Southern Hills Career and Technical Center welcomes new staff

Southern Hills Career and Technical Center welcomes new staff members.

• Laura Gehret is from Anna, Ohio and received her Bachelor of Science in Education from Miami University in May of this year. During the summer of 2011 she studied at the University of Johannesburg in South Africa, comparing culture in education across continents. Ms. Gehret teaches chemistry and science.

• Julie Evans, who along with her husband Ray owns and operates Lake Manor Restaurant south of Mt. Orab, joined the staff to begin the new Culinary Arts program at Southern Hills. Mrs. Evans was voted the 2009 News Democrat/Ripley Bee Brown County Business Woman of the Year. She is currently taking classes at the Ohio State University. Julie is a former Southern Hills student.

• Mindy Hastings of Georgetown is teaching math and CAD. She has been teaching for 12 years and previously taught at Bethel and Williamsburg. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and AYA Education from Rio Grande and her Masters in Educational Leadership from the University of Cincinnati. Mrs. Hastings lives in the Georgetown area with her husband Mitch and three children, and is a graduate of Georgetown High School

• Maribeth Koewler lives in Ripley and comes to the Southern Hills CTC Early Childhood Education program as an aide in the pre-school program. Mrs. Koewler has seventeen years of experience in working in the classroom with pre-K children. She has completed multiple college-level classes in Early Childhood Education and has also completed the American Sign Language I and II classes. Maribeth is also a former Southern Hills student.