Goodbye Michele, Hello Kelli

Good news and bad news. First the bad.

Today was the last day in the office for Michele Bennett, our Director of External Relations. Michele has been with us about a year, and has done a fabulous job in helping to promote the Master of Ministry program. She's been wearing two hats, also serving as our Administrative Assistant. Michele is such a talented communicator, and now she'll be using those gifts as a senior communications person for Upward Sports, based in Spartanburg. Michele has contributed so much to our program, and I know the students join me in thanking her for her faithfulness and wishing her all God's best.

Now the good news: our new Administrative Assistant is Kelli Strickland, who joined us Monday. (She and Michele had a week of overlap to absorb a year's worth of information!) Kelli is a graduate of Georgia Southern and is wife to local pastor Charles "Bucky" Strickland. She's going to do a great job for us, and will be a helper and advocate for our students.