Kitchens most recently served as Associate Director
of Work Ready Development at the College. She is also a former
Flight Director at Challenger Learning Center and is a retired U.S.
Air Force Master Sergeant.
During her military career Kitchens served in the 310th Space Wing
as a Crew Flight Chief, a Space Instructor, as well as command &
control of the GPS satellite constellation, space surveillance, and
missile warning.
“We’re pleased to bring Jo back to the Challenger Learning Center in
a leadership role,” said Amy Humphreys, Dean of Continuing
Education. “In addition to her prior work as a Flight Director, the
array of skills and experiences from her military career with its
strong STEM and leadership elements will be highly valuable to this
next chapter at the Challenger.”
The mission of the Challenger Learning Center (CLC)
is to engage students and teachers in hands-on learning
opportunities that boost science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics (STEM) skills. The CLC also offers unique team-building
experiences to help organizations improve communication and
problem-solving skills.
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Last year the CLC served more than 6,700 individuals through
school and corporate missions, enrichment camps, and special events.
Originally a part of the Prairie Aviation Museum in Bloomington, the CLC moved
to Heartland Community College in December of 2009. Stacey Shrewsbury served as
Associate Director of the CLC from 2008 until July of this year when she was
named Director of Heartland Community College Pontiac.
[Steve Fast
Director, Public Information
Heartland Community College] |