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Dr. Lois Withey Hamel of Auburn has been named the director of online nursing programs at Saint Joseph’s College in Standish.

A certified adult nurse practitioner, she holds a bachelor of science and a master of science in nursing from the University of Southern Maine and a doctorate in Adult Health Education from the University of Maine-Orono.

Previously, she was the director of education and gerontological consultant for SBS Inc., providing gerontological services in contracted nursing homes for behavioral care problems. A nurse for 20 years, Hamel has taught for 10 years at the college level, including posts at the University of Southern Maine (where she pioneered several distance education health courses), the University of Vermont and Westbrook College.

Hamel will supervise undergraduate and graduate Saint Joseph’s nursing programs for nurses wanting to earn a bachelor of science in nursing and the master of science in nursing degree.