September 18, 2008
Ivy Tech Community College News Release
KOKOMO, Ind.—Ivy Tech Community College Kokomo Region recently added Kristy Riddick and Cheryl Maple as faculty members to teach in the college’s School of Health Sciences. Both bring a wealth of experience to the college.
Riddick, who has been with the college since May, is the chair of the dental assisting program and teaches the Expanded Function Dental Assisting course. She has played an integral role in the development of the new dental hygiene program and brings both professional experience and a background in education to college.
Upon graduating from Des Moines Area Community College in 1991, Riddick became a Certified Dental Assistant and has worked in the dental profession for more than 15 years. She earned her bachelor’s in education from Graceland University in Iowa and has worked in education for five years.
Maple, now a full-time nursing faculty member and the CNA program coordinator, has been an adjunct instructor for the college the past two semesters. As a faculty member, she will use her 26 years of experience to teach hospital clinical rotations to students pursuing an Associate of Science in Nursing or a Licensed Practical Nursing certification.
Before coming to Ivy Tech, Maple served 15 years as educational coordinator and home care nurse with Visiting Nurse Service Inc. Howard Regional Home Care. She also has served two years as the immunization nurse for the Carroll County Health Department and six years in long term care holding multiple positions including educational coordinator and director of nursing. She began her career as a staff nurse on medical surgical floor and obstetrics with Howard Regional Health System. Maple earned both her Associate of Science and Bachelor of Science in Nursing from IU Kokomo. She will begin working on her Master’s of Science in Nursing Education from Ball State University in the spring semester of 2009.
For more information about the dental assisting program at Ivy Tech, contact Riddick at (765) 457-0858, ext. 104, or e-mail her at kriddick1@ivytech.edu. For more information about the nursing or CNA programs at Ivy Tech, contact Maple at (765) 457-0858, ext. 216, or e-mail her at cmaple@ivytech.edu.
Ivy Tech remains Indiana’s most affordable place to earn a college degree as students can earn an associate degree from Ivy Tech for less than $6,000. Those degrees result in good-paying jobs, and students can transfer their credits to four-year colleges and universities in pursuit of a bachelor’s degree while saving half the cost annually.
Ivy Tech is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. Ivy Tech Community College Kokomo Region serves Cass, Fulton, Howard, Miami, Tipton and Wabash counties and includes campuses in the communities of Kokomo, Logansport, Peru and Wabash. To learn more about Ivy Tech, visit www.ivytech.edu.