Hines Named CEO Of Penn State Wilkes-Barre Campus

5-20-97
University Park, Pa. -- Dr. Mary E. Hines, dean of instruction and curriculum development at Dundalk Community College in Maryland, has been named campus executive officer of Penn State's Wilkes-Barre Campus, effective July 1.

"Dr. Hines has extensive experience in college administration, curriculum development and developing academic partnerships," says Robert E. Dunham, senior vice president and dean of the Commonwealth Educational System. "We look forward to her leadership as we begin our new Commonwealth College structure July 1."

Dean of instruction and curriculum development at Dundalk since 1994, Hines has had responsibility for the college credit and non-credit instructional programs and academic services including policy development and implementation; faculty recruitment, development and evaluation; facilities, budgeting and schedules; strategic planning and outcomes assessment; and accreditation.

She is a member of the president's staff, the Faculty Council and other policy committees for the college. Chair of the Instructional Technology Task Force, she manages the college distance learning initiatives, chairs the Tri-College system Task Force on Academic Programs, represents the instructional divisions on Tri-College system committees and is a member of many state and county educational committees.

From 1984 to 1994 Hines was associate dean of instruction at Catonsville Community College, where she had college-wide administrative responsibility for faculty, staff, budget, facilities, advising, planning and evaluating all aspects of liberal education and learning services, and served as division chair of the humanities division of the college from 1980 to 1984. She also held the rank of professor of philosophy, serving as department chair from 1979 to 1984, and was an adjunct professor of philosophy at a number of Maryland colleges and universities.

Among her recent honors, she received an Outstanding Academic Leadership Award in 1996, the Adjunct Faculty Teaching Award from the College of Notre Dame of Maryland in 1995 and the Yokohama Academy Award for Partnership in 1994. She is a frequent speaker and has published on issues in higher education, ethics and the role of community colleges.

Hines graduated with a B.A. in philosophy from St. Francis College, New York, and received her master's degree and doctorate in philosophy from Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.

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Alan Janesch (814) 865-7517 (office) (814) 867-3621 (home) axj12@psu.edu
Christy Rambeau (814) 865-7517 (office) (814) 237-9046 (home) cmr7@psu.edu