Campus organizational shift continues

Greg Haddock, left, and Terry Long

MARYVILLE, Mo. — Northwest Missouri State University has announced the appointment of two current staff members to new positions associated with a recent academic reorganization that reflects the university’s transition from a traditional college/department structure to one emphasizing professional schools led by directors reporting directly to the provost.

According to a university release, veteran Northwest administrator Greg Haddock has been named associate provost for graduate studies and special programs. In addition, Terry Long will become director of the School of Health Science and Wellness.

Provost Timothy Mottet said Northwest conducted national searches to fill both jobs. The appointments are effective July 1.

Haddock has filled a number of roles during his 20 years at Northwest, most recently as vice provost, dean of the Graduate School, and acting dean of the Melvin D. and Valorie G. Booth College of Business and Professional Studies.

A faculty member until 2010, Haddock earlier served as Faculty Senate president and chair of the geology and geography department.

As an undergraduate, he studied music and geography at Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg, Virginia. He also holds master’s and doctoral degrees in geography from the University of Idaho.

Long is a professor of recreation and currently serves as the health sciences school’s assistant director.

In addition to his academic work, he sits on the Nodaway County Recreation Council for Individuals with Disabilities.

Long earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology and recreation and a master’s degree in clinical psychology from Emporia State University and holds a doctorate in parks, recreation, and tourism with an emphasis in therapeutic recreation.

He succeeds Matt Symonds, who served as the school’s founding director, and who will return to full-time work as a faculty member.

On other fronts, Mottet announced name changes for three academic departments as a result of the reorganization.

· The Department of English and Modern Languages will become the Department of Language, Literature, and Writing.

· With the formation of the School of Computer Science and Information Systems, Northwest’s mathematics program will become the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.

· The Department of Behavioral Sciences will merge with the School of Health Science and Wellness. Shelly Hiatt, associate professor of counseling and behavioral sciences chair, has been named the school’s assistant director.