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September 17, 2014 Volume CXXXIV Issue 2
GC welcomes Wessels and Littrell Wessels teaches athletic training and Littrell teaches social and criminal justice
By KAYLA BOSWELL Staff Writer Dr. Karla Wessels is the new Athletic Training professor for the kinesiology department. Wessels graduated from the University of Illinois, and worked as an Athletic Trainer for men’s wheelchair basketball and track. Dr. Wessels also worked at a hospital in high school outreach. She loves to help those that have interests in the field of athletic training and the heart of doing something they are passionate about. While at Georgetown she
By JOSEPH LANE Staff Writer As we all know there have been many changes recently to Georgetown College. One of those changes is in our education opportunities. Georgetown College welcomes the new face of Mr. Michael Littrell. The easygoing Eastern University alumni and soon to be PhD from University of Louisville came into the fold of the Georgetown College family this semester.
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is currently teaching Introduction to Athletic Training, Therapy Modification and Evaluation Assessment of Injury II. In the spring, she will be teaching Evaluation Assessment of Injury I and other classes within the Athletic Training program. The new Athletic Training professor has enjoyed her new experience on campus, and she loves teaching and working with the students. She is excited about working with more students interested in her classes in the future. She also is looking forward to advising in the spring where she can help
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students set up their classes and possibly their futures. She wants to make the best of her students and is willing to help them in any way possible as long as they are willing to try.
Her favorite class so far is her Intro to Athletic Training class. At first, she was hesitant and thought that she wouldn’t enjoy teaching them because it was a simple introduction class. However, that is not the case. She loves teaching the students in her introduction class because they are always engaged in her class. They love getting involved when she is demonstrating something in class. She looks forward to students who are engaged in class and what they are doing in lab as well as asking questions and demonstrating interest. In her future she plans on
changing the Athletic Training program into six semesters instead of the current five semesters. She wants there to be more variety in the clinical experiences for students. Dr. Wessels will become one of our most cherished professors like the other professors who have touched the lives of the students here. She has already given good advice for all the students of Georgetown when she stated, “Do something that you’re passionate with, so it does not feel like work.”
credit Ride-Alongs he offers his students during the semester. By doing this, Littrell offers the real world perspective of what he teaches. Through his experience serving on the police force, Littrell brings many insightful stories to campus. Not only are his students learning a great deal, they are also offered real world applications. Thus ensuring they get the most out of the class.
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He christens our new Criminal Justice program from the helm of the Sociology House on Hollyhock. Littrell’s official title is Assistant Professor of Sociology and Social and Criminal Justice. His hope and endeavor is to strengthen and build the brand new program so that students who run its gamut are well qualified by the time they leave to pursue a career in criminal justice. Part of this dream is to perhaps even create a graduate program for criminal justice.
His fondness for the program perhaps is an extension of his
duration of employment with the Georgetown Police Department and Georgetown Sheriff’s Department which he still works for when he isn’t leading his riveting lectures. Littrell’s stylistic way of teaching has been met with mostly positive reviews by the student body. Not only does he influence education in the class but he also promotes the function of it from a real world perspective. Students have the opportunity to see his teachings first-hand in the extra
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