Sharon Hughes has been named director of Coastal Carolina University's Georgetown campus according to John Idoux, Coastal's provost and vice president for Academic Affairs.

The campus is located in the Georgetown Campus for Higher Education facility, which Coastal shares with Horry-Georgetown Technical College.

Hughes worked the last four years as an instructor of developmental education at Horry-Georgetown Technical College. She also has worked the last five summers as an instructor with Coastal's College Jumpstart Program, which is offered at the Georgetown campus.

Hughes' background includes working as a K-12 teacher in South Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee.

Hughes earned a bachelor's degree from Tennessee Tech, a master's degree from Middle Tennessee State University and a Ph.D. from the University of Southern Mississippi.

For more information, call the Georgetown campus at 546-7523.