Gunter to direct Southeastern programs at Livingston Literacy and Technology Center
Contact: Rene Abadie
6/12/06
HAMMOND – Joan M. Gunter of Pine Grove has been appointed Southeastern Louisiana University’s director of university programs at the Livingston Literacy and Technology Center in Walker.
Previously director of operations and student services since 2004 for The Apollo Group’s University of Phoenix campuses in Metairie, Baton Rouge, and Lafayette, Gunter will have responsibility for the Southeastern’s day-to-day operations at the Livingston Center.
“Ms. Gunter brings significant experience in higher education and operations management needed to help develop the center to its full potential,” said John Crain, Southeastern provost and vice president for academic affairs. “She will play an important role in helping to manage and market the facility as the university begins to increase its educational offerings at the center this fall.”
Gunter has worked for the University of Phoenix since 1999, serving as admissions counselor in Metairie and Baton Rouge, manager of the university’s learning center in Baton Rouge and as a faculty member on the three campuses. She has worked for Resource One Mortgage Group, Inc. of Baton Rouge as a loan originator and in public relations and marketing.
She holds a master of business administration degree from the University of Phoenix and a bachelor of arts degree from Providence College in Providence, RI.
The Livingston Literacy and Technology Center is a cooperative endeavor involving Southeastern and the Livingston Parish School System. The 39,000 square foot center, located on a 24-acre on U.S. 190, offers a variety of art, science, technology, education and environmental programs for high school and college students and residents of Livingston Parish. The center opened last fall and was funded by a $4.5 million judgment in the federal environmental class action suit known as Combustion, Inc. For more information, call 225-665-3303.
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