Linda Hobbs
COLUMBUS — Linda Hobbs of Nashville was recently appointed as secretary for Centerstone Indiana’s Board of Directors. Centerstone provides behavioral health care.
Hobbs also is the coordinator for the Brown County Drug Free Coalition. Her other board memberships include the Brown County Parks and Recreation board, Brown County YMCA board and the Brown County Community Foundation Governance Committee.
Tanisha Moore
BLOOMINGTON — The U.S. Air Force has appointed Tech. Sgt. Tanisha Moore as a new recruiter in the area recruiting office at 115 State Road 46.
For more information, call Moore at 812-320-3275.
Rev. Bob England
On Aug. 5, the Rev. Bob England became the new pastor for Gnaw Bone Wesleyan Church, 4928 Old State Road 46.
Members of the church requested England to replace the Rev. Ernest Martin Jr., who died June 25, 2017, from injuries due to a car accident.
England was ordained in 1979 in the Wesleyan Church, Indiana South District. He has served as a pastor for two Wesleyan churches in West Virginia (10 years) and four churches in Southern Indiana (35 years).
England became director of church relations for Kentucky Mountain Bible College in Jackson, Kentucky, in 2015. He has served on the Indiana South District Wesleyan Church board for 25 years.
Amy Gordon
BLOOMINGTON — Amy Gordon, a teacher at Sprunica Elementary School, has been chosen as a STEM Fellow. The statewide STEM fellowship program creates a network of 33 elementary teachers working to purposefully integrate STEM (science, engineering, technology and math) within their schools.
Gordon joined other STEM Fellows July 30 to 31 at WonderLab Museum to begin a yearlong leadership and teaching program to advance STEM activities in kindergarten through sixth-grade schools.Fellows are encouraged to leave not with only new lesson plans and ideas, but also an understanding of how to make connections to science, technology, engineering and math throughout the school day. They also worked to develop skills that will help them become STEM leaders within their schools, share with their colleagues and encourage other teachers to integrate STEM into curriculum.
STEM Fellows also toured Cook Polymer to learn about advanced manufacturing, and talked to an industry partner about skills needed for jobs at all levels.
The STEM Fellow program was developed in response to the Regional Opportunity Initiative’s Occupational Needs Assessment, which emphasizes the importance of having STEM-literate students to meet workforce needs and to provide a basis for continued economic growth and prosperity in the region.
