Culpepper Takes Helm of TAMUC Department of Health and Human Performance

The College of Education and Human Services at A&M-Commerce recently named Dr. Dean Culpepper as interim head of the Department of Health and Human Performance.
Culpepper has 17 years of higher education experience as a faculty member, including more than three years as chair of the Department of Health and Physical Education at Eastern New Mexico University where he served on the University Assessment Committee. He also served on the faculty senate at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls and Lubbock (TX) Christian University.
Culpepper has a strong history of working with administrators to initiate change and growth for programs that support university goals.
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