Our College Family

In Transition

Jennifer Hulehan expanded her role at the College and began serving as dean of both the Academic and Career Foundations Division and the Arts and Sciences Division on May 1.

Dr. Tom Lawrence remains on staff. He has chosen to take a step back from his duties as dean and serves as program director for the Criminal Justice Department.

As dean of the Arts and Sciences Division, Hulehan is responsible for directly supervising the assistant dean of Arts and Humanities and the assistant dean of Mathematics and Science. She also provides leadership for faculty and staff in the Arts and Sciences Division.

As dean of Academic and Career Foundations, Hulehan is responsible for directly supervising the director of I-BEST and the assistant dean of Academic and Career Foundations. Hulehan also provides leadership for faculty and staff in Academic and Career Foundations, and she will continue to teach three courses: College Skills, Freshman Seminar and English.

She began her career at Tri-County teaching in the English Department and has more than 18 years of experience in higher education, specifically in teaching and learning for under-resourced populations. She has both a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Master of Arts degree in English from Winthrop University. In addition, she represents Ward 3 on Simpsonville City Council.

Sarah Shumpert has assumed a new role at the College. Effective June 1, Shumpert is the College’s first Organizational Development Strategist. She also serves as a member of Executive Staff.

As Organizational Development Strategist, Shumpert is responsible for improving alignment between our strategies and our behaviors and processes; building the College’s capacity to manage change; and facilitating the design of interventions that will improve the College’s performance and effectiveness.

She began her career at TCTC 23 years ago as director of Curriculum and Instructional Support. She served in that role for 19 years before transitioning to director of Academic Development.

Shumpert has extensive experience working with teams to identify problems and designing and implementing interventions that lead to improved performance. Some examples include Title III and our QEP projects that have led to improved student learning.

Amber Mulkey is the director of the Oconee Campus. She manages the operation of the Oconee Campus, communicating with appropriate administrators and staff from academic affairs, student affairs, and business affairs. She works closely with others on matters related to instructional delivery, credit and non-credit class scheduling and student services

Callie Mauldin joined the Office of Fiscal Affairs as an accounting technician. She is focused on analyzing, auditing, tracking reconciling, spreadsheet development, and recordkeeping.

Hannah Hoskins is a financial aid coordinator. She counsels students in student aid eligibility and renewal, aid application, and financial planning for higher education.

Meredith Wheeler has been with the College since November 2022 and recently accepted the job as a student services coordinator. She is responsible for assisting in the planning and implementation of programs and services that support student success by connecting the students with campus and community resources to foster improved academic success. She works collaboratively with the Student Development team to create and deliver programs and services for whole student growth and development.

Ashley Vaughan has taught history at Tri-County since the fall of 2017 and is now in the success coach role. She supports students outside of the classroom through enrollment, advising and registration and early alert efforts.