188 DIRECTORY DIRECTORY189Bradford Jones (2012)Admissions CounselorB.A., <strong>Virginia</strong> <strong>Wesleyan</strong> <strong>College</strong>Kelly King (2006)Assistant Director of AdmissionsA.A., Northern <strong>Virginia</strong> Community <strong>College</strong>B.A., <strong>Virginia</strong> <strong>Wesleyan</strong> <strong>College</strong>Melanie Monk (2010)Financial Aid Consultant, VA Certifying Official,and Assistant to the Director of Financial AidB.A., <strong>Virginia</strong> <strong>Wesleyan</strong> <strong>College</strong>Elizabeth B. Payne (2010)Loan Coordinator/Financial Aid CounselorB.A., Randolph-Macon Woman’s <strong>College</strong>Teresa C. Rhyne (1992)Director of Financial AidB.A., <strong>Virginia</strong> <strong>Wesleyan</strong> <strong>College</strong>Malleri Santiago (2008)Data Records ManagerStudent AffairsDavid E. Buckingham (1982)Vice President for Student Affairsand Dean of Enrollment ServicesB.S., Campbell <strong>College</strong>M.A., Old Dominion UniversityKeith Moore (1999)Dean of StudentsB.A., Curry <strong>College</strong>M.Ed., University of MassachusettsEd.D., Nova Southeastern UniversityMichele A. Obenour (1988)Executive Assistant to theVice President for Student AffairsA.S., Edinboro UniversityB.A., <strong>Virginia</strong> <strong>Wesleyan</strong> <strong>College</strong>Athletic DepartmentJoanne M. Renn (1994)Director of AthleticsB.S., Old Dominion UniversityM.S., Troy State UniversityMegan DiCave (<strong>2013</strong>)Women’s Lacrosse, CoachB.A., <strong>Virginia</strong> <strong>Wesleyan</strong> <strong>College</strong>C. Nick Boothe (1986)Baseball CoachB.S., Old Dominion UniversityJeffrey Bowers (2000)Associate Athletic Director and Women’s Soccer CoachB.S., York <strong>College</strong>Thomas E. Drabczyk (2010)Director of Men’s and Women’s Tennis;Assistant Sports Information DirectorB.A., <strong>Virginia</strong> <strong>Wesleyan</strong> <strong>College</strong>Stephany S. Dunmyer (2003)Assistant Athletic Director and Women’s Basketball CoachB.A., Kenyon <strong>College</strong>M.Ed., Ashland UniversityAndrea Hoover (2006)Head Women’s Volleyball CoachB.S., Slippery Rock UniversityM.A., Marietta <strong>College</strong>Shelley T. Hunter (2004)Athletic Department Intercollegiate CoordinatorB.A., <strong>Virginia</strong> <strong>Wesleyan</strong> <strong>College</strong>Krista Littleton (2004)Head Women’s Cross Country/Track and Field CoachB.A., North Central <strong>College</strong>Mathew Littleton (2004)Head Men’s Cross Country/Track and Field CoachB.A., North Central <strong>College</strong>David M. Macedo (1998)Men’s Basketball CoachB.A., M.S., Wilkes UniversityStefani M. Masterton (2012)Assistant Athletic TrainerB.A., North Central <strong>College</strong>Chris Mills (2007)Head Men’s Soccer CoachLuke Reilly (2007)Assistant Men’s Lacrosse CoachB.A., University of Maryland, BaltimoreChristina L. Restivo (<strong>2013</strong>)Head Field Hockey CoachB.A., University of MarylandM.A., Wake Forest UniversityJoshua P. Stewart (2002)Men’s Lacrosse CoachB.A. Hampden-Sydney <strong>College</strong>Joseph Wasiluk (2001)Sports Information DirectorAndrew P. Wissinger (2012)Associate Head Baseball CoachB.A., <strong>Virginia</strong> <strong>Wesleyan</strong> <strong>College</strong>Joseph Witt (2009)Head Athletic TrainerB.S., Roanoke <strong>College</strong>M.S., <strong>Virginia</strong> Polytechnic and State UniversityCampus CenterJason Seward (2001)Dean of Freshmen and Director of Batten CenterB.A., <strong>Virginia</strong> <strong>Wesleyan</strong> <strong>College</strong>Brandon Elliott (2007)Associate Director of Batten Centerand Head Women’s Softball CoachB.A., <strong>Virginia</strong> <strong>Wesleyan</strong> <strong>College</strong>William Harrell (2001)Associate Director of Batten Center andDirector of Aquatics and FitnessB.A., <strong>Virginia</strong> <strong>Wesleyan</strong> <strong>College</strong>Jennifer Mitchell (2005)Director of Student Activities,Greek Life and Commuter ServicesB.A., <strong>Virginia</strong> <strong>Wesleyan</strong> <strong>College</strong>Campus SecurityJerry Mance (2007)Director of Campus SecurityC. J. Sholler (2005)Administrative AssistantB.S., St. Cloud UniversitySecurity Patrol OfficersLeon Alexander (<strong>2013</strong>)Moses Alston (Cpl.) (1984)Barbara Artis (Cpl.) (2010)Mark Banks (CSP) (2008)Floyd Beatty (2011)Edwin Bidot (CSP) (2010)James Britt (Cpl.) (2010)Michael Burney (CSP) (2010)Victor F. Dorsey (Sgt.) (2005)Andre Jerry (CSP) (2009)Monica Johnson-Lewis (2009)Clifford Kirkland (Sgt) (2011)Randy Lott (2009)Ramona Mays (<strong>2013</strong>)Rodney McFarlin (Cpl.) (2003)David Nieves (CSP) (2008)Aime Noumon (<strong>2013</strong>)Fern Parker (<strong>2013</strong>)Carl Piece (Cpl.) (2011)Kimberly Rose (2011)Karl Schmid (CSP) (2007)Arnold Selga (<strong>2013</strong>)Joseph Shank (CSP) (2008)Russell Taliaferro (Cpl.) (2005)Thomas Washington (2010)Emmanuel White (Capt.) (1999)Community ServiceDiane E. Hickey Hotaling (1985)Director of Community ServiceB.S., Utica <strong>College</strong> of Syracuse UniversityCounseling ServicesJames W. Brown (1999)Director of Student Counseling ServicesB.A., Transylvania UniversityM.S.W., University of North CarolinaMarea Hyman (2005)Associate Director of Student CounselingB.A., Averett <strong>College</strong>M.S.W., <strong>Virginia</strong> Commonwealth UniversityHealth ServicesValerie Covington, R.N. (2010)Director of Health ServicesB.S. Norfolk State UniversityResidence LifeMcCarren Caputa (2008)Associate Dean of Students for Residence LifeB.A., Fort Lewis <strong>College</strong>M.Ed., Western Washington UniversityPhillip Boyd (2009)Assistant Dean of Students for Residence LifeB.A., The University of GeorgiaM.Ed., Valdosta State UniversityDesiree Ladyman (2007)Director of Residence Life Assignmentsand Housing OperationsA.D., Southwestern Oregon Community <strong>College</strong>B.A.,<strong>Virginia</strong> <strong>Wesleyan</strong> <strong>College</strong>STAFF EMERITIThe first date in parentheses indicates the year of appointmentto the instructional staff; the second date indicates the year ofretirement.Barbara S. Adams (1989-2012)RegistrarB.S., Carson-Newman <strong>College</strong>M.S., University of ArkansasJames R. Bergdoll (1966-1998)Vice President for <strong>College</strong> Relations and DevelopmentB.A., Randolph-Macon <strong>College</strong>M.A., American UniversityWilliam T. Joseph (1966-2006)Vice President for Business AffairsA.B., East Carolina UniversityM.B.A., Old Dominion UniversityStephen S. Mansfield (1968-2008)Vice President for Academic Affairs andKenneth R. Perry Dean of the <strong>College</strong>A.B., The <strong>College</strong> of William and MaryM.A., Ph.D., University of <strong>Virginia</strong>Jan S. Pace (1991-2012)Director of LibraryB.A., Northern Arizona UniversityM.S.L.S., University of PittsburghRené Pérez-López (1986, 1999)Vice President for Information Systems andDirector of LibraryB.A., M.L.S., State University of New York at AlbanyM.A., Case Western Reserve University
190 INDEX INDEX191AAcademic Clemency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Academic Probation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58Academic Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53Academic Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Academic Skills Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64Academic Standing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58Academic Suspension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58Accommodations forStudents with Special Needs . . . . . . . . . . 15Adding A Course . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54Additional Baccalaureate Degree . . . . . . . . . . . 45Administrative Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184Admission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32, 60Adult Studies Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Advanced Placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Advisory System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 62Aid Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40American Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64Application for Admission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Application for Graduation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52Applied Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65Art History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68Athletics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Attendance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54Auditing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54, 61BBachelor of Arts Degree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Bachelor of Science Degree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Bachelor of Social Work Degree . . . . . . . . . . . 45Biology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68Board of Trustees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61, 72CCalendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inside Back CoverCampus Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Campus Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Campus Ministries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Careers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18<strong>Catalog</strong> of Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58Center for Sacred Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Center for the Studyof Religious Freedom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22, 77Chapel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Chemistry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78Classical Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82Classics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80Classification of Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53Clubs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28, 29<strong>College</strong> LevelExamination Program (CLEP) . . . . . . . . 34, 62<strong>College</strong> Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6INDEXCommencement Exercises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84Community Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Commuting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Computer Literacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52Comprehensive Liberal Studies . . . . . . . . . 53, 61, 86Comprehensive Liberal Studies—Curricular Emphasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61, 87Comprehensive Liberal Studies—Middle Education (6-8) . . . . . . . . . . . 88Computer Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Counseling Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Course Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64Course Hours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51Course Load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54Course Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57Course Repeat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56Course Drop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54Criminal Justice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166Cross Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58Cultural Opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27DDean’s List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178Dismissal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59Divisional Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Dropping A Course . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54EEarth and Environmental Sciences . . . . . . . . . 89Early Alert System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55Education/Special Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93Educational Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44English . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46, 99Environmental Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107Examinations and Grade Reports . . . . . . . . . . 56, 57Experiential Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 18Experimental Courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Externships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13FFaculty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179Faculty Emeriti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182Family Educational Rights andPrivacy Act (FERPA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Financial Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Financial Aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39, 61First-Year Experience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46, 108Foreign Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46, 109Foreign Language Proficiency . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Foreign Languages and Literatures . . . . . . . . . . 109Foreign Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Frames of Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47, 49French Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111GGeneral Studies Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46General Studies Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49Geography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116German Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112Grade Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56Grade of H . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Grade Point Average . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51, 56Grade Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57Grading System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55Graduation Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46, 51Greek (See Classics) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83Guided Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15HHealth Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155Health Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50, 116History and Social Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61, 117Home School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Honor Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Honors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57Honors and Scholars Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Hour PoliciesClassification of Students . . . . . . . . . . . . 53Course Limitations (64/88 rule) . . . . . . . 57Course Loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54Residence Requirement(32-hour rule) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51Humanities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44, 123IIncomplete (Grade) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55Independent Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Individualized Studies Major . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53, 123Information Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77Intercollegiate Athletics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Internships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13International Baccalaureate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Interdisciplinary Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123International Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33International Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125JJane P. Batten Student Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Jewish Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126Journalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86KLLatin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83Latin Honors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57Learning Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12MMajor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45, 51, 61Major Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53, 61MajorsAmerican Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65Biology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73Chemistry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78Classical Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84Comprehensive Liberal Studies . . . . . . . . 61, 87Computer Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129Criminal Justice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166Earth and Environmental Sciences . . . . . 89English . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100Environmental Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107French Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109German Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109Hispanic Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117History and Social Science . . . . . . . . . . . 117International Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125Latin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81Mathematics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134Philosophy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138Political Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141Psychology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150Recreation and Leisure Studies . . . . . . . . 154Religious Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158Social Sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161Social Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162Sociology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165Theatre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171Theatre and English . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100, 172Women’s and Gender Studies . . . . . . . . . 174Marlins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Mathematics and Computer Science . . . . . . . . 127Military Credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62Minor Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54MinorsAmerican Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65Art (see Studio Art) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66Art History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66Biology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73Chemistry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78Classical Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84Computer Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130Criminal Justice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167Earth and Environmental Sciences . . . . . 90English . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102Environmental Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108French Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110German Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111Hispanic Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117Jewish Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
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