bound volumes, but the future library
will hold approximately 200,000. “I am excited about
the new center and the opportunities that will come with
it,” says Andresen, who has been working at the college
since 1990 and is a faculty/staff co-chairperson on the
BFTF campaign. She joined the committee because she
feels that the library and science buildings are important to
the campus and are needed facilities for HLG to prepare
quality students.
Her position on the campaign is to raise awareness
with other faculty and staff about the needs at HLG and to
help the campus, as a whole, have a sense of ownership in
the new library center. The new facility, Andresen explains,
will allow HLG to expand its services to the students, the
staff, and the community.
Andresen sees the needs of the library, and its current
limits in space and capability. “If I’m going to say how
much we need this, I need to not just talk about the
problem but also work towards a solution.” That is why
Andresen is investing her time in the Building for the
Future campaign so that through her active participation,
she can continue to serve the students at HLG just as she
has done for the past 17 years.