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K. Tipton has joined the Berea College staff as Dean of the Student Labor
Program. His appointment, which began July 1, was announced by Vice President
for Labor and Student Life Gail Wolford.
As Dean of Labor, Tipton will oversee planning, administration and
assessment of the College’s student work program and its contribution
to Berea’s integrated work-learning-service experience.
Tipton brings more than 15 years of leadership, administrative and
mentoring experience to his new
duties, including 12 years at Berea
College. Most recently, he was employed for four years as a software
engineer-specialist with Lexmark International, in an international
project management position in the company’s Consumer Printer
Division. Prior to that, he was program coordinator with the Southeast
Center for Agricultural Health and Injury Prevention in the Department
of Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health at the University of
Kentucky.
At Berea, Tipton supervised and worked closely with students in his
previous positions. From 1985-92, he served as director of the environmental
science and technology department, and from 1992-97, was director of
Project ChemMIST, a joint venture with the University of Kentucky,
33 Appalachian colleges and the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and
Education, providing support, training and resources for addressing
environmental health and safety issues in science and technology departments.
He served as Coordinator of Data Services at Berea from 1997-98.
After leaving Berea, Tipton served as director of research and design
for a private sector application of the patented ChemMIST hazardous
materials management software he co-invented, and later joined CEATH
Company, Inc., as a consultant. His background also includes experience
as a private electrical contractor; a serviceman and linesman with
Bluegrass Rural Electric Cooperative, a high school teacher and a professional
musician.
Tipton grew up in Detroit, Mich. and Lexington, but considers Irvine,
where he was born and spent summers with his grandparents, as his hometown.
In 1969, his father joined the Berea College staff and Tipton attended
Berea for three years. He holds Bachelor of Science degrees in Industrial
Technology and Industrial Education from Eastern Kentucky University,
and a Master of Science degree in Public Health from the University
of Kentucky.
Since 1981, Tipton has owned and managed a 120-acre farm in Madison
County. He and his wife, Mary Lou Muncy, have one daughter, Kelly Jane
Tipton, who resides in Atlanta, Ga. and is a professional dancer with
Atlanta Ballet.
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