Dr. Patrick Whiteley, professor of English, will retire after 29 years of service to NSU in the Department of Languages, Literature, and Communication Studies. Dr. Whiteley has been an outstanding instructor, administrator, researcher, mentor and colleague. He has taught a wide variety of courses, from the gateway English course in literary criticism to the capstone English course in modern Irish literature. His teaching has always shown great personal dedication to individual students, a high degree of integrity and a keen regard for the highest academic standards.