GMC Online Learning Campus Announces Department Chair of the Term and Adjunct Faculty of the Term for Winter 2016

We are proud to announce the winners of our Department Chair of the Term and Adjunct Faculty of the term for this past winter term, 2016.  We will start with our department chair of the term.  For the second term in a row, Natural Sciences Department Chair Jessica Bahn is our winner. Jessy, as she is commonly known, teaches Biology for the Online Learning Campus and also chairs the Natural Sciences department. In addition to her full-time teaching and department chair responsibilities, Jessy is also the GMC QEP Chair.  Her hard work and management of a large department have not gone unnoticed and her faculty repeatedly send notes about how much help she is to them and their students. Congratulations, Professor Bahn.

Our adjunct faculty of the term is Veronica Parades-Rendon.  Veronica has a history with the Online Learning Campus. Not only is she an instructor for us in the PER courses, but she also served in an advisory role. When asked to talk about her involvement with GMC Online Learning Campus, she wrote “I was hired in July 2011 as the academic advisor for the online campus after being stationed in Milledgeville with my husband.  I began teaching spring term 2013 and have been fortunate enough to continue my employment with GMC for almost 5 years. To many people 5 years is not a whole lot but as a military spouse we move every several years and it can often times be difficult to find a job especially when our last two duty stations have only been one year assignments.  Teaching online has allowed me to have an extremely flexible schedule and I feel very lucky to be part of the GMC online team.” According to Kelly Weems, the department chair who nominated her, Professor  Parades-Rendon is a consummate educator who shows an interest in her students and an interest in helping our campus grow.  We are proud to have her as part of our team.

Congratulations ladies!