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Autumn Fair, Associate Professor of Business Administration, has
completed her first semester of teaching at Lancaster Bible College.
She brings to LBC a diverse background in business education, strategic
consulting, executive leadership, business operations and community
empowerment. She is also the founder and CFO of LYNN SQUARED®
Consulting, where she provides strategic guidance to small businesses
and entrepreneurs. With an MBA from Lincoln University and a nearly
completed Doctor of Business Administration, Fair has served in multiple
capacities, including nonprofit leadership, corporate roles and as a
university lecturer. She also serves as a facilitator of business education
forums and workshops for leading organizations. She looks forward to
continuing to engage with LBC students, faculty and alumni to shape
future leaders who are prepared to create meaningful impact in their
communities and industries.
Dr. Justin Harbin, Director of the LBC Center for Teaching & Learning
and Associate Professor of Education, was the featured speaker at a
December workshop hosted by The Good Neighbor Project of Lancaster
at Wheatland Presbyterian Church. " Meaning in the Mundane " focused
on finding meaning and delight in the mundane tasks of work and home
life. During the workshop and luncheon, Harbin helped attendees see
how re-imagining mundane work as a means of seeking shalom from
a particular place and time provides opportunities to inhabit our
communities in a faithful Christian manner. The Good Neighbor Project
invites people into spaces where they can deepen their experience,
understanding and practice of the call to love God and their neighbor.
Dr. Geoffrey E. Reiter, Associate Professor, Coordinator of Humanities
and Associate Chair of the Arts & Sciences Department, was a panelist at
NecronomiCon Providence, the biennial convention dedicated to horror
author H. P. Lovecraft, as well as a panelist at the Evangelical Homiletics
Society annual conference. Reiter's essay, titled " Eden in Mercia:
Recovering Paradise in Bram Stoker's 'The Lair of the White Worm,' "
appeared in the journal Penumbra. Additionally, his poems " The Dark
Seasons " and " Who Knows the End? " were published in the Summer 2024
issue of Spectral Realms, and his poems " The Judgment of the Trees " and
" Hagar's Well " were published by Calla Press.
Dr. Bob Spender, Professor Emeritus in the School of Bible & Ministry,
published a review of Caroline Batchelder's book: " Charged with the
Glory of God: Yahweh, the Servant, and the Earth in Isaiah 40-55, " in the
June 2024 issue of the Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society,
Vol. 67, No. 2, pp. 374-76.
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Eric Brandt ('07) was named the Associate Provost for Online Education. He leads all academic efforts
related to online education and is now a member of LBC's academic leadership team, joining the
Academic Deans and Provost staff. The college welcomed back Joshua Swartz ('15) to his role of
Manager of Instructional Technology, while Andrew Huber ('20) is serving as the Learning Management
System Administrator and Allie McClune ('18) is an Instructional Technologist in the Office of Digital
Learning.
Beth Kachel is now serving as Dean of Student Experience, and Dwight Shelly ('13) is the Assistant
Dean of Discipleship & Leadership in Student Affairs.
After serving in an interim role, Matt McDonald is the Director of Admissions, and three new online
Admissions Counselors have joined the team: Patrick Ashcraft, Lisa Ford and Breanna Slattery.
Laura Mitchell is now the Executive Assistant to the Vice President of Finance, and Marilyn Retamar
('23 & '25) is the Executive Assistant to the Executive Vice President.

Echo Winter 2025

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