FAMILIAR FORESTERS

Class Notes straight from the HU employee directory

Two Huntington University alumni whom Foresters are very used to seeing on our Huntington campus retired from HU at the end of the 20212022 academic year.

Sarah (Adams, 1978) Harvey has retired as Huntington University’s registrar after 41 years of service. Over the course of her career, Harvey worked with six academic deans and implemented changes to academic programs, policies, class registration and student registration. She helped teachers pursue licensure and eligible student-athletes compete in the NAIA.

Since Harvey began working as registrar in 1981, we have added undergraduate programs in agriculture, animation, film, occupational therapy assistant, social work, television production and worship leadership; online undergraduate programs for working adults; and graduate programs in business, education and occupational therapy (in multiple locations). As a common factor behind all programs, Harvey helped ensure that generations of Foresters received the best HU education possible.

Carlene (Stephan, 1981) Peters has retired as HU’s campus visit coordinator after 37 years of service. Peters spent the early years of her career at HU as an admissions counselor and in conference services. She personally coordinated individual and group campus visits for countless students and has been a pivotal longtime member of the Office of Admissions.

Since Peters began working at Huntington College in 1986, enrollment has nearly tripled and has expanded to three locations. For every on-campus undergraduate program Sarah Harvey oversaw as registrar, Carlene Peters was instrumental in recruiting students to fill the program. As a central point of communication and support for most incoming students, Peters helped ensure that generations of Foresters had the best HU experience possible.

Sylvia Reed, an employee with 40 years of experience, also retired at the end of the academic year as the senior database programmer/analyst. Reed was instrumental in establishing the Office of Information and Technology Services and implementing our first enterprise resource planning system.

The more than 118 years of HU experience these three women represent has set the bar high for those to follow, and we wish them the best as they transition into the adventures of retirement.