Winniphred Stone has been selected for the newly created position of associate dean of business and industry at Santa Monica College.

Stone, who has been on special assignment at the college as workforce development specialist since last May, will focus her efforts on workforce development, customized education, competency-based training, and welfare reform training programs. She will also be working on projects associated with SMC's Academy of Entertainment and Technology, scheduled to open this fall, as well as distance education and videoconferencing, an SMC project that recently received a $125,000 donation from GTE.

Stone, of Marina del Rey, received her bachelor's degree in labor relations and labor law and a master's of science in public affairs administration from the University of Massachusetts.