Angela Byles , B.A. 1995 and M.A. 2004 was appointed assistant to the dean and part-time faculty advisor in the Florida Undergraduate Center, where she has worked since 1991, most recently as office manager. Byles recently earned her master’s degree with a concentration in human resource management from Vermont College/UI&U. Her areas of academic interest include diversity and women in business leadership.

Deb Eamoe , SPHR, was appointed vice president of human resources at UI&U in February 2005. Eamoe previously was corporate director of associate relations at Catholic Healthcare Partners (formerly the Mercy Health System) in Cincinnati, where she served in numerous human resources positions. She has more than 25 years of human resources experience with expertise in organizational development and employee training. She holds a B.S. in education from Bowling Green State University and a master of education from the University of Toledo.

Luis Lozano , B.B.A. was appointed director of admissions at UI&U’s Florida Undergraduate Center in September 2004. Lozano has more than 10 years of experience in higher education, specifically in the areas of campus administration, admissions, enrollment management, strategic planning, and development of marketing strategies. Previously he served as director of business operations at Rio Grande College, Sul Ross State University in Texas. Lozano also worked at Carlos Albizu University in Miami, Florida as assistant to the chancellor for administrative affairs, assistant to the vice president for finance and development, and director of admissions.

Larry Preston , Ph.D. began an interim appointment as dean of the Graduate College of Union Institute & University in June 2005. Preston previously served as an assistant graduate dean in UI&U’s School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, then became dean of the Long Island Center with SUNY-Empire State College. Prior to his earlier appointment with Union’s doctoral program, Preston was professor of political science at Northern Arizona University for more than 20 years, including terms as department chair, graduate director, and coordinator of the Master of Public Administration program. Preston earned a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Missouri-Columbia with areas of concentration in political philosophy, public administration and policy, and American politics. He completed postdoctoral study at the University of Pittsburgh, Johns Hopkins University, Cornell University, the University of Colorado-Boulder, and University of California-Riverside. He has also held visiting research appointments with the Institute of Governmental Studies at the University of California, Berkeley; the Center for Advanced Feminist Studies at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; and the University of Colorado, Boulder. He has published in major national journals, including the American Political Science Review, Journal of Politics, Polity, and American Journal of Political Science. More recently, Preston completed the M.F.A. in Writing (poetry) program in 2001 at Vermont College and has published his poems in the New Orleans Review and Sandhills Review.

Robin Arnsperger Selzer , doctoral admissions counselor, was one of two recipients of the Arthur Chickering Award, established by the Adult Higher Education Alliance (AHEA). The award acknowledges the value Chickering has brought to student-centered learning and provides funds for conference attendance for a graduate student studying in the field of adult higher education. Selzer is a doctoral candidate at Loyola University in Chicago and used her award to attend “ Exploring the Soul of Adult Education," at the University of La Verne in California in October 2004.

Denise Stearns , administrative assistant/transcript clerk in the Registrar’s Office on the Vermont College campus, received the Good Samaritan/Adult Hero Award as part of the March 2004 Hometown Heroes celebration in the Montpelier community. She was honored for her donation of bone marrow to a seven-year-old New Jersey girl whose only chance for survival was to have a bone marrow transplant. Denise, who formerly worked for the American Red Cross Blood Center in Burlington, Vermont, made the donation, and reports that the young girl is healthy and doing well.