We'd like to take a minute to introduce you to our Chaplain's Office family.

Chaplain Dale McConkey

Dr. Dale McConkey is an Associate Professor of Sociology and Religion in his twelfth year Berry. He has studied and published in the area of sociology of religion, with a focus on the connections and tensions between Christian faith and sociological knowledge. He is editor of The Christian Sociologist newsletter. "Chaplain Dale" is a minister in the United Methodist Church.

Sandra Barker, Office Manager

Kelly Hough, Religion-in-Life Assistant / Web Design

Kelly Hough is a junior majoring in Visual Communications.  She is originally from Miami, Florida but moved to Dallas, Georgia when she was 5 years old.  She has absolutely no idea what she wants to do after graduation, but she hopes it is in the graphic arts area.  Kelly also feels a calling to pursue a ministry working with teenage girls. In her spare time she likes to read, take pictures, play sports, and hang out with friends and family.

Ashleigh Hallahan, Berry Care Network Director

Miriam Chitescu, Public Relations

Miriam Chitescu is a senior majoring in Psychology with a Sociology minor.  She is originally from Romania, but moved to the United States when she was 11 years old.  She is from Snellville, Georgia. She plans to attend graduate school after graduation and pursue a degree in Clinical Psychology.  She wants to open her own counseling practice and focus mainly on family, marriage, and child/adolescent counseling.   She enjoys taking road trips, spending time with friends, working with children, and she hopes to travel all around Europe and visit Australia and New Zealand one day.  She also wants to go as a missionary to a third world country for a few years after she is done with school.

Jennie Clements, Special Events Coordinator

Jennie Clements is a senior Early Childhood Education major from Woodstock, Georgia.  She has no definite plans for after graduation, but is hoping to pursue some sort of involvement with Hispanics in or outside of the United States.  When she is not busy studying or working, you can find her playing her guitar, spending time with friends, or enjoying the outdoors.  She enjoys traveling and hopes to travel to Africa and Asia sometime in the future. 

Jessica McCabe, Mount Berry Church Assistant

Jessica McCabe is a senior Biology major and Chemistry minor from Flowery Branch, Georgia.  She plans to go to medical school and work for the G.B.I. as a forensic pathologist in the field of blood splatter analysis.  If that doesn't work, then she will probably work at Publix as a chemist for the rest of her life.  In her free time you will usually find her traveling to other cities for concerts, painting, or in Atlanta enjoying coffee and dessert with her friends at Cafe Intermezzo.

Amy Goble, Office Assistant

Amy Goble is a junior Math Education major.  She is from Cleveland Tennessee.  She plays golf for the Berry College Lady Vikings and enjoys playing the guitar, being outside, rock climbing, and hanging out with friends and family.