{"id":15423,"date":"2025-01-14T13:07:58","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T18:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/?p=15423"},"modified":"2025-01-14T13:07:59","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T18:07:59","slug":"were-educating-the-entire-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/were-educating-the-entire-university\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We\u2019re educating the entire university\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The School of Education, Social Sciences, and the Arts added 10 new faculty members to its staff. (Top row): Dr. Leslie Foncette, Dr. Shamma Hickling, and Dr. Gina Gibbs. (Second row): Jessica Money, Dr. Marcella Mulhollem, Dr. Danilka Hickling, and Dr. Shannon Paige Clark. (Bottom Row) Dr. Michael Serwornoo, Dr. Constance Pruitt, and Dionna Linton.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The University of Maryland Eastern Shore\u2019s School of Education Social Sciences and the Arts (SESA) is undergoing a renaissance of new growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SESA, which houses the departments of criminal justice, education, fine arts, social sciences, English and Modern Languages, and most recently, mathematics, has hired 10 new professors over the summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The additions, which encompass many departments, were needed to fill vacancies created by retirements and to meet the demand of an increasing student population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe were looking for as much diversity as possible to reflect our student population, so we sought instructors from different backgrounds and different experiences,\u201d said interim SESA Dean Christopher Harrington<\/strong>. \u201cWe have hires both internationally and locally who are bringing some exciting research with them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among the new hires are three faculty members in the Department of English and Modern Languages, three new criminal justice professors, and four new social science professors and lecturers \u2013 including one focusing on political science and international affairs<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve made some very dynamic hires who are going to make significant contributions at both the undergraduate and graduate levels,\u201d said Dr. Robert Brown<\/strong>, chair of both the Social Sciences and Criminal Justice departments. \u201cIt\u2019s rare to see this many new hires at one time, but it\u2019s a sign of positive growth.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brown said with many of the hires coming in the two departments he chairs; the instruction and expertise students will receive from the new instructors will be impactful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve got several folks who, in their own right, are important additions and are capable of doing things that will be great for the campus,\u201d Brown said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to the increased staff, SESA is seeing growing interest within its many fine arts curriculums, including Sequential Arts and Digital Media Studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSequential Arts is a wildly popular concentration,\u201d Harrington said. \u201cEvery time we do a recruiting event at a high school, it\u2019s always the comic books they want to talk about.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the versatility of programs in SESA, Harrington said there is discussion about renaming the school to something that best accommodates all the studies. The final determination for a new name will be decided upon by a committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think SESA is a department of core knowledge,\u201d Harrington said. \u201cSo, even if your major is one of the other schools, you\u2019re taking our English, math, humanities, and general education classes. We\u2019re not just educating SESA students, we\u2019re educating the entire university.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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