Elizabeth Bishop, vice president for operations at CIC, was honored this spring as the Maryland State Council on Child Abuse and Neglect Outstanding Advocate of 2005. Governor Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr. presented Bishop with the award during the 12th Annual Governor’s Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect. Bishop serves as an active volunteer and chair of the board of directors of CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates).
      CIC President Richard Ekman has joined the Executive Planning Board of Project Pericles, an organization that encourages and facilitates commitments by colleges and universities to include education for social responsibility and participatory citizenship as an essential part of their educational programs. Of the 20 member institutions of Project Pericles, 16 are CIC members. Ekman also was the lead speaker at Southwestern University’s (TX) board of trustees retreat in February, and he and David Maxwell, president of Drake University (IA), conducted a workshop for advanced graduate students at Brown University, on faculty careers at smaller private colleges and universities.
      CIC welcomes a number of new staff members.
Harold “Hal” Hartley joined the CIC staff in January as director of research. Hartley comes from Nashville where he was director of student ministries, vocation, and enlistment for the General Board of Higher Education & Ministry of the United Methodist Church, a position he held since 1995. He recently completed his Ed.D. degree at Vanderbilt University (TN). Earlier, he did his undergraduate work at Westminster College (PA), and received his M.Div. degree from Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, DC. Hartley’s research interests and publications, based in part on his analysis of large databases, have focused on such topics as the relationship between the undergraduate experience and persistence to degree, and the effects of college on students’ religious faith. Earlier, Hartley served as chaplain at Ohio Northern University and Emory & Henry College (VA) and as pastor of several churches. He and his wife, Donna, have a daughter who is a student at Randolph-Macon College (VA).
      Kim Farmer is CIC’s new conference coordinator. She joined the staff in December 2004. Previously, Farmer was a training specialist for the U.S. Department of Justice, where she trained new employees on security and software applications. She received her B.A. in psychology from the University of Central Arkansas in 2002, moving to Washington, DC immediately upon graduation to pursue new opportunities in the “big city.” In her spare time, Farmer enjoys traveling, tennis, dancing, and reading.
      Sandy Holland joined CIC staff as publications coordinator in March. Holland has had four years of experience in design and marketing, most recently as a freelance designer with CACI International Inc. working with a variety of government and commercial clients worldwide, and with the American Geophysical Union, both in Washington, DC. She received a BFA in graphic design from Ohio University in 2001. Sandy lives in Alexandria.
      In addition, several staff members have had changes in their assignments. Sheila Cooper has been named administrative/membership assistant and will work on the Tuition Exchange Program and with the membership director. Mary Ann Rehnke’s title will change from vice president for annual programs to vice president for programs to reflect her broad responsibilities at CIC more accurately. And Christoph Kunkel will be expanding his role to support CIC’s research efforts under the direction of the director of research. His title will change from assistant to the president to assistant to the president and assistant director of research.

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