Dr. Michelle Crum, RN, BSN, EJD is currently the Director of Nursing at Ozarks Tech. Previously, she served as the Program Director for the Springfield Practical Nursing Program for ten years and as an instructor in the program prior to that. After graduating from Capital University in Columbus, Ohio with her BSN, she became an officer in the United States Army Nurse Corps and spent more than five years on active duty. Upon separation from the military, she began working at Mercy as the Perioperative Supervisor for Urologic Services until she made the move to Ozarks Tech in 1998. In 2007 she was accepted into the Executive Juris Doctor Program at Concord Law School and graduated three years later with top honors, earning the EJD Award for Academic Excellence. Two fun facts: she is a fifth degree black belt in MMA, and has published a paranormal fiction four book series.