The University of Findlay welcomes 14 new faculty members to campus for the coming academic year. Classes begin Aug. 27.

College of Business

• Joseph Blankenship, assistant professor of business; D.Sc., information systems and communications, Robert Morris University; M.S., computer information systems, Boston University; B.S.B.A., business administration, Robert Morris University.

College of Education

• Alice Anderson, dean of the College of Education and professor of education; Ed.D., vocational and technical education, special needs populations, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; M.S., special education, Radford University; B.A., Spanish, James Madison University.
  

College of Health Professions

• Elizabeth Eldakar, instructor of physician assistant; M.P.A.S., physician assistant studies, University of Nebraska Medical Center; B.S., primary care physician assistant, University of Southern California; B.S., medical technology and biology, Clarion State University.

College of Liberal Arts

• James A. Gedra, assistant professor of psychology; Psy.D., clinical psychology, Xavier University; M.A., clinical psychology, Xavier University; B.A., psychology, Ohio Northern University.

• Philip Matanick, instructor of English as an international language; Ed.M., teaching English as a second language, State University of New York at Buffalo; D.M. in intercultural studies, Ashbury Theological Seminary; M.Div. in Biblical languages, Assemblies of God Theological Seminary; B.A. in Biblical studies, Central Bible College.

School of Pharmacy

• Richard W. Dudley, assistant professor of pharmaceutical sciences; Ph.D., chemistry, University of Toledo; B.P.S., pharmacy, University of Toledo.

• Lori Huber-Ernsthausen, assistant professor of pharmacy practice; Pharm.D., University of Toledo; B.S., pharmaceutical sciences, University of Toledo.

• M. Chandra Sekar, associate professor of pharmaceutical sciences; Ph.D. and M.S., molecular pharmacology, University of British Columbia, Canada; B.Pharm. and M.Pharm., Birla Institute of Technology and Science, India.

• Bradley Shinn, associate professor of pharmacy practice; Pharm.D., pharmacy, University of Michigan; B.S., zoology.

• Alexander Vaglenov, associate professor of pharmaceutical sciences; Ph.D., medicine, radiobiology and genetics, Medical Academy and National Center of Radiobiology and Radiation Protection, Bulgaria; M.D., medical doctor, Kharkov High Medical Institute, Ukraine.

College of Sciences

• Edward Bonnette, assistant professor of animal science; Ph.D., Animal Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; M.S. and B.S., Animal Science, The Ohio State University.

• Terry Schwaner, dean of the College of Sciences and professor of biology; Ph.D., vertebrate biology, The University of Kansas; M.S., zoology and botany, Auburn University; B.S., zoology, Southeastern Louisiana University; A.A., zoology, Palomar College.

• Armeria Vicol, assistant professor of biology; Ph.D., biology, Bowling Green State University; M.Sc., Babes-Bolyai University, Romania.

• Guofen Yu, assistant professor of physics; Ph.D., electronic physics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC); M.S., electronic devices and physics, UESTC; B.S., applied physics, National University of Defense Technology.