Faculty & Staff
Joan was then promoted and she relocated to Charlotte, North Carolina to work in Time Warner’s Corporate Office, where she supported the Senior Vice President of Human Resources, and the Vice President of Corporate Development. She was then promoted to work for the Executive Vice President for the states of North and South Carolina. Joan brings to us over 20 years of corporate experience. She lives in Charlotte with her husband. Katherine Malsbary was hired in February as a manager for the Catholic Shoppe at Belmont Abbey College. Her husband, Dr. Gerald Malsbary, is the Director of the FirstYear Symposium at the College. Deborah Salman was hired in October as a receptionist for the Wellness Center. Adam Smith joined the College in November of 2008 as the Assistant Athletic Trainer. He graduated magna cum laude with a B.S. in Athletic Training from the University of Charleston, West Virginia. He then went on to receive a M.S. degree in Exercise and Sport Science from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. His thesis concentration was on sport biomechanics. While in graduate school, he worked one year as a graduate assistant at Elon University and one year as an intern at North Carolina A&T State University, both as a certified athletic trainer. He lives with his wife in Cornelius, NC. homas Turner was hired in January as the Director T of Academic Assistance. Thomas graduated with his A.S. in Business from Northeast State in Tennessee, with his B.S. in Social Science Education from Michigan State University, and with his M.S. in Higher Education Administration and Geography from Minnesota State University. Turner grew up in Sheffield, England and Mons (Brussels), Belgium until he moved to Minnesota at age 12. Prior to joining the Abbey, Turner was an Adjunct Professor at Northeast State in Tennessee, teaching Learning Strategies, Developmental Reading, and Geographic Information Systems, and Summer College Connection Courses to graduating High School Seniors. While in Florida, he taught Social Studies at Our Lady of Lourdes Middle School; taught Government, Economics and Forensic Psychology at the Florida Air Academy; and held the position of Curriculum Coordinator for the Horace Mann School System. After receiving his M.S., he taught Sociology, Geography and College Success at Minnesota State University. Turner also served in the U.S. Air Force under the 45th Air Division in Combat Intelligence Technology, and as a Squadron Trainer for Computer Mainframe Systems Operations (in New Hampshire, Panama, Guam, and Greece.) He lives in Gastonia with his pets.
Children of God Children are dear to God and beautiful they are innocent and truthful they radiate from their heart joy, love, and zest. Children are the buds tender care, love, nurture, and education will blossom them into the denizens whose altruism & energy will become contagious. Poor malnourished children living in slums with elderly parents and no earning look to better future with yearning. We say they should go to school and get education Ma and Pa say we are sick and hungry go work, bring us food and money. At the tender young age they enact the role of adults some roam the streets as beggars work in construction and carry rocks on shoulders. They work in fields with pesticides work in homes and in mines some wash affluent’s cars in bitter cold in hopes of good tips from the hearts of gold. They are beaten by their employer and forced without humanity to hard labor at the end of day they come back home with money in hand and soul in pain. Like a mother who loves all her children but keeps a special place for the weaker one in her heart, The Almighty Father loves us all but the abused, disabled, poor little holy angels hold a special place in His heart they are the children of God. By Gireesh Gupta, Associate Professor of Computer Information Studies March 3, 2009
ecil (Clay) Wright was hired in October as a R Multimedia Instructional Technologist. Spring 2009
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