Melinda Anderson Ed.D. ’14 was recently named the Executive Director of NACADA: The Global Community for Academic Advising. (Diverse Issues in Higher Education, June 24, 2021)
Byron Bishop Ph.D. ’05 recently became the assistant superintendent of Middlesex County Public Schools. He recently completed his service as executive director of curriculum and instruction for the New Kent County Public Schools. Byron and his wife, Lisa, are the parents of two adult children, Logan and Aidan. (Southside Sentinel, June 24, 2021)
Loury Floyd Ph.D. ’03, the dean of the School of Education at UNC Pembroke, was recently selected to be an Impact Academy fellow. Loury will join 24 leaders from around the nation who serve in higher education. (Laurinburg Exchange, Aug. 2, 2021)
Megan Harris M.A.Ed. ’14 has been selected as the Gloucester County Public Schools Teacher of the Year. She teaches mathematics at Peasley Middle School. (Gloucester-Mathews Gazette-Journal, April 29, 2021)
Natoya Haskins Ph.D. ’11 was recently selected as an inaugural recipient of the Values in Action Award, which is given for exemplary values-driven leadership. Haskins currently serves as the director of diversity and inclusion and an associate professor of counselor education at the William & Mary School of Education.
Lisa Heuvel ’74, M.A. ’05, Ed.D. ’11 recently published “Living History in the Classroom: Performance and Pedagogy.” As a professor at Christopher Newport University, Lisa edited this book, which is designed to help social study and history teachers bring history to life. She is the co-author of “The College of William & Mary in the Civil War” (2013) with her son, Sean M. Heuvel ’02, M.Ed. ’05.
Tracy Seitz M.Ed. ’10 is the superintendent of Middlesex Schools. She lives in Deltaville with her husband, Paul. They have two adult children, Shelby and Jacob. Tracy completed a doctoral degree in leadership from Virginia Commonwealth University. (Southside Sentinel, May 20, 2021)
Lisa White M.A.Ed. ’98 was recently named Teacher of the Year at Tappahannock Elementary School. (Rappahannock Times, May 26, 2021)