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Davenport Retires After 24
Years at Campbell University
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Betty Davenport |
Dr. Betty Davenport, of Raleigh, NC, retired
recently after 24 years as a professor of education at Campbell
University. Davenport taught education psychology courses at the
undergraduate and graduate levels, as well as related courses in
education assessment and research. She also taught graduate level
reading education courses.
A graduate of the University of Massachusetts, Davenport
received a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts in teaching. She went
on to earn both M.Ed. and Ph.D. degrees in education from the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Davenport came to Campbell as an adjunct professor in
the fall of 1980. She became a full time member of the faculty in 1981.
In addition to her duties as a faculty member, Davenport served as a
Praxis test coordinator, member of the Education Council and the Teacher
Education Committee, and was involved in the accreditation process for
both NCATE (National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education) and
SACS (Southern Association of Colleges and Schools).
Davenport considers her work as the coordinator of the
graduate programs for teaching and interdisciplinary (M.Ed.) studies two
of the highlights of her career. Working with Dr. Karen Nery, dean of
the School of Education, she helped develop the programs that have been
especially useful to graduate assistants in athletic training and
coaching and community college instructors and administrators.
Davenport’s outstanding talents as a teacher have also been recognized
many times over the years. She received the Dean’s Excellence in
Teaching Award in 1991, 1998, and 2004.
“Dr. Davenport is a wonderful faculty member who is
loved by her students and admired by her peers,” said Nery. “She’s just
one of those people who has a history with Campbell’s School of
Education and that makes her a valued member of the faculty. Aside from
the fact that she is a gifted teacher, she understands what the School
of Education is all about and what direction it should take in the
future.”
Davenport is a member of the International Reading
Association, the North Carolina Reading Association, the Raleigh-Wake
Council of the International Reading Association (past president), and
the North Carolina Association of College Professors of Reading, among
others. She is also a past president of the Campbell University chapter
of Phi Kappa Phi national honor society and served as vice president of
the Faculty Senate and chair of the Student Advising Committee, the
committee that produced the first undergraduate advisor’s handbook at
Campbell.
She and her husband, Donald, have three children. She
will remain at Campbell as an adjunct professor of education.
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