Dr. Beth Musser grew up in Grantham, the daughter of Reverand Arthur & Wilma Musser. Beth was a member of the graduating class of 1962. She married James Lockerman and currently resides in Boalsburg, Pennsylvania.
Her educational journey throughout life took her beyond her high school diploma and is most impressive. She attended Messiah College for a year and then transferred to Lycoming College where she earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in 1966. That same year she began her career as an elementary school teacher in Peters Township, PA.
Opportunity then took her to Morgantown, West Virginia where she went on to work and earned a Master of Arts in Reading and Language Arts from West Virginia University in 1970. After that Musser became a graduate assistant at the University of Colorado and did post graduate work at Ball State University in Higher Education. In 1976 Musser became associated with West Liberty University where she became a professor of education and a reading specialist and Dean for the last nine years of her tenure there. During this time, Beth was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Language Communications from the University of Pittsburg in 1981. Dr. Musser then went on to serve at West Liberty University as Director of Student Teaching (1984-2000) and Professional Development Schools Coordinator (2000-2009). Over several years she increased collaboration from one school to all sixteen schools in Ohio County. Dr. Musser was instrumental in creating the first Master’s program at West Liberty University in 2008 and directed that program until her retirement. She also directed a Master’s Degree collaborative program with West Virginia University and Marshall University from 2001-2007.
To say Dr. Musser has made an impact in her chosen profession is an understatement. Because of her tireless efforts to improve education wherever she has gone, she has earned numerous awards throughout her life. For example,
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1994 she earned the Exemplary Professor Award from West Liberty University
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1997, she received the West Virginia Reading Association Educator of the Year Award
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1997, she was a West Virginia Faculty Merit Professor of the Year finalist
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2005, she received the West Virginia University Alumni Award
Throughout her life, Dr. Musser has been a role model to others in improving education. For this reason it gives the Mechanicsburg Area High School Alumni Association great pleasure in inducting Dr. Beth Musser into the Mechanicsburg Hall of Fame for her Outstanding Service in a Chosen Profession.
Dr. Beth Musser grew up in Grantham, the daughter of Reverand
Arthur & Wilma Musser. Beth was a member of the graduating class
of 1962. She married James Lockerman and currently resides in
Boalsburg, Pennsylvania.
Her educational journey throughout life took her beyond her high
school diploma and is most impressive. She attended Messiah College
for a year and then transferred to Lycoming College where she earned
a Bachelor of Arts Degree in 1966. That same year she began her
career as an elementary school teacher in Peters Township, PA.
Opportunity then took her to Morgantown, West Virginia where
she went on to work and earned a Master of Arts in Reading and
Language Arts from West Virginia University in 1970. After that
Musser became a graduate assistant at the University of Colorado and
did post graduate work at Ball State University in Higher Education.
In 1976 Musser became associated with West Liberty University
where she became a professor of education and a reading specialist
and Dean for the last nine years of her tenure there. During this
time, Beth was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Language
Communications from the University of Pittsburg in 1981. Dr. Musser
then went on to serve at West Liberty University as Director of
Student Teaching (1984-2000) and Professional Development
Schools Coordinator (2000-2009). Over several years she increased
collaboration from one school to all sixteen schools in Ohio County.
Dr. Musser was instrumental in creating the first Master’s program
at West Liberty University in 2008 and directed that program until
her retirement. She also directed a Master’s Degree collaborative
program with West Virginia University and Marshall University from
2001-2007.
To say Dr. Musser has made an impact in her chosen profession
is an understatement. Because of her tireless efforts to improve
education wherever she has gone, she has earned numerous awards
throughout her life. For example,
• 1994 she earned the Exemplary Professor Award from West Liberty
University
• 1997, she received the West Virginia Reading Association Educator
of the Year Award
• 1997, she was a West Virginia Faculty Merit Professor of the Year
finalist
• 2005, she received the West Virginia University Alumni Award
Throughout her life, Dr. Musser has been a role model to others
in improving education. For this reason it gives the Mechanicsburg
Area High School Alumni Association great pleasure in inducting Dr.
Beth Musser into the Mechanicsburg Hall of Fame for her Outstanding
Service in a Chosen Profession