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Program Coordinators and Staff

Dr. Ann Wendle
Title	M.A. Mental Health Counseling Program Coordinator
Email	awendle@shepherd.edu ( Email )
Phone	304-876-5068
Contact For	Master of Arts in Mental Health Counseling

Dr. Ben Martz
Title	Dean, College of Business and Recreation, Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) Program Coordinator
Email	bmartz@shepherd.edu ( Email )
Phone	304-876-5007
Office	White Hall 202B
Contact For	Master of Business Administration - Health Administration, Management Information Systems, Public Management, and Sports Management Concentrations and Certificates

Dr. Benjamin Bankhurst
Title	M.A. in Appalachian Studies (APST) Program Coordinator
Email	bbankhur@shepherd.edu ( Email )
Phone	304-876-5253
Office	Knutti Hall 115C
Contact For	Master of Arts in Appalachian Studies - Appalachian History, Culture, and Heritage Concentration and Preserving Appalachian Communities, Business Development, and the Environment Concentration

Dr. Brenda Johnston
Title	D.N.P., Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (P.M.H.N.P.) Program Coordinator
Email	bjohnsto@shepherd.edu ( Email )
Phone	304-876-5366
Office	Erma Ora Byrd Hall - Room 217
Contact For	Doctor of Nursing Practice - Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Concentration and Certificate

Dr. Julia Tracy
Title	M.Ed. in Educational Leadership (EDLD) - Curriculum and Instruction and Higher Education Program Coordinator
Email	JTRACY@shepherd.edu ( Email )
Phone	304-876-5754
Office	Knutti Hall 101B
Contact For	Master of Education in Educational Leadership - Curriculum and Instruction and Higher Education

Dr. Kelly Watson Huffer
Title	D.N.P., Family Nurse Practitioner (F.N.P.) Program Coordinator
Email	kwatsonh@shepherd.edu ( Email )
Phone	304-876-5026
Office	Erma Ora Byrd Hall - Room 206
Contact For	Doctor of Nursing Practice - Family Nurse Practitioner Concentration and Certificate

Dr. LeAnn Johnson
Title	M.A. in Teaching - Elementary and Secondary; M.Ed. in Teaching; and CERT First Alternative Certification Program Coordinator
Email	ljohnson@shepherd.edu ( Email )
Phone	304-876-5508
Office	Knutti Hall 103D
Contact For	Master of Arts in Teaching; Master of Education in Teaching; and CERT First Alternative Certification

Dr. Mary Hancock
Title	Director, School of Nursing and D.N.P. Progam
Email	mhancock@shepherd.edu ( Email )
Phone	304-876-5688
Office	Erma Ora Byrd Hall 216
Contact For	Doctor of Nursing Practice

Lucinda Powers
Title	Director of Continuing Education and Lifelong Learning
Email	lpowers@shepherd.edu ( Email )
Phone	304-876-5135
Office	Byrd Center CHE Room 182
Contact For	Continuing Education, Education Professional Development (EDPD), and Lifelong Learning

Patrick Fuller
Title	Continuing Education Coordinator
Email	pfuller@shepherd.edu ( Email )
Phone	304-876-5313
Office	Byrd Center CHE Room 179
Contact For	Continuing Education, Education Professional Development (EDPD), and Lifelong Learning

Sherry Donovan
Title	Coordinator of Graduate Studies
Email	sdonovan@shepherd.edu ( Email )
Phone	304-876-5010
Office	Graduate Studies - Ikenberry Hall, Room 111
Sherry Donovan serves as the primary contact for all graduate programs, ensuring that the goals and objectives of the unit are accomplished with the established institutional priorities and time and funding parameters, while working directly with the students. Sherry has worked in higher education for twenty-five years, and assisted in opening Shepherd University’s Martinsburg Center in 2013, which was a full-service location effectively serving the area’s non-traditional students and delivering Shepherd University’s outstanding academic instruction to adults seeking degree completion in the region while offering a convenient location, flexible hours, and affordable price. Since 2017, Sherry has worked various positions for the School of Graduate and Professional Studies, all of which support graduate students through the admissions process and assist them in the transition from parent/spouse/employee to student. Currently, Sherry represents Shepherd University as the Coordinator of Graduate Studies. Sherry received her M.A. in College Student Development and Administration from Shepherd University, B.A. in Sociology from Frostburg State University, and an A.A. in Psychology and an A.S. in Business Administration from Hagerstown Community College. She is a member of Chi Sigma Alpha, Alpha Kappa Delta, and Phi Theta Kappa and served as Pi Theta’s Advisor for three years. Sherry focused most of her spare time volunteering as a building committee member for Washington County, Maryland’s Habitat for Humanity, and was the Construction/Project Manager for the first Women Build. She also volunteered as a board member and as president for Washington County’s domestic violence shelter, Citizens Assisting and Sheltering the Abused (CASA). Sherry and her husband live in Charles Town, WV, and enjoys spending time with her family (nine grandchildren and one great-granddaughter), camping, traveling, bicycling, throwing clay, and creating art and crafts in her spare time.
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