The 达顿教育学院 and Professional Studies celebrated the accomplishments of six outstanding alumni on Feb. 21.

The annual Darden Fellows Luncheon honors graduates who have distinguished themselves in their professions and made significant contributions to their fields.

由学院六个系的教师提名, these alumni exemplify service and excellence in their communities and beyond. They were selected from a pool of more than 41,000 Darden College graduates.

The luncheon and award ceremony were held in the Education Building Multipurpose Room.

2023年的研究员是:

丽莎·邓肯·雷恩斯
Ph.D. 以高等教育为重点(2012年)
Vice president of enrollment and student success at Christopher Newport University

在克里斯托弗·纽波特, Duncan Raines partners with offices campuswide to build and maintain a strategic framework focusing on retention, graduation and post-graduation outcomes in support of CNU’s missions and goals. Her current responsibilities include oversight of core academic advising, 学业成功中心, 职业规划中心, 财政援助办公室和教务长办公室. 她还监督针对早期预警和“有风险”学生的项目, 为残疾学生提供学术支持, 转学录取和注册, 辅导和退伍军人教育福利项目. 在她的领导下, CNU received the Ruffalo Noel Levitz 2016 Gold Retention Excellence Award and was a University Business magazine Summer 2016 Models of Excellence honoree.

Aileen L. Smith
M.S.Ed. 咨询(1993)
Director of the Department of Human Services for the city of Virginia Beach

史密斯监督社会服务, 工商管理, Behavioral Health and Developmental Services in the Virginia Beach Department of Human Services (VBDHS). 她领导了大约1人,500名员工和60个项目, overseeing a budget of more than $123 million to fund programs for Virginia Beach citizens. 在接受这个职位之前, she was the deputy director for VBDHS’s Behavioral Health Developmental Services. She has worked for 28 years in the field of intellectual disabilities, 心理健康, 药物使用和预防. She graduated from the LEAD leadership program at the University of Virginia and became a Fellow of Georgetown University’s Center for Juvenile Justice Reform in 2016. 她曾担任. Terry McAuliffe’s Center for Behavioral Health and Justice advisory committee as well as the Hampton Roads Heroin Task Force and Gov. 拉尔夫·诺瑟姆的精神健康政策工作小组.

蕾妮·加勒特
M.S.Ed. 传播科学与障碍(2010)
Speech-language pathologist at Sentara Belle Harbour Outpatient Therapy Center

Before joining the outpatient therapy center at Sentara Belle Harbour in 2022, Garrett worked as a medical speech-language pathologist (SLP) in inpatient rehabilitation and outpatient settings, 在辅助生活和急症护理医院, serving adults across the lifespan with dysphagia and a variety of communication and cognitive disorders. She also taught in ODU’s Communication Sciences and Disorders undergraduate program and supervised graduate student clinicians. 她对创伤后脑损伤有特殊的兴趣. Garrett holds certification from the Brain Injury Association of America. She has received multiple ACE awards from the American Speech-Language Hearing Association, recognizing SLPs who demonstrate their commitment to lifelong learning.

Cathy Rossi
M.S.Ed. 在体育管理(2004)
威斯康星大学密尔沃基分校体育部副主任

从奥德赛大学获得硕士学位后, Rossi has served in leadership roles at several colleges and universities, serving as the financial manager of athletic budgets ranging from $14 million to $110 million. She began her career in athletics at Boston College, where she worked in the ticket office. Next, she became the athletic business manager at the College of William & Mary and then the assistant athletic director of business at the University of Richmond. From there, she became the director of budget and finance for athletics at the University of Minnesota. She is in her seventh year at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee as deputy director of athletics.

Shantell Strickland-Davis
Ph.D. 职业技术研究方向(2018年)
Associate vice president of organizational learning and leadership development and executive director of the Center for Teaching and Learning at Central Piedmont Community College

思特里克兰-戴维斯是夏洛特号的首席人才官, 北卡罗莱纳, college and consults with all units in the design and development of faculty, 员工和领导专业学习, 规划和资源. 她负责监督专业学习和参与的各个方面, 包括股票, 多元化和包容性项目, 网上教学, 教育发展, technology education and support for college leaders and administrators. She is the founding executive director of Central Piedmont’s Center for Teaching and Learning. Her research agenda includes faculty efficacy and confidence and the ways community college faculty are best supported.

蒂娜Manglicmot
M.S. 中学教育(1998年)
纽波特纽斯公立学校的首席学术官

Manglicmot领导课程的设计和实施, 专业学习, 教学程序设计, 学校辅导服务, 战略规划, assessment and accountability for an urban school division with approximately 26,500多名学生和2名以上,200 teachers. She strives to ensure all students have access to opportunities and resources that prepare them for the future. Previously, 她是科学主任, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and innovation for the Virginia Department of Education. 在过去的23年里, 她还曾是一名中学科学教师, 教育技术促进者, 大楼管理员, division mathematics and science coordinator and supervisor of instructional technology and innovation. She has also taught as an adjunct for Virginia Commonwealth University and the College of William & Mary.

Pictured, 左起:丽莎·邓肯·雷恩斯, Aileen Smith, 蕾妮·加勒特, Cathy Rossi, 香特尔·斯特里克兰-戴维斯和蒂娜·曼格利莫特