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TLU adds new faculty

August 20th, 2008

Texas Lutheran University’s new, full-time faculty members include, left to right, Dr. Rocio Ocon-Garrido, Dr. Scott Orr, Dr. Rebecca Oekerman, Dr. Sam Hijazi, Dr. Sara Sliter-Hays, Prof.. Rebecca Clark, Dr. Bill Davis, Dr. Lee Powell, and Prof. Carolyn Turner.

SEGUIN – Texas Lutheran University has added 19 new members to its faculty for the fall semester.

Full-time faculty members added are Rebecca Clark, lecturer, mathematics; Dr. William Davis, associate professor of chemistry; Dr. Sam Hijazi, associate professor of computer science and information systems; Dr. Rebecca Oekerman, associate professor of education; Dr. Scott Orr, assistant professor of political science; Dr. William Powell, assistant professor of physics; Brenci Patiño, visiting instructor in modern languages; Dr. Rocío Ocón-Garrido, assistant professor of Spanish; and Dr. Sara M. Sliter-Hays, assistant professor of English.

Those who were part-time faculty and are now full-time are Steve Boehm, lecturer in sociology and criminal justice; Dr. Robert Galloway, associate professor of business administration; Timothy Kent, assistant professor of kinesiology; and Carolyn Turner, lecturer in psychology.

New part-time faculty members are Reynaldo Arrieta, modern languages; Dr. George Wrisley, philosophy; Sondra M. D’Aquisto, sociology; Dr. Thomas Mitchell Stedman, biology; Courtney Filner, music; and Thomas Boynton, mathematics.

TLU began its 118^th academic year on Tuesday with its traditional Opening Convocation and the start of classes for the fall semester.

Founded in 1891, Texas Lutheran is an exclusively undergraduate university of the liberal arts, sciences and professional studies located in Seguin.  For more information, visit the university’s Web site at www.tlu.edu.

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