Office Hours with John Gardner
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Office Hours with John Gardner
Episode 175- Fourth Quarter Reflections with Richard Mullendore
Dr. Richard Mullendore currently teaches a first-year seminar at the of University of North Carolina Wilmington. He previously served as the vice president for student affairs at the University of Georgia, vice chancellor for student life at the University of Mississippi, and he worked at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, the University of Charleston (WV), and Tusculum College (TN).
Dr. Mullendore, a former president of NODA (Association for Orientation, Retention, and Transition in Higher Education), has provided over 125 conference presentations and keynote addresses nationally and internationally, and has served as a consultant to over 35 colleges and universities on student affairs administration, student learning, orientation, parent programs, retention, housing/residence life, and transfer students; and he is the author of approximately 50 publications.
He has received several awards including the Pillar of the Profession (NASPA), the Bob Leach Award for Outstanding Service to Students (NASPA, Region III), the Outstanding Contributions to the Orientation Profession Award (NODA), the Outstanding Professional Contribution Award (North Carolina College Personnel Association), and the President’s Award (NODA). Mullendore currently lives in Hampstead, NC., and he is most likely to be found on the nearest golf course!
