For Immediate Release
Welch Names Brandon Presley as Men’s Resident Director
GALLATIN, TN—Welch College has named Brandon Presley as Men’s Resident Director, according to Dr. Jon Forlines, Vice President for Student Services. “We are pleased to announce that Brandon Presley will be serving in this important role,” Forlines said. Presley replaces Russell Houske, who served five years in this position. “We thank Russell and Amber Houske for their hard work and dedicated service to Welch over these past five years,” Forlines said.
Presley, a 2018 Welch graduate with a B.A. in history and an M.A.in theology and ministry (2020), received his M.A. in history from Arizona State University in 2021. While at Welch, both he and his wife, Dakota, served as student Resident Assistants. Since that time Presley has served as interim pastor, Sunday School teacher, editing and research assistant, and adjunct professor at Welch College, while working the last three-and-one-half years as a bank service representative and review appraiser at Home Federal Bank in Knoxville, TN. Brandon and Dakota have one daughter, Mary Kathryn.
“Our young men in the dorm have been blessed with an extraordinary history of dorm parents who have effectively discipled and walked them through their college experience. We look forward to the Presleys continuing this wonderful work of pouring the love of Christ into the lives of our young men,” Forlines said. “We warmly welcome Brandon and Dakota back to the Student Services team.”
Presley will begin his duties in July of this year.