FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Contact: Robert Preston, Jr.,
912.260.4276
robert.preston@sgc.edu
Dr. Virginia Carson given permanent appointment as President of South
Georgia College
University System of Georgia Chief Operating Officer Rob Watts announced
today that the Board of Regents has approved the permanent appointment of
Dr. Virginia Carson as president of South Georgia College (SGC) in Douglas.
She has served as the college’s interim president since March 1, 2008.
“Dr. Carson has done an extraordinary job as South Georgia College’s interim
president under challenging circumstances,” Watts said.
 “Not only has she
done an outstanding job internally of focusing faculty and staff on
accreditation-related issues and on increasing enrollment, she has
successfully transformed community relationships. Dr. Carson has the very
strong support of the college and the community.”
Carson, a Macon native, was vice president for academic affairs at Georgia
Highlands College in Rome, a position she had held since 2001, when she was
called on to serve as interim president. She previously served as dean of
academic services for Georgia Perimeter College’s (GPC) Clarkston, Ga.,
campus from 2000 to 2001. Prior to this appointment, Carson served as chair
of the Department of Mathematics, Computer Science & Engineering, also on
GPC’s Clarkston campus. Her years as a math professor at GPC (formerly
DeKalb College) extend back to 1982.
Carson spent the 1999-2000 academic year as an American Council on Education
(ACE) Fellow at Northern Virginia Community College, in Annandale, Va.,
under the direction of President Belle S. Wheelan, who is now president of
the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) Commission on
Colleges. In 2004, she was chosen to participate in a Fulbright
International Education Seminar in Germany.
Carson is president of the National Association of Community College Teacher
Education Programs (NACCTEP). Until 2009, she represented Georgia on the
executive council of the SACS Commission on Colleges and served as state
chair of the Georgia SACS commissioners. Carson edited the American
Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges (AMATYC) Review, a refereed
mathematics journal, from 1998 to 2003.
Carson is a product of the University System of Georgia. She holds an
undergraduate degree from the University of Georgia, and a M.Ed. and Ph.D.
in mathematics education from Georgia State University.
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About South Georgia College
South Georgia College (www.sgc.edu)
was founded in 1906 and is a two-year institution in the University System
of Georgia. Located in Douglas, Ga., the college's environment gives
students exceptional opportunities for interdisciplinary study and close
collaboration with faculty.
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