SMC Dean Recognized By National Student Affairs Group

12/11/08

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

SPARTANBURG, SC - SMC Dean of Students Art Hartzog was recently honored by the Southern Association for College Student Affairs as a recipient of a SACSA Honorary Lifetime Membership. 

"It is a highlight of my career to be honored by SACSA with Honorary Lifetime Membership.  I will always cherish the knowledge that my name will forever be listed alongside those select few who I have regarded as legends in the organization," says Hartzog.

Hartzog has been a member of SACSA for more than 20 years. With his upcoming retirement, he will be ineligible for a standard SACSA membership after July 1, 2009.

He joins more than 40 other individuals as Honorary Lifetime members from across the southern United States.

Hartzog was nominated for the award by Ann Bowles, SMC Vice President of Academic Affairs; Pete Aylor, SMC Director of Counseling and Career Services; and Steve Terry, Vice President of Enrollment Management and Student Affairs at Coker College.

A SACSA Honorary Lifetime Membership is available to individuals who are no longer eligible for regular membership, have been a member for a significant number of years, and have made notable contributions to the Association and the college student affairs profession.

SACSA, which was founded in 1950, is an independent, regional association of practitioners, educators, and students engaged in the student affairs profession.

Spartanburg Methodist College is in its 98th year of providing quality education to students in a Christian environment.  More than 90 percent of SMC graduates continue their education at other institutions of higher learning.

For more information, contact Brian Fulkerson, Director of Public Information, at (864) 587-4254.