Northampton Community College

Richburg named an executive director

Andre Richburg has been named as the new executive director of enrollment management in the Student Affairs and Enrollment Division.

He has extensive experience in the areas of enrollment management at Atlantic Cape Community College in Mays Landing, N.J., in admissions/recruitment, college relations, testing and financial aid areas.

He earned a master’s degree in education from Monmouth University and a bachelor’s degree in business administration from William Paterson University. He will be pursuing his doctorate in education in the fall of 2018. He is a faculty advisor and mentor for the National Association for College Admission Counseling.

Loeffler named vice president, dean

Lauren Loeffler has been named as the vice president of workforce development in Community Education and dean of the Fowler Family Southside Center beginning in August. She comes to Northampton Community College from Bucks County Community College where she was executive director of workforce development and led a team delivering non-credit professional training to individuals in the public sector as well as businesses and corporations.

She earned a master’s degree in professional communication from Thomas Edison University, Trenton, N.J., and a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Muhlenberg College. She is currently chairperson of the Pennsylvania Community Colleges’ Workforce Development Affinity Group.

Hospitality program gains accreditation

Northampton Community College became, as of July 28, the only community college in Pennsylvania to have their hospitality management program accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Programs in Hospitality. The accreditation will enable graduates to be awarded a certified hospitality graduate designation.

ACPHA is a private, nonprofit body comprised of hospitality, tourism and business professionals from across the country. The commission’s standards set a national benchmark for the effective instruction of programs across the United States.

NCC Hospitality Management Program associate in applied science degrees include hospitality management with hotel / restaurant management options and in meeting and event planning. Specialized diplomas include dining room operations, hotel management, meeting and events planning and resort / restaurant management.

Cedar Crest College

Campus become ‘Smoke Free’

Cedar Crest College will become a completely smoke-free and tobacco-free campus as of the start of the fall semester classes on August 28. Dr. Wendy Robb, chair of the Nursing Department at the college, was instrumental in the introduction and implementation of the smoke-free initiative.

All tobacco and tobacco-like products, including cigarettes, cigars, electronic cigarettes, pipes and smokeless tobacco, will be banned at all campus buildings and facilities, outdoor sports venues, walkways, parking lots and vehicles parked or operated on college property.

Smoke and tobacco-free signs will be installed and smoking receptacles will be removed from the campus. The college will provide assistance to any student, faculty or staff member interested in quitting.

Cedar Crest College is located at 100 College Drive, Allentown, 18104. For information, call 1-800-360-1222 or visit www.cedarcrest.edu.

DeSales University

Arts/graft opens Aug. 28

A free collaborative arts exhibit and performance, “Arts/graft: American Community in the Understory,” will be open Aug. 28 through 31 at DeSales University. There will be a closing night performance of music, stories, and readings at 7 p.m.

35 to 40 current and former DeSales faculty, students, alumni, members of the Lehigh Valley community and artists from across the country contributed a variety of art forms to the event.

The artists had been contacted earlier by Dr. Steve Myers, professor of English, who sent each one five to 10 poems that he had written and asked what, if anything, they triggered in the various artists by way of their own creative instincts.

The idea is to break down barriers between the different art forms. Myers came up with the idea after visiting a similar exhibit at the 2011 Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York.

Both the exhibit and performance night are open to the public. After Aug. 31, exhibited art will remain on display through the fall semester in the Trexler Library.