Meet the LifeWorks Learning Partnership® Team

Stan Dotson, Dean of LifeWorks Learning Partnership®
(828) 689-1161
sdotson@mhc.edu
Stan first came to Mars Hill in 1980 as an Appalachian Scholar and graduated in 1984 with a double major in religion and political science. After receiving his M.Div. degree, he worked for three years as a community organizer in Louisville, Kentucky. Stan and his wife, Kim Christman, served as co-pastors of Providence Baptist Church in Stoneville, North Carolina, for seven years. Stan came back to Mars Hill in 1996 to direct the college's service-learning program. He also teaches various courses in the LAA program, and has secured numerous grants for interdisciplinary activities and campus-wide initiatives. Stan and Kim are active members of the Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America, and in their spare time they love to garden, play music, and watch minor league baseball games.

Gill Bosonetto, Director, Career Services
(828) 689-1655
gbosonetto@mhc.edu
Gill holds a Master of Entrepreneurship from Western Carolina University and a B.A. (Psychology & Theology) from the University of Natal, South Africa. She has experience in journalism, publishing, customer service management, business management, and promotions. She believes that LifeWorks, as a center for service-learning, leadership training, and career guidance, offers students a wonderful opportunity to connect community needs with their own interests, talents and knowledge in a meaningful way. Gill is focused on opening doors to the world for college students through a network of meaningful connections and opportunities, as well as helping them choose the areas of learning that will most meet their interests and talents.  She is also an adjunct faculty member of the MHC Business department.

Cindy Frost, Bonner Scholars Coordinator
(828) 689-1162
cfrost@mhc.edu
Cindy has been a part of Mars Hill College for the past 15 years, both as a student and as an administrative staff member. She is the longest-serving Bonner Scholar Program coordinator within the Bonner Foundation. Mars Hill College has been very instrumental in her life, and she always strives to give back to the College by working with students who are also trying to find their life path. Helping the students make connections and find ways to serve in the local communities is very important to her. She and her husband Bruce enjoy traveling and going to the movies. She also loves to read and try new recipes. She has a 20-year-old daughter who is attending college in Atlanta, Georgia.

Missy Harris, Service-Learning Field Coordinator
(828) 689-1297
mharris@mhc.edu
Missy graduated from Mars Hill College in 1998 with a B.A. in religion with a minor in women's studies. She has a Masters of Divinity from Candler School of Theology at Emory University and spent three summers at Jubilee Partners in Comer, GA, working with refugees from Bosnia, Vietnam and Kosovo. She has also worked with the Open Door Community in Atlanta, doing advocacy work with homeless people.   Missy is now focused on making service-learning opportunities as rewarding to students and community organizations as possible. She also teaches an LAA 111 class and is advisor for that group of students.