Comings and Goings
Diana Cheshire joined the university in July as director of institutional assessment, for which she will support and coordinate assessment efforts to maintain and improve academic programs and student services consistent with the mission and objectives of the university and external agencies. This past year, she served as the director of the South Carolina and the College of Charleston’s Teaching Fellows Program and worked on college, school and program assessment efforts at both the state and national levels. For the past five years, she’s also been an assistant professor in the School of Education, Health and Human Performance at the College of Charleston in Charleston, S.C. Before that, she taught in the School of Education at Anderson University (2004-06) and Point Loma Nazarene University (2002-04). Diana was also a research assistant at Indiana University-Bloomington from 1998 to 2001. She earned her doctorate in curriculum and instruction (mathematics education and instructional systems technology) from Indiana University in 2002 and an MAT in the Research of Teaching and Learning from the University of California-San Diego in 1992. Diana lives in Wilsonville with her husband, Webb, and three children: Ashley, Timothy and Megan. She plans to attend Grace Church.
The Office of Marketing Communications welcomed Jeremy Lloyd as creative content manager last week. For the past two years, he has worked as a self-employed writer and editor, creating content for clients that included USAToday.com, Livestrong.com, Oregonsports.com and other websites. Prior to that, he served for four years as assistant editor of PDX Magazine, for which he wrote feature stories, copy edited and managed writers and photographers. His experience as a writer, editor and project coordinator includes producing content for magazines, major websites and small businesses. Jeremy earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from George Fox in 1998. He lives in Tigard and attends Greater Portland Bible Church.
Nanita Sammons (Associate VP for Strategic Finance) left the university in late June, at the conclusion of her contract period.
Amy Lorenz (Alumni Relations) left the university on July 15. She is moving to Peoria, Ariz., with her husband Damon, who recently completed his EdS degree at George Fox and has accepted a position in the Peoria Unified School District as a school psychologist. Amy plans to look for a job once settled.
Travis Morgan (Undergrad Admissions) left George Fox on July 22. He has accepted a position as human resource analyst for PacifiCorp in Portland.
Tami Ankeny (Residence Life) left the university last week. She plans to pursue an internship with Word Made Flesh in Romania this fall.