By Josh Christian, freelance writer

CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. - Campbellsville University has promoted Dr. Karen Rush, associate professor of business, to professor of business, per an announcement from Dr. Michael V. Carter, president of Campbellsville University, on April 16.

Rush has taught business at Campbellsville University since 2008.

Before Campbellsville University, Rush was the accounts manager and paralegal for Bruce W. Singleton Attorney at Law from 2000 to 2008.

She received her Ph.D. in Business Administration Management from Northcentral University in 2013 as well as her Master of Business Administration and Bachelor of Business Administration from Eastern Kentucky University in 1999.

She graduated from Pulaski County High School in 1979.

She is the daughter of Etta Howard, of Somerset, Ky.

Campbellsville University is a widely-acclaimed Kentucky-based Christian university with more than 12,000 students offering over 100 programs of study including Ph.D., master, baccalaureate, associate, pre-professional and certification programs. The university has Kentucky based off-campus centers in Louisville, Harrodsburg, Somerset, Hodgenville and Liberty with instructional sites in Elizabethtown, Owensboro and Summersville. Out-of-state centers include two in California at Los Angeles and Lathrop, located in the San Francisco Bay region. The website for complete information is fva6.cjpk.net.

Campbellsville University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award certificates, associate, baccalaureate, masters and doctoral degrees. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097 or call 404-679-4500 for questions about the status of Campbellsville University.