Richard Thomas Bothel, Ed.D.

(Overview)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Administration
Lamar University
Executive Director, Division of Continuing and Distance Education

University of North Carolina at Pembroke (UNCP)
Associate Provost and Associate Vice President for Outreach

Troy State University (Now Troy University)
Founding Dean, System Continuing Education and Distance Learning Center
Chief Operating Officer, Florida Region of University Centers

United States Sports Academy (USSA)
Executive Director of Development
Interim Dean of Administration and Finance
Dean of Student Services and Continuing Education

West Virginia Northern Community College (WVNCC)
Founding Director of Faculty Development Center
Director of Academic Technologies

Xerox Corporation
Branch Controller

Teaching
Lamar University
Associate Professor, Department of Educational Leadership, College of Education and Human Development

UNCP
Associate Professor, Graduate Faculty, School of Education

TSU
Graduate Faculty, College of Education and Business

USSA
Associate Professor, Dept of Sport Management

WVNCC
Instructor, Educational Technologies

Monvovia and Plainfield Public Schools
Secondary Teacher: English, Speech & Journalism

Recent Courses Instructed
The Adult Learner in Higher Education
Distance Learning/Telecommunications
Internship for Supervision
Social Contexts and Contemporary Issues
Applied Educational Philosophy

A comprehensive list of courses developed and instructed both in the classroom and online is available in Dr. Bothel's complete resume.

RESEARCH
Recent Professional Presentations/Publications
• Lessons from Rita: Planning vs. Reaction: Association of Continuing Higher Education, Region 7 Annual Conference
• What Should Telecourses Tell Us About the Future of Distance Education?: National Forum of Educational Administration and Supervision Journal.
• Taking Advantage of the Online Evolution: 67th Annual Conference of the Association of Continuing Higher Education.
• Community Collaborations: 66th Annual Conference of the Association for Continuing Higher Education.
• Division of Research Development and Continuing Education (TIEC): Research Project at Prince Muhammad Bin Fahd University (PMU).
• Research Development and Continuing Education for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: On-site interviews/needs assessment in Saudi Arabia including faculty/staff of King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Al-Khobar, KSA.
• Problems/Solutions to Scheduling Distance Education: Invited Presentation, Southern Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, 57th Annual Meeting,
• Put some “distance” in your “classroom” learning: 65th Annual Conference of the Association for Continuing Higher Education.
• Coping with Today’s Challenging Environment of Accelerating Change: Annual Meeting, ACHE, Region VII.
• Sinking in the Wave of eLearning: How distributed learning can build stronger learning: 64th Annual Meeting of The Association for Continuing Higher Education.
• How to use “distributed learning” to build that “community” feeling. UCEA Region III Conference.
• Expanding Higher Education Access: e-NC, Connecting North Carolina to a Better Future.
• A cautionary note about online assessment: In Anderson, R., Bauer, J. & Speck, B. (Eds.), "Assessment Strategies for the Online Teacher: From Theory to Practice," New Directions for Teaching and Learning, Vol 2002, Issue 91.
• Bringing It All Together: The Journal of Distance Learning Administration, IV, (1).
• Student Support: Your key to success in distance learning: DLA2000 Annual Meeting. Montgomery, AL.
• NISOD International Conference on Teaching Excellence at Austin, Texas.
• Perspectives of a Wounded Veteran of Distance Learning: Planning for Higher Education, 28 (1), 57-65.
• You Don't Have To Go the Whole Distance: T.H.E. Journal: Technological Horizons in Education, 45 (2), 114-119.
• Condensation of "Copy Right?? Or Copy Wrong??": The Education Digest. V 59, 4.
• Copy Right?? or Copy Wrong??: The Community College Journal. Washington, D.C.: American Association of Community Colleges.
• Technology across the curriculum: Tools to make it real: Joint paper written for

Dr. Bothel has more than 50 presentations and publications in higher education since 1989. A comprehensive list is available in his complete resume.

Recent Grants

• Educational Opportunity Centers-Federally Funded TRIO Program
• Community Outreach Partnerships Centers-Federally Funded HUD Program
• Talent Search-Federally Funded TRIO Program
• (PI) Environmental Stewardship: Develop Southeast Texas Field School in partnership with community parks and environmental educators to enhance public education
• (PI) Nonpoint SP: Educators Program for Teaching Nonpoint Source Pollution in Southeast Texas Schools
• (PI) eLearning Center Promotion: Promotion for Lamar Beaumont eLearning
• (PI) Coastal Management Program: Develop base teaching facility at ELRC
• ExxonMobil Lamar University Development Grant: Audio Tour of GC
• Project Connection: SBC Foundation Accelerator Grant-Gladys City/Entergy Museum Connection
• (PI) Summer Outdoor Programs for IEA-Grant from Regina Rogers
• (PI) Block Grant to City of Beaumont for Summer Literacy Program
• (PI) Literacy Grant from Beaumont Rotary
• (PI) Coastal Management Program, Cycle 10: Develop Master Plan for ELRC
• (PI) Coastal Management Program, Cycle 11: Develop Base Teaching Facility at ELRC
• ExxonMobil Lamar University Development Grant: Audio Tour of GC Museum
• Project Connection: SBC Foundation Accelerator Grant-Gladys City/Entergy Museum Connection
• Humanities Texas (Spindletop and Black History: Teacher and Community Education)
• Jefferson County Hotel Occupancy Tax funds
• Heritage Preservation Conservation Assessment Program Grant
• Project Scientist
• Educators Program for Teaching in Southeast Texas Schools
• American Assoc. of Museums Museum Assessment Program
• Foundation for Southeast Texas
• Jefferson County Hotel Occupancy Tax Grants
• Jefferson County HOT
• Texas Historical Commission

Dr. Bothel has a strong history of writing and directing grant programs. The above listing includes collaborative grants written by Dr. Bothel and department staff members and represents more than $200,000 in funding. It also includes grants where he was Principal Investigator (PI) over the past five years.

Academic Awards/Recognition
• Outstanding Services to Undeserved Population Program Award, National Award, Association of
      Continuing Higher Education
• Award of Excellence, State Award, Texas Association of Community Service and
      Continuing Education, November 2003
• NISOD Master Teacher Award (Nat’l Institute for Staff and Organizational Development)
• CICS Graduate of the Year
• BSU Award of Academic Excellence, Ed.D.
• BSU Award of Academic Excellence, M.S.
• BSU Award of Academic Excellence, M.A.
• AT&T Fellow
• Indiana Bell Fellow
• BSU Debate Team Scholarship

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES/RECOGNITIONS
• Chair, Texas State Coordinating Board Distance Learning Regional Council
• Vice President (Pres Succession) Texas Association of Community Service and Continuing Education
• Board Member Texas Association of Community Service and Continuing Education
• Chair, Lamar University Distance Learning Committee
• Chair, Lamar University Continuing Education Committee
• Director Public Policy Institute-Kettering Foundation
• Leadership North Carolina Achievement Certificate from Governor Easley
• Teaching Environmental Model-Campus of the Future (BSU)
• SACS Visiting Team Member
• President of Alabama Distance Learning Association
• Advisory Board Florida State Board of Independent Colleges and Universities
• University Continuing Education Association
• Association of Continuing Higher Education
• ACME (Florida Advisory Council on Military Education)
• Higher Education Partnership of Alabama
• Ropes Course Facilitator-Certified Alpine Towers
• Member (2) of Alabama Graduate Deans Council
• Book reviewer for Simon and Schuster; Addison-Wesley Longman
• Council for Adult and Experiential Learning
• National Continuing Education Association
• Indiana Association Adult Continuing Education
• American Association for Adult & Continuing Education
• National Advisory Committee: The Modem Connection: The PC way to teach and learn
• WVNCC Chairman of College Multicampus Technology Committee
• Successful Trademark Applicant
• Research for Kowalski (1990) College Textbook: Contemporary School Administration
• BITNET Certified
• University Coordinator for Indiana State Superintendents Study Council
• Indiana Professional Videographers Association
• Published Outdoor Writer
• Xerox Corp task force that developed information network for over 100 U.S. Branches
• Xerox Corp task force developing new high tech work force reorganization
• Originated Corporate Branch MIS Department
• National award-winning manager for Xerox Corporation

SERVICE/COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
• Board Member-Texas Energy Museum Board
• Leadership Beaumont Graduate
• Board President/Founder-Environmental Learning and Research Center
• Toastmasters International (Numerous Offices—Area Governor)
• Board Member-Taking Flight-TI in Prisons
• Rotary International (Troy, Alabama and Beaumont, Texas-Paul Harris Fellow)
• Leadership North Carolina Graduate
• Naturalist Volunteer for Indianapolis Parks Department
• Indianapolis Mayor's Citation for Community Contribution
• Indiana Work-Release Sponsor
• Optimists International (Indianapolis, Indiana)
• Photography/Darkroom Operations/Printing
• Youth Retreats/Summer Camps

PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION
Ball State University
Ed. D. Adult and Community Education w/Info
and Communication Science
M.S. Information and Communication Science
M.A. Adult Education

Butler University
B.S. Secondary Education

Recent Professional Continuing Education (Includes Instructed Programs)
University Programs
• Technology and Adult Education
• Developing interactivity in your class
• Moving your course online
• Blackboard and You
• Leadership and the Outdoors
• Beginning GPS
• Beginning Kayaking
• Outdoor Writing
• Critical Thinking
• Procrastination
• Culture Bump
Leadership Beaumont
Toastmaster International Programs
• Speech Crafters
• How to Conduct Productive Meetings
• Competent Toastmaster
• Competent Leader
• Advanced Toastmaster
Leadership North Carolina
Alpine Towers (Ropes Course Facilitator)
Kettering Foundation (PPI Facilitator)

Dr. Bothel has completed and instructed a variety of additional continuing education courses that are outlined in his complete resume.

(This is an overview of Dr. Bothel’s professional history. More complete information is provided in his complete resume that is available upon request.)

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