Darlington Headmaster David Rhodes announces that the following faculty and staff have been hired for the 2002-2003 academic year:<br /><br />
Stephanie Chastain (English), Upper School faculty and girls junior varsity soccer coach; Blythe Erlandson (admission), head of house in Trippeer; Greg Foreman (math), Upper School faculty amd Middle School boys soccer coach; Gordon Hight (history), Upper School faculty, student activities and winter intramurals coordinator, Summer Programs director, and Middle School boys lacrosse coach; Tyler Hitch (history), Upper School faculty and swimming and track assistant coach; James Hutchins (science), Middle School faculty, assistant varsity baseball coach, and junior varsity football coach; Brian Inman (history), Upper School faculty and fall drama/sets coordinator; Tara Inman (admission), head of house in Wilcox; Mitch Jordan (history and math), Middle School faculty, varsity football assistant coach, and track and weight program coordinator; Robert Meaney (math), Upper School faculty, head swimming coach, and girls varsity lacrosse assistant coach; Shana Ely Pardue (foreign language), Middle School faculty and cross country and track assistant coach; Joey Rice (history), Middle School faculty and varsity football and track assistant coach; Jason Turner (history), Middle School faculty and varsity football assistant coach; Nathalie Welch (foreign language), Upper School faculty; and Jason Yelton (history), Upper School faculty and track assistant coach.<br /><br />
Internal changes beginning with the 2002-2003 academic year are as follows: Rob Davis, winter drama/sets coordinator; Karen Rieley, Darlingtonian adviser; Jason Childs, Middle School football coach and girls basketball assistant coach; Randy Smith, Middle School football head coach; Doug Braden, girls volleyball assistant coach (community); Kevin Ivester, girls varsity soccer assistant coach; Amy Moon, junior varsity cheerleading coach (community); Carlos Ortega, girls and boys tennis head coach; and Jerry Sharp, physical education department chair.<br /><br />
<BR><B>New faculty and staff education and work experiences</B></BR> <br /><br />
Stephanie Chastain, bachelor’s degree in English, Berry College, Rome, Ga.; Blythe Erlandson, bachelor’s degree in psychology, assistant director of admission and financial aid at St. Andrew’s-Sewanee School, Sewanee, Tenn.; Greg Foreman, master’s degree in psychology, University of Alabama, Huntsville, bachelor’s degree in math, Davidson College, Davidson, N.C., math and English teacher, Institutp Tecnologico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Hidalgo campus, Universidad De la Sierra, A.C., English teacher; Gordon Hight, master’s degree in business administration, University of Georgia, Athens, bachelor’s degree in economics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, First Union Securities, Baltimore, Md., intern, Citizens First Bank, Rome, Ga., commercial credit administrator, Darlington School, Summer Session math teacher; Tyler Hitch, bachelor’s degree in history and political science, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Kemeny Overseas Products Cooperation, Chicago, Kenilworth Park District, Kenilworth, Ill., head swim instructor and lifeguard; James Hutchins, master’s degree in educational administration, Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, Ala., bachelor’s degree in education, Shorter College, Rome, Ga., Pepperell Elementary School, Title 1 reading instructor, Unilever Cooperation, Cartersville, Ga., production coordinator; Brian Inman, master's degree in teaching, Carson-Newman College, Jefferson City, Tenn., bachelor’s degree in history, Carson-Newman College, American Language Academy, Lake Forest, Ill., English as a Second Language (ESL) instructor, dorm parent, girls varsity tennis assistant coach, varsity baseball assistant coach, junior varsity baseball head coach; Tara Inman, bachelor’s degree in English, Carson-Newman College, Jefferson City, Tenn., Lake Forest Academy, Lake Forest, Ill., private tutor, American Language Academy, Lake Forest, Ill., ESL instructor; Mitch Jordan, bachelor’s degree in management, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Madatacor, INC., Atlanta, vice president of finance, Titan Network, LLC, Atlanta, vice president of finance, Brightlane.com, Inc., Alpharetta, Ga., Controller; Shana Ely Pardue, bachelor’s degree in Spanish education, Samford University, Birmingham, Ala., Spanish tutor, Boys and Girls Club of Rome, Ga., Spanish instructor; Joey Rice, master degree in education, Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, Ala., bachelors’ degree in forensic science, Jacksonville State University, Polk County School District, Cedartown, Ga., science, social studies, English teacher; Jason Turner, bachelor’s degree in journalism, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, La., Jennings High School, Jennings, La., history teacher, assistant football and basketball coach; Natalie Welch, master’s degree in international business, Georgia State University, Atlanta, bachelor’s degree in marketing, Shorter College, Rome, Ga., Hon Company, Cedartown, Ga., customer service representative, Rio Bravo Cantina, Tampa, Fla., marketing, office manager, bookkeeper; and Jason Yelton, bachelor’s degree in history, Berry College, Rome, Ga., Woodstock High School, Woodstock, Ga., social studies teacher, cross country and girls track head coach.
