Scheppard to be new vice president, dean at Bridgewater College.

Carol Scheppard, associate professor of philosophy and religion, has been appointed vice president and dean for academic affairs at Bridgewater (Va.) College, effective July 1. She is a member of Lebanon Church of the Brethren in Mount Sidney, Va., and an ordained Church of the Brethren minister.

She succeeds Arthur C. Hessler, who earlier this year announced his retirement on June 30. The college conducted a national search to fill the position.

Scheppard holds degrees from Wesleyan University, Princeton Theological Seminary, and the University of Pennsylvania. She spent 10 years as a teacher and administrator at Landmark School in Massachusetts, and Landmark College in Vermont, schools with curricula designed specifically for students with dyslexia. She joined the Bridgewater faculty in 1998.

Her denominational service includes membership of the board of trustees of Bethany Theological Seminary, where she is the chair of the presidential search committee.

Source: 4/11/2007 Newsline