Dr. Cia Verschelden
Vice-President for Academic Affairs
Dr. Cia Verschelden assumed the role of Vice President for Academic Affairs on July 1, 2009. Verschelden, previously a tenured member of the faculty at Kansas State University, comes to the College following a year with The Higher Learning Commission (HLC), the agency which serves as the accrediting body for colleges and universities in the Midwest. An associate professor at KSU, she was also Director of Assessment and spent the year with the HLC as a visiting scholar and Senior Officer for the Office of Assessment Initiatives and Services. Assessment, how student learning is documented, is a major program both within higher education institutions and within their accrediting agencies.
In addition to her teaching duties at KSU, Verschelden served as a residence hall director, worked with Big Brothers Big Sisters, the Riley County Senior Volunteer Program, and served as Faculty Senate President and Director of Women's Studies. She taught in KSU's social work, American ethnic studies, and women's studies programs.
A native of St. Mary's, she attended Marymount College in Salina before earning her bachelor's degree in psychology from KSU. She then received a Master of Social Work degree in social policy and aging from The University of Connecticut and an Ed.D. from Harvard University.
Cia Verschelden
Vice President for Academic Affairs
785-442-6013
cVerschelden@highlandcc.edu
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