The Eastern Michigan University Board of Regents granted
emeritus status to a former regent and two staff members
at its regular meeting June 23.
Judge Donald E. Shelton was granted regent emeritus status
due to his distinguished service as a former member of
the Board of Regents and longtime supporter of Eastern
Michigan University. Shelton was appointed to the Board
by then Gov. James Blanchard in 1987 and served with distinction
until 1990. He has served the community as a circuit judge
in Ann Arbor for more than 19 years and demonstrated his
commitment to education through his role as an adjunct
faculty member teaching criminal justice and political
science at EMU. Shelton also has shown his dedication to
his alma mater by serving in various volunteer capacities
and by establishing the Donald E. Shelton Wrestling Scholarship.
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A HAPPY HUNT: Charlene Hunt, an
administrative
secretary for the Division of
Student Affairs and
Enrollment
Management, was granted staff emeritus
status at the June 23 Board of Regents
meeting.
Hunt, who retired June 30, is
flanked by Regent
Tom Sidlik. |
Staff members who have at least 15 years of service may
be nominated for emeritus status upon retirement. The staff
members granted emeritus status are:
Charlene Hunt, administrative secretary,
who retired June 30 after more than 33 years. Hunt, of
Ypsilanti, has worked in a number of departments at EMU,
including Snow Health Center, the President's Office, Campus
Life, and the Student Center and most recently as an administrative
secretary for the Division of Student Affairs and Enrollment
Management. Her accomplishments include helping to facilitate
the groundbreaking of the Student Center and the "Final
Stretch", the planning
and implementation teams that opened the new EMU Student
Center in 2006.
George Klein, director of academic programs abroad, who
retired April 23 after 22 years of service. Klein, of Ypsilanti,
has been an outstanding ambassador for the study abroad
program at Eastern Michigan. He has mentored his staff,
worked with faculty to develop new programs and strived
to reinvent the Department of Continuing Education's strategy
as it moved to shorter programs. His expertise in the study
abroad field has helped to build and maintain an effective
program.
