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Dean Carr Receives Award
for Outstanding Contributions
to Graduate Education



Dr. William D. Carr



February 24, 2003 -- Dr. William D. Carr, dean of the College of Graduate Studies and Continuing Education at Jacksonville State University, received the 2003 award for outstanding contributions to graduate education in the southern region.

This award was presented on February 23 to Dr. Carr by the Conference of Southern Graduate Schools at its thirty-second annual meeting in Tampa, Florida.

The membership of this association includes more than 200 universities offering graduate degrees in fourteen southern states and Washington, D.C. The Conference established this award in 1980 to acknowledge, thank, and honor a person whose contributions have significantly benefited graduate education in the southern region of the United States.

Dr. Carr has served on the Executive Board of the Conference of Southern Graduate Schools for ten years and also served as secretary-treasurer of this association for nine years. He is past president of the Alabama Council of Graduate Deans and has served on its executive committee for five years. He is currently president of the Alabama Staff Development Council and vice-chair of the Alabama Council of Regional Inservice directors.

Dr. Carr has served as dean of JSU's College of Graduate Studies and Continuing Education since 1982. He served twice as acting vice president for academic affairs at JSU, in 1988 and in 2001.


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