Cathy Wright Director

Cathy is the Director of the UWG Newnan Campus. She is a native and lifelong resident of Newnan and Coweta County, a long time educator who earned B.S. Ed., M. Ed., and Ed. S. degrees from the University of West Georgia in Carrollton. She taught elementary school in Coweta County for 16 years and then directed for 17 years the Shenandoah Georgia Youth Science & Technology Center (GYSTC), working with teachers and students in science and math. She enjoys singing in several groups and playing bass in a family band. She is married to Lamar Wright, also a native of Newnan and a UWG graduate. They have two sons, Adam (musician) and Brian (airline pilot). Both sons are married and live in Nashville, TN. One granddaughter, Carli, is two years old.

• Office: (770) 254-7278
• cwright@westga.edu
• Fax: (770) 254-7279

Dennis Gould Technology Support Specialist

Dennis is the Instructional Technology Support Specialist, which includes network administration and technology project management, for the Newnan Campus. His responsibilities include supporting and troubleshooting the hardware and software operations of the staff, faculty and students at the Newnan Campus. Other duties include administration and security of a Windows network, exchange mail server, contacting OEM vendors for support and service, moving or storing equipment, and recommending purchases of new equipment and software. He is also held responsible for anything that may be talked into, listened to, turned on, plugged in, or flushed. Dennis is a 1998 graduate of UWG and lives near Carrollton with his wife.

• Office: (770) 254-7287
• dgould@westga.edu
• Fax: (770) 254-7279

Teri Lewis Administrative Assistant

Teri has worked for the UWG Newnan Campus since 1990. She is a graduate of Brookhaven College, Dallas, TX, with an A.A.S. Applied Computer Science & A.A. in Design. Teri is the office manager at the Newnan Campus; and her duties include budget coordination, website maintenance, and secretarial assistance to the director. She and husband of 25 years, Edward, have a daughter who is now a freshman at UWG. Teri also teaches fine arts to young children through the Coweta County Recreation Department under the leadership of Bette Hickman. She enjoys volunteering for The Community Welcome House in Newnan, a shelter for battered women and children.

• Office: (770) 254-7281
• tlewis@westga.edu
• Fax: (770) 254-7279

Helen Brouillette Receptionist/Test Proctor

Helen is a ten-year veteran with the University of West Georgia, who has spent the last five years at the Newnan Campus. She serves as the Center’s test proctoring coordinator and is responsible for the front desk in the administrative area. Helen is a graduate of Gray’s Business College, Portland, Maine. She is fluent in French and has worked on the main campus, Foreign Language Dept., and the Canadian Consulate in Atlanta, as bi-lingual secretary. Helen is married to retired military husband Ron and has lived in the Newnan area for over 20 years. She is mother to 2 daughters, Monelle (elementary school teacher, Coweta County), Michelle (environmental planner in Atlanta) and grandmother to granddaughter Aerin, age 11, and grandson Jamie, age 2. Her interests include photography and gourmet cooking!

• Office: (770) 254-7280
• hbrouill@westga.edu
• Fax: (770) 254-7279

Javarus Boyce Technology Specialist

Javarus is a Technology Specialist for the Newnan Campus. His responsibilities include assisting faculty and students with the operation of IT equipment and programs in classrooms, performing software/hardware upgrades and updates on computers and servers, and performing physical installation of IT equipment. He also assists with facility maintenance. Javarus is available during afternoon and evening hours to provide IT systems support for faculty, students, and contract users. He is a 2004 graduate of the University of West Georgia, with a B.B.A in Business Information Systems.

• Office: (770) 254-7436
• jboyce@westga.edu
• Fax: (770) 254-7279

Debbie Stuckey Shenandoah GYSTC Coordinator

As GYSTC Coordinator, Debbie plans science and math professional development classes for teachers, plans Family Science & Math Nights for area schools, provides summer science camps for students, and oversees GYSTC science fieldtrip programs which serve 15,000 elementary students each year. A lifelong Newnan resident, Debbie Stuckey graduated from Newnan High School and then attended West Georgia College earning a BS degree in Elementary Education, a Master’s Degree in Middle Grades Education, and a Specialist Degree in Administration and Supervision. She is a veteran educator, having taught gifted students for 18 years and elementary students at all grade levels for 12 years prior to that time. Debbie enjoys her book club and creating new recipes. Debbie and her husband Tom live in Newnan and have a married daughter Allison who lives in Texas.

Betsy Conoly Shenandoah GYSTC Fieldtrip Director

Betsy Conoly has been directing the GYSTC student science fieldtrip programs for eleven years. She plans the hands-on activities for each grade-level program, matching them to Georgia Performance Standards, purchases the supplies, trains the instructors, and schedules the visiting school groups. 15,000 students in grades K-5 visit GYSTC on UWG’s Newnan Campus each year to participate in the high quality instructional fieldtrip programs. Check the Shenandoah GYSTC website for program details. Betsy has a B.S. degree in Public Relations from Troy University in Alabama. She and her husband Don have lived in Newnan for 12 years. Their son Will works as a commercial banker at a local bank; and their daughter-in-law, Meredith, teaches sixth grade earth science at a Coweta middle school. Betsy is an avid reader and walker and enjoys teaching young adults in Sunday School.

Bette Hickman Global Achievers

As Executive Director of Global Achievers, Bette Hickman is responsible for the day to day operation of Global Achievers, an organization which matches Georgia high schools with partner schools around the world to promote entrepreneurship, economic development, and cultural understanding. She works at home and abroad to identify and match schools, develop policy and guidelines, and communicate with foreign counterparts throughout the world. Bette is a professional artist and is a trained art teacher who studied at Miami Dade Community College and Florida International University. She established a school of art through the Coweta County Recreation Department in 1979, and the program continues to serve school age students seeking art instruction. Bette is married to John Hickman (pilot) and is the mother of two grown sons, Jonathan (attorney, married to Amna) and Joshua (minister). One granddaughter, Layla, is three years old.