Her chair told her to be harsh and demanding on the first night of class, but regardless of her stern demeanor no one dropped the class and several more tried to register for it. Since then the mature students of Part-Time Studies have been her favorite classes to teach.

Dr. Pohlhaus served as a time as an advisor as well as a faculty member. She was granted a full time job in the University in 1988 and was received into the Mu chapter of the Alpha Sigma Lamda honor society for part time students in April 1990. Although she retired in 2005 from full time teaching she continues to teach an Introduction Theology FastForward course in the Spring Semester and an elective Theology FastForward course each Fall semester.

Her students have observed that she, “is a wonderful teacher who is caring and considerate of everyone in her class...she taught us a new way to look at things and is respectful of everyone’s opinion." They added that she "is a wonderful role model that is mindful of the diversity of the University and provides an academic atmosphere that is true to the Christian and intellectual environment that is a part of Villanova’s make-up.”

Besides serving as a substance abuse counselor, clinical supervisor and human services program administrator, Mr. Baier remains actively involved in several workforce development initiatives designed to promote careers in treating substance abusers. As a program surveyor for the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF), Tom is involved in the promotion of substance abuse treatment best practice standards on the national level. His current focus is the implementation of evidence based practices in medication assisted treatment for opiate abuse and he provides oversight of several grants supporting research utilizing brief family therapy as a prevention effort with children of substance abusers.

“Tom is an excellent instructor, well spoken & very knowledgeable. The professor’s personal experience and expertise was exceptional.”

Her goal is a program that combines computing principles with the effective application of technology to manage information. Metzger also teaches the courses Algorithms and Data Structures, Discrete Mathematics, Database Management and Leadership and Technology. She received an executive master’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a bachelor’s in mathematics from Bucknell University.

In addition to the demands of the IS program, Metzger is an adjunct professor, teaching courses such as CSC1051 ~ Algorithms & Data Structures, CSC1300 ~ Discrete Mathematics, DIT2030 ~ Database Management and LDR ~ Leadership and Technology. Teaching has always been Metzger’s passion. She began her career in the late 1980s by offering Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet seminars and then taught mathematics to high school students in Kenya. Moving into programming, she says she was fortunate to see client-server technology develop from its infancy. Prior to joining Villanova in 2003, she was director of global support for SAP America, managing development and support activities during critical customer situations. At SAP, she experienced the workings of a truly global organization and the management of large-scale software development.

Metzger “is a class A professor...extremely well-organized and highly experienced in all aspects of the courses,” noted one of her students. Another observed that she “really tied together many of the computing sciences and the decision and information technologies classes. The various topics are interesting and relevant. Sue’s knowledge across subjects really provided great examples and exercises.”

Since 1972, Jim has also taught International Finance and Mergers and Acquisitions at La Salle and Drexel Universities. He is a graduate of La Salle University and received his M.B.A. from Temple University.

Jim brings a unique background to the part-time arena. As President of his consulting firm ELA, Ltd., Jim provides corporations with strategies to more effectively deliver financial and operational growth plans. His firm prepares private placements, develops international alliances and provides valuations for closely-held entities. Jim was one of the pioneers to develop the methodology for valuing closely-held corporations. This course was delivered nationwide to CPAs under their continuing education requirement. Jim has presented his ‘Value Added’ approach to growth vs. mergers on both radio and television.

McCloskey is a partner representing a patented fire-protection product being reviewed by NASA, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Boeing. He has been interviewed on national news programs about this product, which has been tested to thermally protect at extreme temperature ranges. A retired Army colonel, he commanded Special Operations units in Vietnam, Grenada, Central America, Rwanda, Iceland and Germany.

His community service activities over the last two decades include serving as a director of The Committee to Benefit the Children. This Philadelphia area charity benefits St. Christopher’s Hospital’s pediatric patients who are in advanced stages of sickle cell anemia, cancer and leukemia. McCloskey and his band of elves (Villanova student volunteers) provide a moment of hope to these children and their families.

McCloskey offers his students a time-tested approach to motivation and momentum. They noted how he “is excellent at integrating real-life experiences with both academic and business (real-world) applications.” His students also have said that he is “a great motivational speaker” who “emphasizes the importance of understanding different cultures and how they relate to both business and everyday life.”

She is currently pursuing the CFP designation through the American College, Bryn Mawr, PA and is employed as Vice President, Development at Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network, Allentown, PA.

Twiford, who began teaching at Villanova in 2000, is a former president and chair of the Greater Philadelphia Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP). For AFP International, she serves on the External Relations Division’s Government Relations Committee. She is a board member of A Chance to Heal Foundation, which works to prevent eating disorders, and KenCrest, which provides services to people with developmental disabilities in Pennsylvania and Delaware.

For the Fundraising certificate program at Villanova, Twiford is the moderator and a faculty member for the AFP Fundamentals of Fundraising course and teaches the Basics of Planned Giving section.

Among her students’ comments were “The Fundamentals of Fundraising class was the best investment my organization could have made in my professional development” and “I learned more each Monday night than I could have possibly imagined.”

She has served as vice president-human resources at St. Mary Hospital (now Medical Center) in Langhorne, Pa.; managing director of human resources and administrative services at United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania; director of human resources for Community Home Health Services of Philadelphia; and manager of employment and EEO/AA at Hahnemann University and Hospital. She is a graduate of Marywood College and Temple University’s Beasley School of Law.

SHRM (Society for Human Resource Management) nationally and several of its chapters have honored Warner for her service. She is the founding president, chapter administrator and an Advisory Council member of the Southeastern Pennsylvania SHRM chapter, as well as former deputy director and immediate past legislative affairs director for the SHRM Pennsylvania State Council.

Warner teaches courses in the Human Resource Management certificate program. Her students commented that she “made it all possible and understandable” and is “an excellent instructor. Good instructors are hard to come by; she is truly a one of a kind.”