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Edison State VP of Business and Community Partnerships Earns Doctorate Degree
Edison State Community College Vice President of Business and Community
Partnerships Rick Hanes has earned a Doctorate of Education from Miami
University after successfully presenting his dissertation study
entitled, “The Effects of Performance Based Funding on Decision-Making
at an Ohio Community College.”
Edison State President Dr. Doreen Larson said of Hanes’ achievement,
“Great leaders in higher education have a common attribute–they are
great learners! Rick, now Dr. Hanes, has demonstrated his thirst for
learning through his years as a public-school teacher, administrator,
superintendent, and college vice president. Rick chose to deeply
analyze the impacts of performance funding on community college
outcomes as his doctoral thesis. I know, without a doubt, that Rick
will apply his knowledge and continue to read, inquire, reflect, and
seek learning opportunities critical to his service to the education of
students of all ages.”
Before joining Edison State in 2016, Hanes held a variety of public
school administration roles, including serving as superintendent for
Piqua City Schools, assistant superintendent for Tipp City Exempted
Village School District, and principal at Smith Middle School in the
Vandalia-Butler City District and Arcanum Elementary School in the
Arcanum-Butler Local School District. Hanes got his start in the public
school system as a middle school science teacher at Tippecanoe Middle
School, where he garnered the School Teacher of the Year award.
As Vice President of Business and Community Partnerships, Hanes has had
the opportunity to apply his extensive leadership experience to oversee
the development of innovative business partnerships, lead marketing
ingenuities, and engage in community outreach initiatives for the
college.
In addition to serving as a Vice President for the College, Hanes is
also the Executive Director of The Edison Foundation, whose primary
role is to provide Edison State students access to quality higher
education through scholarship opportunities. Hanes, along with a robust
Foundation Board, has continued to support The Edison Foundation’s
mission to assist Edison State in meeting its educational and community
service goals.
Since its inception in 1993, The Edison Foundation has awarded over two
million dollars in scholarships, provided thousands of dollars in staff
resource support grants, supported student athletic programs with
uniforms, equipment, facilities, and post-season play expenses, and
enhanced campus facilities through capital campaigns.
Hanes has also actively engaged in various community leadership
opportunities with Children’s International Summer Village, Piqua Area
Chamber of Commerce, Piqua Education Foundation, Preble County 4-H,
Rotary International, The Valley Church in Piqua, and the YMCA, to name
a few.
Hanes resides in Piqua with his wife of 28 years, Beth. Beth has spent
the last 25 years of her career as a teacher, including in her current
role as a fifth-grade teacher at LT Ball Intermediate School in Tipp
City. Together they have three children, Luke, who holds a bachelor’s
degree in biochemistry from the University of Toledo; Josh, who holds a
bachelor’s degree in Geology from the University of Toledo; and
Katherine, who is in her senior year at Piqua High School.
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