May 26, 2010
MEMORANDUM
To: Montgomery College Community
From: Judy E. Ackerman, Vice President and Provost
Subject: Appointment of Rockville Instructional Dean
I am pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Darrin Campen, following a national search, as Instructional Dean of Social Sciences, History, Education, Exercise Science, Health Enhancement and Physical Education at the Rockville Campus. Dr. Campen will fill the position that was held by Dr. Gail Montgomery until she retired last summer and he will join us on June 21, 2010. My special thanks go to the search committee for its good work and commitment to the search process.
Dr. Campen comes to us from Aiken Technical College in South Carolina where he is the Department Chair of History and Social Sciences and teaches psychology. Prior to becoming department chair, he was the Program Coordinator for Psychology. At Aiken Technical College, Dr. Campen has been recognized for his teaching excellence with a number of teaching awards. He has extensive experience teaching distance education and utilizing YouTube for instruction. Dr. Campen facilitated professional development activities for faculty and staff on a number of topics including retention, generational poverty, stress management and diversity. He is a regular presenter on diversity issues for Leadership Aiken County. At Aiken Technical College, Dr. Campen enjoyed serving as the announcer for home basketball games for the Knights. He indicated that he expects to become a strong supporter of the Rockville athletic teams who are also called the Knights.
In addition to teaching experience in psychology, Dr. Campen worked as a psychologist in the North Carolina Prison System. Following that, he lived and worked in Japan for three years and served as a lecturer at Kansai Gaidai University.
Dr. Campen earned a B.S. in Psychology from Old Dominion University, a M.S. in Psychology from New Mexico Highlands University, and an Ed. S. and a Ph.D. from the University of South Carolina in Counselor Education. His experience as a Teaching Assistant at New Mexico Highlands University sparked his interest in teaching and a career in higher education.
I would like to express my appreciation and sincere thanks to Dr. Rodney Redmond for his service as Interim Dean of Social Sciences, History, Education, Exercise Science, Health Enhancement and Physical Education since last summer. In this role, his dedication to Montgomery College and its students has been very evident.
