FERRUM'S CY DILLON APPOINTED TO STATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE

Aug. 13, 2004

    Cy Dillon, Director of the Stanley Library and Chair of the Academic Support Division has been appointed by the Virginia Board of Education to a three-year term on the Virginia Advisory Committee for the Education of the Gifted representing private institutes of higher education. His term of service will begin in September 2004 and end in May 2007.

      “Serving on this important committee requires considerable time and effort,” noted Thomas M. Jackson, Jr., President of the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Board of Education. He further commented on Dr. Dillon’s “commitment to gifted education.”

      Ferrum College is a four-year, private, co-educational, liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. Ferrum offers a choice of nationally recognized bachelor’s degree programs at a cost well below the national average for private colleges. For more information on Ferrum, visit www.ferrum.edu.
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