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The mission of the Professional Development Center is to provide faculty, staff, and the broader Winston-Salem community with professional, personal, and civic enrichment opportunities through education focused on management training, interpersonal skills, academic and administrative software, general technical skills, and a myriad of special interest topics. 

A committee consisting of faculty, staff, and administrators has formed to centralize, identify, and support diverse professional development needs. A list of the current committee members is as follows:

Member Department Affiliation
Andrea Ellis,
Associate Director of Professional Development
Human Resources and Office of the Provost Staff Member
Giz Womack Professional Development Chair ZSR Library Staff Member
Kate Hicks Technology Chair Information Systems Staff Member
Randy Rogan Graduate School Administrator
Mark Welker Office of the Provost Administrator
Sally Barbour Romance Languages Faculty Member
Ann Cunningham Education Faculty Member
Nathan Anderson Finance and Accounting Services Staff Member
Phil Archer Reynolda House Staff Member
Pat Boone Alumni Activities Staff Member
Scott Claybrook Instructional Technology Consultant Staff Member
Julie Edelson Research and Sponsored Programs Staff Member
Jessica Finnerty Campus Recreation Staff Member
Rebecca Harrington Facilities Staff Member

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