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College adds three Full-Time Faculty Members to Family

Pennsylvania Highlands Community College is proud to welcome three new full-time faculty members to its growing family.

Robin Hughes joins the team as Instructor of Mathematics. Ms. Hughes is currently the temporary Lecturer, Mathematics at Pennsylvania Highlands Community College and has also taught as an adjunct at Kent State University, Pennsylvania Highlands Community College, and University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown. She has a B.S. in Actuarial and Applied Mathematics from the University of Pittsburgh, a M.B.A. from St. Francis College, and a M.Ed. from Kent State College.

Dr. Russell Newman joins the team as Assistant Professor of English. Dr. Newman comes to us as a freelance author and editor at Online Indiana and has taught as an adjunct at several universities in the area such as University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, Clarion University, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Mount Aloysius College, and Penn State University – Altoona and Dubois. He has a B.A. and M.A. in English from James Madison University, and a Ph.D. in English from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Matthew Sisak joins the team as Instructor of Biology. Dr. Sisak is President of Sisak Chiropractic Clinic, P.C. and has taught as an adjunct at Pennsylvania Highlands Community College and Westmoreland County Community College. He has a B.S. in Natural Sciences from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and a Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Palmer College of Chiropractic.