Robert David McConnell

Robert David McConnell

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1990 Vice President for Instruction to Wallace Community College Selma present Selma, Alabama

Chief Instructional Officer of the College. Duties include, but are not limited to, responsibility for all curriculum programs; annual program reviews; faculty professional development activities; faculty appraisal processes; operation of learning resources facilities including the College Library; new educational program development; economic development activities with local businesses, industries and civic entities; construction and management of an annual Instruction Division budget; and preparation of various college publications including the College Catalog/Student Handbook.

1985 Special Assistant to the President and to Chairman, Biological Sciences Department 1990 Trident Technical College

Charleston, South Carolina

A new position created by a new President (Dr. Charles Branch). Responsible directly to the president for planning and implementing new curriculum programs. Also responsible for management of Biological Sciences Department including faculty, budget, articulation with service area secondary schools, advisory committees and biology-related programs such as Horticulture Technology and Golf Course Maintenance. 1984 Chairman, Health Technology Department

to Trident Technical College 1985 Charleston, South Carolina

Job title changed to Chairman and the administrative unit title changed to Department during a College-wide reorganization instituted by a new President (General William Orth). Duties and responsibilities remained the same as those cited for the previous job title (Dean, Allied Health

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (continued)

1978 Dean, Allied Health Sciences Assistant Dean

to Trident Technical College College of Health Sciences 1984 Charleston, South Carolina Medical University of South

Carolina, Charleston, SC

(This was a joint administrative appointment to the two above institutions.) Managed the operation of 12 associate degree, diploma and certificate level allied health programs operated jointly by Trident Technical College and the Medical University of South Carolina. Responsible for recommending hiring of, and evaluating the performance of, all full-time and part-time faculty. Constructed and managed a division budget in excess of two million dollars. Reviewed propriety and cost-effectiveness of program operations and produced detailed annual program evaluation reports. Managed educational program compliance with appropriate state and federal laws and accrediting body standards. Served as the College's liaison to state medical, dental, and nursing boards. Developed and participated in institutional marketing and recruitment efforts in middle and secondary schools and in community education initiatives in other institutions such as hospitals and nursing homes. Served as the college’s representative to various community organizations and statewide planning bodies. Developed and successfully defended before the SC State Board of Nursing and the SC State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education, the only Associate Degree Nursing program proposal ever written by a non-nurse in South Carolina.

1973 Chair, Life Sciences Department

to Trident Technical College 1978 Charleston, South Carolina

Taught human anatomy, physiology and biochemistry courses, scheduled classes, coordinated course offerings with other departments, constructed and administered department budget. Superintended quality and propriety of all department course offerings. Proposed and implemented department goals and objectives. Evaluated performance and guided professional development of department faculty.

1971 Instructor, Biomedical Sciences Department to Greenville Technical College

1973 Greenville, South Carolina

Taught human anatomy, physiology, medical microbiology and biochemistry to diploma and associate degree allied health students.

Developed several auto-tutorial programs in cell biology and human anatomy.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (continued) 1969 Medical Technologist I

to Eugene Talmadge Memorial Hospital 1971 Augusta, Georgia

Performed routine laboratory procedures in clinical microbiology and clinical hematology. Taught fluorescent staining procedures and fluorescent microscopy techniques to baccalaureate program Medical Technology students.

1967 Research Assistant

to State University of New York 1968 New Paltz, New York

A graduate research assistantship. Investigated the immunologic characteristics of the capsule and surface antigens of the Smith Diffuse strains of Staphylococcus aureus under the direction of my major advisor.

EDUCATION

1988 Ed. D., Education Administration South Carolina State University Orangeburg, South Carolina 1969 M. S., Biological Sciences

State University of New York New Paltz, New York

1967 B.A., Human Physiology

Hunter College, City University of New York New York, New York

Additional Graduate Studies

Medical College of Georgia (1968 to 1971) Augusta, Georgia

Medical University of South Carolina (1974) Charleston, South Carolina

Charleston, South Carolina

Cornell University [ Summer Institute (1984)] Ithaca, New York

PUBLICATIONS

* Best, G.K., M.K. Grastie, and R.D. McConnell, 1970. Relative affinity of Vancomycin and Ristocetin for cell walls and uridine diphosphate-N-acetylmuramyl pentapeptide. J. Bacteriol., 102: 476-482.

* Best, G.K., and R.D. McConnell, 1970. Chemical Comparison of Components of the Vancomycin Complex. Bacteriol. Proc., 70: 52-53. * McConnell, R.D. 1988. “Principals' and Teachers' Perceptions of

Organizational Climate in Elementary Schools in South Carolina.” Doctoral Dissertation, South Carolina State University.

ADJUNCT FACULTY APPOINTMENTS

1980 Adjunct Assistant Professor of Health Services Administration to Medical University of South Carolina

1990 Charleston, South Carolina

1986 Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences and to Adjunct Assistant Professor of Management

1990 Limestone College (Charleston AFB Campus) Spartanburg, South Carolina

1998 Adjunct Instructor of Education to Alabama State University

present Montgomery, Alabama

REPRESENTATIVE COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

A+ Research Foundation for Education Reform (past Group Facilitator) Dallas County JOBS Advisory Council (Member)

Exchange Club of Selma (President, 2001-2002)

Alabama District Exchange Clubs (State Secretary, 2002-2003) Leadership Selma-Dallas County (Graduate, Class of 1995)

Steering Committee (past Member)

Economic Development Committee (past Co-Chairman) Selma Arts Council

Board of Directors (past Member) Selma City School District (Voluntary Tutor)

Education Committee (past Chairman) Selma-Dallas County United Way

Board of Directors (past Member) Allocations Committee (past Chairman)

HONORS, AWARDS AND PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION

Professional * President (2004-2005) of the Instructional Officers’ Association of The Alabama College System. Vice President (2003-2004); Secretary (2002-2003).

* Licensed Teacher of Secondary Biology and General Science, Board of Education - The City of New York (1967, #397134) * Distinguished Service Award - given by the faculty and staff of

Wallace Community College Selma in recognition of diligent, enthusiastic and distinguished service to WCCS in conceiving, organizing and managing the college's Academic Competition for Excellence (1993).

* Honorary Alabama Colonel - commissioned by Governor Jim Folsom, October, 1994, in recognition of outstanding public service and commitment to the improvement of public education in Alabama.

* Outstanding Service Award - given by the Selma-Dallas County Economic Development Authority for Outstanding service as Chairman of the EDA Education Committee, March, 1995.

College * Acceptance to Hunter College, City University of New York (A scholarship-only institution until 1969)

* Winner of 4-year New York State Regents College Scholarship (1962; Scholarship #5544. Scholarship was accepted.) * Winner of United States Navy Scholarship (Naval Architecture)

Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY (1962; Scholarship was declined in favor of accepting Hunter College scholarship).

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