North Park University welcomed new full-time faculty and staff as the 2017-2018 academic year began. They were introduced to the community on August 22 at the annual faculty and staff Gathering Day.
New University and Seminary faculty members include Keith Bakken C’85 (1), associate professor of health sciences; Keith Boyd, professor of health sciences; Carolyn L. Poterek Dallas C’99 S’05 (2), assistant professor of education and coordinator of secondary and K-12 programs; Hauna Ondrey C’03 S’11, assistant professor of church history; Melissa A. Pavlik (3), director of the Writing Center and assistant professor of English; Elizabeth Pierre (4), assistant professor of pastoral care; Gwendolyn Y. Purifoye, assistant professor of sociology; Daniel Walsh, associate professor of education and coordinator of MAEL; Jessica Kuehnau Wardell (5), assistant professor of theatre, and director of design and production; and Charles F. Terry, associate professor of education.
For a complete list of new staff members, please visit www.northpark.edu/stories/ gathering-day-fall-2017.
In addition, the University installed three new administrators at the annual Academic Convocation in September: Carl E. Balsam, interim president, Scott Stenmark C’91, CFO and vice president for finance and administration, and Dwight Perry (6), dean of Seminary faculty and professor of homiletics and leadership.