Newsmakers in Education & Job Training

Del R. Phillips III was named Zone III associate superintendent for Springfield Public Schools, succeeding Pam McGinnis, who retired after 24 years with the school district. Phillips earned a doctorate in 2000 from the University of Mississippi and previously was principal and athletic director at South Panola High School in Batesville, Miss.

Lynne Haggerman, president and owner of Haggerman & Associates and Pinnacle Training & Development, was chosen as a speaker for the Southwest Human Resource Conference Oct. 28 in Fort Worth, Texas. More than 2,000 attendees are registered.

Katheryne Staeger-Wilson, director of disability services at SMSU, was one of 12 members selected to be part of the Association on Higher Education and Disability Leadership Institute in August in Milwaukee. She will participate in online forums to study the sociopolitical model of disability and to learn more about further creating an accessible environment and curriculum for students with disabilities.

College in the Ozarks’ Students in Free Enterprise team finished as third runner-up in the May 25 national SIFE competition in New York City and was named a national Top 16 team.

Lynn Morris, owner of Family Pharmacy Inc., and relief pharmacist David Allen attended the 2005 Missouri Pharmacy Association Annual Meeting June 16 –19 at Lake of the Ozarks. Courses addressed several topics at the event, including diabetes management, Medicare, Medicaid and methamphetamine in Missouri. Morris also attended the Medication Therapy Management Services Session June 23 –24 in Washington, D.C. The two-day session drew pharmacists from all over the United States. Discussions focused on planning for the new Medicare Part D, which goes into effect Jan. 1.

Parkview High School students Emma Bentley and Patrick Carver received third place in the public forum debate category of the National Forensic League Speech and Debate Tournament in June in Philadelphia. Carver, a 2005 PHS graduate, and Bentley, who will graduate in 2006, received the national title in that category in 2004. PHS sophomore Samantha Wingo placed in the top 30 in dramatic interpretation. Parkview’s cumulative score put the school among the top 10 high school debate teams in the National Forensic League. Parkview is the only Missouri school to make the top 10.

Parkview High School junior Timothy Brooks was among 1,800 high school students to attend the National Youth Leadership Forum on Technology June 27–July 6 in San Jose, Calif. He attended workshops led by top educators and industry professionals from companies including Apple, Cisco, Dell, IBM and Intel. National Youth Leadership Forum is a nonprofit educational organization focused on helping students make well-informed career choices.

Alan Hartley, Joseph E. Froehle, Doug Dugal and Barbara Rae Hall of the Springfield branch office of Smith Barney earned the firm’s financial planning specialist designation. The designation is awarded to financial planning consultants who complete Smith Barney’s personal financial planning program. The program comprises more than 50 hours and includes several topics such as retirement, education, income, estate tax and investment planning. There is a three-hour final exam.

SMSU extended its contract with Jerry Burch, legislative consultant, for another year. It will conclude Aug. 31, 2006. Burch, who lives in Walker, served in the Missouri House of Representatives and has been SMSU’s legislative consultant since 1990. For the 2005-06 contract year, Burch will be paid $70,800, plus mileage and expenses reimbursement. He also will receive a stipend of $700 per month for training and supervision of SMSU legislative interns by him or his staff.

Several area students attended the 20th annual Missouri Business Week June 26–30 in Columbia. Jenna Smith, Aurora; Jordan Hunter and Brad Tucker, Fair Grove; Seth Botts, Mount Vernon; and M.G. Casey, Marshfield, were among more than 200 Missouri high school students who attended the event on the University of Missouri-Columbia campus. Missouri Business Week is coordinated and sponsored by the Center for Education & Private Enterprise, the not-for-profit foundation of the Missouri Association of Realtors. The event provides the opportunity for students to experience the business world through marketing and management simulation, workshops, team-building and setting goals.

Gloria Galanes was appointed acting dean of SMSU’s College of Arts and Letters, succeeding Curtis Lawrence, who has named acting dean in June 2004. Lawrence continues as the dean of SMSU’s Honors College. Galanes is a professor of communications. She has been a faculty member at SMSU since 1986. She previously served as a department head and as the first director of the citizenship and service learning program. Galanes holds a bachelor of arts from the University of Michigan, a master’s degree from Bowling Green University and a doctorate from Ohio State University. SMSU continues its search for a permanent College of Arts and Letters dean.

Greene County Recorder of Deeds Linda Montgomery completed 60 hours of educational training programs through the International Association of Clerks, Recorders, Election Officials and Treasurers and received the Advanced Chancellor’s Certificate of Public Administration from the University of Missouri at St. Louis. Montgomery received her certificate at the association’s 34th annual conference, held in New York City.

Thomas Lane was named assistant dean of students and director of the Robert W. Plaster Student Union at SMSU. His appointment was approved by the university’s board of governors at its July 22 meeting. Lane previously served as the associate director of the student union and activities at Minnesota State University-Moorehead. He also assisted Minnesota State University’s student affairs graduate program by providing seminars focused on college student development issues and theory.

Former SMSU President John H. Keiser, who retired in June after 12 years at the helm of the university, received the school’s Bronze Bear Award. The award is a framed resolution and a 45-pound, 18-inch bronze bear mounted on a base. Keiser received the award in recognition of his accomplishments since joining SMSU in 1993.

Bruce Renner, a member of the Springfield R-XII School Board for 10 years, assumed the position of president of the Missouri School Boards’ Association during the June 17–18 MSBA Leadership Summit in Columbia. Renner most recently served MSBA as its vice president. MSBA is a private, not-for-profit organization that advances excellence in public education through school board leadership.

Larry Jansen, CPCU, CIC, of PJC Insurance completed the Certified Risk Managers course Practice of Risk Management July 13-16 in St. Louis. Jansen has completed two of five segments offered by the Missouri Association of Insurance Agents for the Certified Risk Manager designation awarded by the National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research. [[In-content Ad]]