
Dr. Bartels assumed the role of interim president on July 20 upon the departure of Brooks A. Keel, who left to become president of Georgia Regents University in Augusta. Since July 2012, Dr. Bartels served as provost and vice president for academic affairs at Georgia Southern. Previously, she was dean of the university’s College of Health and Human Sciences. She joined the faculty at the university in 1999 as a professor of nursing.
Dr. Bartels is a graduate of Alverno University in Milwaukee. She holds a master’s degree from Marquette University in Milwaukee and a Ph.D. in nursing from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.


