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FSC professors appointed
to endowed chairs

LAKELAND, Fla. (June 5, 2003) - The Florida Southern College Board of Directors has approved the appointment of two professors to endowed chairs. Both appointments begin this fall. 

Dr. Malcolm M. Manners, professor of citrus and environmental horticulture, has been appointed to the John and Ruth Tyndall Chair in Citrus Sciences. The Tyndall chair was established to "provide an excellent vehicle to advance teaching in the field of citrus." 

Manners joined the FSC faculty in 1981 and earned his doctorate from the University of Florida in 1992. He has served as advisor to the Citrus Club and as judge at the Polk County Science Fair. He has published articles in Citrus Industry, Fine Gardening, and Southern Living. In 1995, Manners received the Exemplary Teaching Award from the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry of the United Methodist Church, and this year will receive the Ben and Janice Wade Award for Excellence in Teaching, one of the most significant teaching awards given by FSC. 

Dr. Perry A. Castelli, chair of the education department, has been appointed to the Nina B. Hollis Chair in Education. The Hollis Chair is conferred on a professor and scholar whose work as an outstanding faculty member and role model brings recognition to Florida Southern College. 

Castelli received his doctorate in education policy, planning and administration at the University of Maryland, College Park, in 1986. He joined FSC in 2001 following a career in public school music education, college and university teaching, and service as dean of education at Barton College. He has written two textbooks and a number of scholarly articles, lectures on stress management and suicide prevention, and participates in national and regional meetings on pedagogy and teacher preparation. 

About Florida Southern College
Florida Southern is a four-year, private, co-educational liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. The college offers more than 40 undergraduate majors and a master of business administration degree accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Located in Lakeland, Fla., the college is home to the largest, single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture in the world. 

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