Carol Kell Ass't / Dir. ofAdmiSsions Steve Kell Dir/HSBS Recmiting & Student Services Pat Lawrence Sec / Public Relations Becky Leavell Sec/Sears Learning Cerlter Dawn Lowe Sec/Communication Wanda Loyd Sec/History & Social Sciences Mary Lua llen Sec/Behavioral Sciences Barbara Martin Sec/Recording Celifer Jamie Martin PublicatiOns Ir'riter Lynne McCorkle Sec/I;""ducation Sarah McKenzie Human Resources Clerk Angie McKinney Sec/Admissions Ann Mclarty RN Sl/Idenl Healrh Services Cecelia McLeod Sec/Education Carolyn Miller Sec/Adva1l.cemem 1{usseZZ's teaching bridges gap between students and security For some students, a security guard standing at the front of a classroom conjured up horrible images ofunpaid parking tickets and thoughtless traffi c violations. For Craig Russell's students, a securi ty guard conducting a lecture was just another day in class. Russell has been a security guard at Harding for e ight years, but it was not until just last summer that he began carryi ng a grade book and exams along with his night stick and radio. Russell graduated from Harding in 1986 with a degree in economics. He later wem on [0 earn his master's degree in poli tical science from Ark ansas Stat e U ni ve rsity in Jonesboro. An adjunct instructor this year, Russell taught an internationa l relations course in the fall and sta te and local governmem in the spring. In addit io n to h is teaching responsibilities , Russe ll is a lso ass istan t director o f security. Overseeing 28 s taff members , including 10 full-time employees, Russell described his job as largely admini st rati ve and "a lo t o f paperwork. " Along with attending regular seminarsand training seSSions, Russell and Dan Campbe ll , chief director of security, were in the process of impl ementing many changes in uniforms, vehicles and officer training programs. As a new instructor, Ru ssell managed to balance 40 hours per week at the securi ty offi ce with several hours each week spent preparing for lectures, grading papers and writing exams. "Everyone has been very supportive," Russell said. In fact, he said that campus security saw his teaching as a "bridge between the srudents and securi ty. " On the surface it appea red that Russell 's two jobs we re drastica lly diffe rent, but he saw them as similar. "Both teaching and campus security deal directly with students, and that is the way we want it," Russell said. "The difference is that , with securi ty, most people don 't see what we do. Teaching requires being in front of a class. " Russell 's role did no t end with his careersas teacher and security guard. Being a King's Men social club sponsor and volunteering as director of College Church's Lads to Leaders Bibl e Bowl program re quired additional time with students. Adding a famil y - wife Lee Anne , 5-year-old Rebekah and 2-year-old Caleb - into Russell 's equation of time was often a Chall enge. "You just have to take advantage of the time that you do have, and sometimes that means you sleep less ," Russell said. "The key is staying ahead." - Elizabeth R. Smi th Craig Russell takes a break with director of security Dan Campbell betweenjobs. Russellmaintainedhiscareer asassistant director of security while teaching a political science class, heading afamily offourandfulfilling various olber leadership roles. Photo by Krisli Burns. Academics 87 ifiiI
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